OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Pulse for Pro Users

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Pulse as a mobile preview for ChatGPT Pro users; the feature runs asynchronous overnight research and delivers personalized morning briefs as topical visual cards based on a user’s chat history, memory and optional connected apps like Gmail and Google Calendar. Pulse can proactively surface follow-ups, reminders (for example, buy a gift), trip tips, dinner ideas and other tailored suggestions, and users can curate what topics it researches and turn cards into chat threads. OpenAI presents Pulse as a step from a reactive chatbot toward proactive AI agents, with executives including Fidji Simo and Sam Altman saying it previews assistants that understand goals and act on users’ behalf. The feature is compute‑intensive and currently limited to Pro while OpenAI refines it for Plus and free users and plans to expand third‑party integrations over time. Reporters and security observers have flagged privacy and “promptless‑attack” concerns because Pulse requires access to personal data; OpenAI says connections are optional and users control what Pulse researches.