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OpenAIjust rolled out a majormemory upgrade for ChatGPT.
Otherwise, every new conversation was a clean slate.
Now, ChatGPT can pull from your entire chat history across every session to respond to your latest query.
It knows your vibe and can track your projects.
It will remember things from your discussions even if you might have forgotten.
The same goes for brainstorming bedtime story ideas.
Maintaining context across interactions makes it easier for the overall ‘relationship’ to feel more meaningful.
It also opens the door to new use cases.
Imagine tutoring that adapts to your learning style across weeks.
Or therapy journaling with an AI that remembers what you said three sessions ago.
Or productivity planning that doesnt need to be re-explained every Monday morning.
You dont need the AI to be sentient as long as it’s consistent.
Memorable moves
ChatGPT’s memory improvement isn’t without complications, though.
Theres also a philosophical element.
The more AI mimics memory, the easier it becomes to anthropomorphize.
Its easy to trust a tool that remembers you.
Maybe too easy in this case.
Memory is the thing that turns an inert tool into a long-term assistant.
