OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Pulse, a push-style feature that automatically sends personalized morning updates to mobile users on the Pro plan. The goal is to push ChatGPT beyond mere responses and toward proactive assistance, with the model conducting overnight research to surface timely information.
Pulse analyzes a user’s chat history, saved preferences, and optional connections to Gmail and Google Calendar, then presents a series of visual “cards” in the morning. Each card contains a topic summary—such as project follow-ups, dinner ideas, or travel suggestions—that users can expand for more detail.
Users can rate updates with thumbs up or down, curate topics, and save items to convert them into regular chat conversations. Updates appear once daily and disappear after 24 hours unless saved or followed up, at which point the content becomes part of ongoing chat history.
Gmail and Calendar connections are off by default and can be toggled in settings. When Calendar is connected, Pulse might draft a meeting agenda, remind the user to buy a gift, or surface dining recommendations for an upcoming trip, all within the established context of the user’s apps.
OpenAI notes that Pulse’s effectiveness varies by topic and that it’s still early in development. In internal ChatGPT Lab tests with college students, users reported greater utility once they explicitly told ChatGPT what they wanted to see. Pulse is described as an initial step toward more autonomous, agentic AI features, with the potential to expand to more apps and deliver updates throughout the day in future iterations.
