18 August 2026

OpenAI adds activity tracking feature to ChatGPT desktop app

  • ChatGPT's macOS app now includes Computer History, which tracks your clicks and keystrokes across applications to help the AI remember what you were working on.
  • The feature is opt-in and lets you exclude specific apps or websites, automatically skipping private browser tabs, and you can delete individual entries.

How it was covered

Reported by The Verge