"It's called Pulse, and according Altman, it "works for you overnight" by "thinking about your interests, your connected data, your recent chats, and more." In the morning, you get a "custom-generated set of stuff you might be interested in," akin to something a "super-competent personal assistant" might prepare. More broadly, he says, it represents "a shift from being all reactive to being significantly proactive, and extremely personalized.""
"They're also the words of a person who has not just adopted the language and jargon of generative AI but done so to the exclusion of everything else. In the narrow context of ChatGPT, and through the personified language of generative AI, Pulse can be given agency, ascribed new talents and qualities, and imbued with novelty. Most other people, however, will look at Pulse and see something less futuristic than familiar: a recommendation feed."
Pulse is a ChatGPT feature that works overnight by analyzing user interests, connected data, recent chats, and other signals to generate a morning set of personalized items. The output aims to act like a super-competent personal assistant by proactively surfacing relevant suggestions and updates. The feature connects to apps like calendars and draws on chat history and user feedback. The design shifts the interaction model from reactive responses to proactive, highly personalized recommendations. The feature is rolling out to Pro users on mobile. The system performs best when users provide more information about what matters to them. Despite AI framing, the result resembles a familiar recommendation feed that can increase engagement and centralize user attention.
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