OpenAI Launches Year-End ChatGPT Recap Feature

OpenAI launched a personalized year-end recap feature for ChatGPT users on Monday, introducing "Your Year with ChatGPT" in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The tool, inspired by popular annual summaries like Spotify Wrapped, provides a customized overview of individual users' interactions with the AI chatbot over the past year, highlighting trends, achievements, and creative insights derived from conversation history.

The feature is available to users on free, Plus, and Pro plans who have enabled reference saved memories and reference chat history settings, along with meeting a minimum level of conversation activity. OpenAI emphasized that the recap is designed to be lightweight, privacy-focused, and user-controlled, excluding Team, Enterprise, and Education accounts. Those eligible may notice a promotional banner upon opening the latest version of the ChatGPT app on iOS, Android, or the web platform. If the feature does not appear automatically, users can trigger it by asking ChatGPT directly, such as by typing "show me my year with ChatGPT."

At its core, Your Year with ChatGPT generates a series of visually engaging slides that recap usage...