{
  "id": 1855229,
  "title": "Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Could Track Computer Activity, Meetings Within Six Months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/sam-altman-says-chatgpt-could-track-computer-activity-meetings-within",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-19T02:56:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/sam-altman-says-chatgpt-could-track-computer-activity-meetings-within-six-months"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman outlined plans for future iterations of ChatGPT that could continuously monitor users' computer activity, meetings, and conversations. Speaking to Cory Levy, Altman envisions this system providing real-time assistance based on the user's context within the next six months. The assistant would be capable of observing a user's screen, attending meetings, and retaining the information continuously, aiming to build a comprehensive understanding of a person's work. This would allow the assistant to provide relevant help without requiring rebriefing each time. Altman also mentioned the potential to link services like email, messaging apps, and Slack to the assistant. While acknowledging concerns over surveillance, Altman emphasized that users would retain control over what the AI could access, with the system functioning as a collaborative tool to fill information gaps and offer support, especially to those managing large volumes of data.",
  "summary": "OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has said a future version of ChatGPT could continuously monitor a user's computer activity, meetings and conversations, offering real-time assistance based on that context. He expects such a system to become genuinely useful within the next six months. AI assistant to work alongside users Speaking in an interview with Cory Levy, founder of Z Fellows, Altman…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Sam Altman: Within 6 months, ChatGPT can watch your screen, meetings and emails",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/sam-altman-within-6-months-chatgpt-can-watch-your-screen-meetings-and",
        "published": "2026-08-18T16:22:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}