ChatGPT’s ability to learn and recall facts and information you feed it during your conversations is no longer limited to premium subscribers. An X post by OpenAI on Tuesday revealed that the AI chatbot will now reference recent conversations with people that have a free-tier membership as well.
OpenAI’s chatbot already remembers tens of thousands of tokens (or individual queries) at any point in time, but the latest memory updates have allowed ChatGPT to pull more information from prior messages you’ve sent it, ranging from your name to previous scenarios you asked for advice about. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)
This level of adaptability lets people “train” ChatGPT to suit their needs (whether that be troubleshooting tech issues or creating a romantic partner) and influences how the chatbot will tailor its replies for as far back as its database of your queries extends.
The memory update for free-tier chatters is a “lightweight” version of what’s available to Plus- and Pro-tier ChatGPT subscribers, but it’s not immediately clear how many tokens the chatbot will save and mull through for the free subscription tier.
What is clear is that the free version of OpenAI’s chatbot will now be able to be trained to deliver more personalized responses. ChatGPT Free is highly ranked on CNET’s list of best AI chatbots, and the new memory upgrade helps it stand out among the competition.
If you want to disable ChatGPT’s ability to save memories, you can do so from the personalization tab of the settings menu. This won’t delete memories that the AI has already saved — you need to delete the original query and tell the chatbot to forget the memory.
A representative for OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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