{
  "id": 1291949,
  "title": "ChatGPT’s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/chatgpts-computer-history-tracks-your-clicks-and-keystrokes",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-16T14:56:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/980742/chatgpts-computer-history-tracks-your-clicks-and-keystrokes"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 build a timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can reference when you make a request. The feature […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ZDNet",
        "title": "ChatGPT's new Computer History tracks your Mac activity to create a timeline - but should you let it?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/chatgpts-new-computer-history-tracks-your-mac-activity-to-create-a",
        "published": "2026-08-14T16:00:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}