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Introducing ChatGPT’s New Feature: Conversation Recall
The new memory feature can recall past interactions for personalized assistance. OpenAI claims privacy has not been compromised.
Interacting with AI chatbots has often presented a challenge: once a conversation concludes, all context is lost. The AI fails to retain pertinent details, hampering its potential as a true digital assistant capable of providing personalized guidance.
OpenAI has now addressed this limitation by introducing a memory feature to ChatGPT, enabling the bot to recall important information from past interactions and utilize it in subsequent queries.
The mechanism is straightforward: users can prompt ChatGPT to remember specific details, such as a child’s peanut allergy or an email signature preference. Subsequently, the bot stores this information and applies it to future interactions and tasks.
Furthermore, the system accumulates knowledge organically over time, enhancing its understanding of user preferences and requirements.
Each custom GPT instance, like Books GPT, maintains its distinct memory, enabling more tailored experiences. For instance, Books GPT can recall previously read books and preferred genres. This feature is particularly beneficial for those using the diverse range of chatbots available in the GPT Store.
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Although no different to the data storage practices of Google and others, concerns regarding privacy persist. OpenAI assures users of control over ChatGPT’s memory, with sensitive topics such as health data not automatically retained. Users can instruct the bot to forget information, supplemented by subtle adjustments accessible through the Manage Memory tab in the settings. For those uncomfortable with the concept, the option to disable the feature entirely also exists.
Currently in beta, the memory feature is being gradually introduced to a limited number of ChatGPT free and Plus users, with plans for broader availability in the future. In the interim, those intrigued by the concept can glimpse into a future that’s beginning to look a lot like the movie “Her”.
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Microsoft Plans $10 Billion-Plus Gulf Expansion Despite Iran Conflict
Security is shaping Microsoft’s approach, from resilience work with governments to what it will say about how the money splits by country.
Microsoft is planning more than $10 billion of investment across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait through 2030, Vice Chair and President Brad Smith told Reuters, calling the spending schedule aggressive. The Iranian conflict that began on February 28 has not persuaded the company to scale back.
“We’re sustaining all the investments we planned to make before this conflict started, and we are in fact adding to them,” Smith said. The $10 billion-plus total does not, however, show how large those additions are.
The investment, which Smith described as part of Microsoft’s continued infrastructure expansion, is aimed at cloud and AI infrastructure and at the company’s growing regional operations. Microsoft also intends to put more than $400 million into subsea and terrestrial connectivity across the Middle East by 2030.
The spending fits the region’s own ambitions too. Gulf governments have been investing heavily in AI infrastructure as part of a push to diversify their economies beyond oil and gas and turn themselves into global technology hubs. Major cloud and AI providers have been drawn in part by the land and relatively low-cost energy on offer.
Microsoft is widening its partnerships with regional AI companies, though not on identical terms. In 2024, it invested $1.5 billion in Abu Dhabi-based G42 for a minority stake, and Smith currently sits on G42’s board. Saudi Arabia’s Humain and Qatar’s Qai are working with Microsoft on selected priority areas, but Smith said the company does not plan to make capital investments in either.
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The conflict has added another strand to Microsoft’s work in the region. Since it began, Smith said, the company has supported regional partners with digital resilience assessments, and it is now working with Gulf countries through a digital resilience initiative focused on preparedness and the protection of critical data.
So far, the company has given no country-by-country breakdown of the investment, citing security among other factors. So while the headline figure is public, how Microsoft divides the spending among the four countries is not.
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