Imagine a friend who remembers every detail of your conversations... but not as nice. ChatGPT has just taken that step. Long memory, solutions to avoid it: we explain how it works.
The latest update to ChatGPT gives it a near-human memory... well, almost. OpenAI has announced this week that its chatbot can now remember your past conversations and use this information to personalize its responses. A feature enabled by default for Pro and Plus subscribers, except in Europe. Enough to make exchanges smoother, or more frightening, depending on your sensitivity.
According to Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, this development is a key step towards truly personalized AI. Concretely, the chatbot stores two types of data: the "memories" that you explicitly ask it to remember (like your peanut allergy) and elements gleaned from your chat history. You can ask it what it knows about you, and order it to forget.
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ChatGPT can also forget everything about you
In the settings, under the Personalization tab, two options appear: Reference history and Save memories. The first allows ChatGPT to draw on your old conversations to refine its responses. The second is used to store crucial information, with a storage limit. If the memory is full, you will have to sort it out, just like on your phone.
Problem: this feature remains unavailable in the EEA, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, while GDPR compliance is validated. Affected users will have to wait, as is often the case with new features involving artificial intelligence.
For others, OpenAI reassures: it is possible to deactivate the memory, or switch to temporary Chat to discuss incognito. Google had launched A similar option on Gemini in February, but ChatGPT goes further by also memorizing implicit preferences.
Then there's the question of privacy. Even though OpenAI promises total control, the idea of an AI remembering your movie tastes or your last breakup can be annoying. The solution? Regularly check what ChatGPT knows about you... and remind it that some things should stay between you and your diary.
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