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Persistent, cross-session memory in AI assistants: when it is captured, how it is stored and how users inspect or correct it.
One developer's sync script for Google Drive for Desktop overwrites its shared file in place, after a temp-file rename gave the file a new Drive ID. Dropping the rename keeps the ID with no OAuth or network calls, at the cost of a mid-write window and any check for edits made elsewhere.
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Private AI Compute has erased all context at the end of each task. Google plans to keep per-user context in encrypted cloud storage instead, with the decryption keys held only on the user's own devices.
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Wired's walkthrough of the memory settings shows ChatGPT deciding for itself what to store about you and carrying it into every reply. Run one prompt on two accounts and you are running two different tests.
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The ChatGPT Mac app can now record clicks, typing and app switches from allowed apps into local memory files. Pro users self-enable; Business and Enterprise need an admin to grant access.
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Anthropic merged chat and Cowork memory on Tuesday, on by default for consumers. The quieter change is that capture no longer waits for the conversation to end.
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