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Dreaming: Better memory for a more helpful ChatGPT

Updated 6/10/2026English

OpenAI News reports: Memory first launched in April 2024 (also known as saved memories). OpenAI reports: Improving memory synthesis in ChatGPT to optimize for freshness, continuity and releva

Dreaming: Better memory for a more helpful ChatGPT - OpenAI News

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Key Takeaways

  • Today we’re beginning to roll out a more capable and scalable system for synthesizing memory, developed to tackle the staleness, correctness, and scalability challenges that we…
  • Memory is what helps ChatGPT learn your preferences, projects, and constraints, allowing future conversations to start from shared context rather than from scratch
  • Over the last two years, memory has grown into a critical part of the ChatGPT experience, helping ChatGPT better understand your context so it can help you accomplish meaningful…

OpenAI News reports Dreaming: Better memory for a more helpful ChatGPT. OpenAI News reports: Memory first launched in April 2024 (also known as saved memories). OpenAI's Jun 4, 2026 we’re beginning to roll out a more capable and scalable system for synthesizing memory, developed t OpenAI's Jun 4, 2026 we’re be

Saved memories modal showing a searchable list of personal details, including work, interests, travel, and response preferences.
Saved memories modal showing a searchable list of personal details, including work, interests, travel, and response preferences. OpenAI News · source image

Improving memory synthesis in ChatGPT to optimize for freshness, continuity and relevance.

Memory is what helps ChatGPT learn your preferences, projects, and constraints, allowing future conversations to start from shared context rather than from scratch.

Over the last two years, memory has grown into a critical part of the ChatGPT experience, helping ChatGPT better understand your context so it can help you accomplish meaningful goals over time. This is central to making ChatGPT more useful: knowing you, helping you, and doing more for you.

Memory settings page in ChatGPT showing options to reference chat history, use saved memories, manage saved memories, and enable Pulse memory suggestions.
Memory settings page in ChatGPT showing options to reference chat history, use saved memories, manage saved memories, and enable Pulse memory suggestions. OpenAI News · source image

This update is available to Plus and Pro users in the US today, and will roll out to additional countries and Free and Go users over the coming weeks.

Memory first launched in April 2024 (also known as saved memories). The feature let you ask ChatGPT to remember information and carry it forward into future chats.

Memory summary modal showing a personalized overview of a user’s work, hobbies, travel interests, and community involvement, with options to correct or dismiss specific details.
Memory summary modal showing a personalized overview of a user’s work, hobbies, travel interests, and community involvement, with options to correct or dismiss specific details. OpenAI News · source image

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