ChatGPT’s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes
TL;DR
The ChatGPT desktop app on macOS is getting Computer History, a feature that turns your actions on the machine into a searchable timeline. ChatGPT and Codex can reference that timeline to suggest automations and pick up tasks you left half finished. The feature is opt-in rather than opt-out, and you can exclude specific apps and websites or delete individual entries. OpenAI's Ari Weinstein said on X that content in incognito or private browser tabs is ignored automatically.
Nauti's Take
The upside is concrete: a searchable log of your own workflow finally makes automation suggestions useful, because the model knows the context instead of guessing it. The risk is just as concrete, since clicks and keystrokes are highly sensitive data and exclusion lists only protect what you thought of in advance.
Opt-in is the right default, but on work machines this belongs in a conversation with IT first.
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