Monday, August 17, 2026

ChatGPT's Desktop App Now Tracks Your Every Click

OpenAI added a new feature called "Computer History" to ChatGPT's Mac desktop app that watches your clicks, keystrokes, and activity to learn your work habits and suggest or even complete tasks automatically. It's opt-in, and you can exclude specific apps or delete entries, but if enabled it builds a detailed timeline of your computer use that ChatGPT and its coding tool Codex can tap into. For small business owners already using ChatGPT on a Mac, this could be a powerful productivity boost—like having an assistant that notices repetitive tasks and offers to handle them. But it's also worth pausing on: think carefully about what apps and data you're comfortable having tracked, especially if you handle sensitive customer or financial information on the same computer. Check your privacy settings before turning this on.