OpenAI on Tuesday announced a new feature coming to ChatGPT, which will turn the chatbot into a reminder app. Called “Tasks,” the feature will let users ask ChatGPT to remind them about their tasks and even create periodic alerts for specific situations.
ChatGPT now lets users create reminders with ‘Tasks’
OpenAI describes the Tasks feature as an “important step toward making it more of a helpful AI companion that can take on tasks on your behalf.”
With this feature, ChatGPT can send you reminders when you need them, whether they are one-time or recurring. With the feature enabled, all you have to do is tell ChatGPT what you want and when, and it will create the task. There will be a dedicated section for managing tasks in the profile menu within ChatGPT. The chatbot will also suggest tasks based on your chats.
As an example, users can ask ChatGPT to remind them that their passport will expire in 6 months. It also works with more complex requests, such as to get a daily weather report every morning or a list of things to do every Friday. ChatGPT will send push notifications via its website or app. Depending on what you tell the app, it will also create a task automatically (if you allow it to).
The new Tasks feature is now being rolled out as a “beta” to ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Pro subscribers. It will be available across all platforms via the new “4o with scheduled tasks” model. During the beta, users can set only 10 active tasks at a time. Push notifications will also work through ChatGPT’s macOS app.
“Right now, we’ll use this beta period to understand how people use tasks and refine the feature before making it available to all ChatGPT users,” OpenAI told 9to5Mac.
In December, OpenAI made ChatGPT Search available to everyone for free. The feature essentially turns ChatGPT into a search engine that can find answers on the web in real time. The macOS app was also recently updated to work with Apple Notes and more third-party apps.
The ChatGPT app is available for free on the iOS App Store. The Mac version must be downloaded from the OpenAI’s website.
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