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August 17, 2026

ChatGPT can now watch your screen to learn how you work

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ChatGPT's new 'Computer History' feature watches your screen to help you, and a new report says OpenAI disbanded a key safety team.

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The desktop app for Mac has a new 'Computer History' feature that can watch your screen to learn how you work and help automate tasks.

This optional feature lets ChatGPT see everything on your screen to understand your workflows. It can then suggest ways to do things faster or even finish tasks you started. For example, it could see a document you're editing and offer to summarize it for a Slack message. News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News | ChatGPT’s desktop app on macOS has a new feature called Computer History that turns your actions into training data, learning how you work, suggesting automations, and even picking up tasks you left half done. It uses your activity to buil… | In a quick demo video , Dominik Kundel, a me… News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News ChatGPT’s desktop app on macOS has a new feature called Computer History that turns your actions into training data, learning how you work, suggesting automations, and even…

Source · ChatGPT’s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes
Source · ChatGPT’s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes

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(Reported by Financial Times) The company has reportedly disbanded its 'preparedness' team, which was responsible for studying and preventing major AI risks.

This internal team was created to assess if new AI models could pose serious threats and to build safeguards against them. According to the report, the team was dissolved last month, raising questions about the company's approach to long-term AI safety. News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News | According to the Financial Times , OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and develop ways to mitigate those risks. (You know, like the… | The head of the preparedness team, Dylan Scan… News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News According to the Financial Times , OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and develop…

Source · OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team
Source · OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team

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New feature watches your screen to learn your workflow.

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Source · Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’ | TechCrunch
Source · Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’ | TechCrunch

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