What ChatGPT Thinks It Knows About You Is Affecting Its Answers. Here’s How to Change That
Understanding how ChatGPT’s latest memory upgrade works will help you get even more out of OpenAI’s productivity tool.
ChatGPT's memory feature, introduced in April 2024, has evolved to allow more flexible and automatic storage of information shared during conversations. This means that the AI now "remembers" details you provide, which can influence its responses in ways you might not anticipate. For instance, if you've been researching a specific topic, ChatGPT may assume you're an expert in that area based on the context of your conversation.
To manage how much information ChatGPT retains about you, you can access and edit its memory settings through the web app or mobile app. In the web app, click your profile icon, select Personalization, and scroll to the Memory section. In the mobile app, tap the menu icon, select your profile, and choose Memory. Here, you can toggle off the memory feature if you wish to stop ChatGPT from retaining any information.
To view your current memory summaries, select Manage next to Memory summaries. This will display details about your interests and preferred communication style. You can edit these summaries by highlighting and choosing Make a correction or Don't mention this again. If you want to completely erase your memory, select the three dots at the top and choose Delete.
This will reset ChatGPT's understanding of you, although your past conversations will still be available. Another option is to use temporary chats, which do not contribute to ChatGPT's memory and are deleted as soon as the chat is closed.
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