IBL News | New York
OpenAI rolled out a feature named “Tasks” this week, which allows the AI assistant to do reminders or recurring tasks by following up with a push notification on whatever platform is enabled.
This new feature, in beta, is for paying users of ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Pro around the globe this week.
Examples of tasks include “Every Friday, give me a weekend plan based on my location and the weather forecast” or “Give me a news briefing every day at 7 a.m.”
The new task feature appears to be OpenAI’s first step into AI agents or advanced agentic systems that can act somewhat independently.
Users can access tasks by selecting “4o with scheduled tasks” from a dropdown menu in ChatGPT.
Today we’re rolling out a beta version of tasks—a new way to ask ChatGPT to do things for you at a future time.
Whether it’s one-time reminders or recurring actions, tell ChatGPT what you need and when, and it will automatically take care of it. pic.twitter.com/7lgvsPehHv
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) January 14, 2025
