ChatGPT gains memory

OpenAI has expanded ChatGPT from a chatbot that starts fresh each time into one that can draw on earlier conversations and connected work apps. (help.openai.com) The memory change lets ChatGPT use two layers of context: “saved memories” that users explicitly ask it to keep, and “chat history,” which pulls insights from past conversations into new replies. Users can delete individual memories, clear all memories, turn memory off in settings, or use Temporary Chat to avoid using or creating memory. (help.openai.com) OpenAI said on April 10, 2025 that the broader memory upgrade was rolling out to Plus and Pro users, with the feature unavailable at launch in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. The company described the update as a shift from remembering a few user-provided facts to referencing past conversations more broadly. (openai.com) OpenAI has also been turning “connectors” into what it now calls apps: links to outside services that let ChatGPT search files, pull context from business tools, and in some cases take actions without leaving the chat window. OpenAI renamed connectors to apps on December 17, 2025 and said the change did not remove existing functionality. (help.openai.com) Those apps now cover several kinds of work. OpenAI says some can search connected services inside a chat, some can run “deep research” across multiple sources with citations, some can sync content into a workspace knowledge base, and some can perform write actions on a user’s behalf. (help.openai.com) For developers, GitHub is one of the clearest examples of the new model. OpenAI says ChatGPT can connect to repositories, read code, README files, and documentation, and cite relevant snippets while answering questions about a codebase. (help.openai.com) For sales and operations teams, the same pattern is spreading to business software. OpenAI’s April 2026 release notes say ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, and Edu users can use chat search with HubSpot and custom Model Context Protocol, or MCP, connectors in addition to deep research. (help.openai.com) That makes access control a product feature, not just an information-technology setting. OpenAI says workspace owners and admins can decide whether an app allows all actions, read-only actions, or custom action sets, and can block newly added actions until they are reviewed. (help.openai.com) OpenAI is also pitching these links as a way to keep answers tied to existing permissions. In its Business release notes, the company says company knowledge works across supported connectors including Slack, SharePoint, Google Drive, GitHub, HubSpot, and Asana, while respecting each user’s existing permissions. (help.openai.com) The practical change is that ChatGPT is being positioned less as a blank prompt box and more as a layer over personal history and workplace systems. OpenAI’s help documents now describe a product that can remember preferences over time, search connected services, and assemble cited reports from both public sources and internal tools. (help.openai.com)