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Release2026-08-16

OpenAI launched Computer History, a ChatGPT feature for macOS that records clicks, typing, keyboard shortcuts and app switches to build a searchable record the assistant can draw on. It takes no screenshots or audio, but the memory files sit on the machine as unencrypted plain text that any program under the same user account could read. It is unavailable in the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the UK, and on business plans an administrator must switch it on before a user can consent.

What changed

The earlier Codex feature, Chronicle, built context by capturing screenshots of the screen.

What it unlocks

ChatGPT can answer questions about what someone did earlier on their Mac, drawn from a searchable log of clicks and typing.

  • 48-hour raw event file retention

What you need to act on it

  • macOS
  • Memories switched on
  • admin enablement plus separate user consent on Business and Enterprise workspaces
  • not available in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK

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