Overnight, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Pulse, a major update to its mobile app designed to make ChatGPT more ‘proactive’.
Instead of waiting for prompts, Pulse delivers a daily set of personalised cards that brief users on news, reminders, and agenda items.
What is ChatGPT Pulse?
Pulse is pitched by OpenAI as “a new experience where ChatGPT proactively does research to deliver personalised updates based on your chats, feedback, and connected apps like your calendar”.
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In other words, it uses your data to offer this ‘personalised’ experience.
These updates are presented as topical visual cards that users can quickly scan or tap for more detail. OpenAI says the aim is to cut down on manual queries and keep the focus on relevant, timely information.
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According to OpenAI, each daily Pulse can include follow-ups on repeated topics, reminders about ongoing tasks or meetings, ideas for quick dinners, or even steps toward longer-term goals.
Third-party integrations, such as Gmail or Google Calendar, can also be enabled so Pulse can become more personalised. This will allow it to provide sample meeting agendas, a meeting prep list, or recommendations tailored to upcoming trips.
All connections are managed within app settings, and safety checks are applied before anything appears in the daily digest.
How ChatGPT Pulse works
Every night, Pulse runs asynchronous research anchored in the user’s chat history, saved memory, and direct feedback. It analyses ongoing projects, regularly discussed topics, or specific requests from the ‘curate’ function.
Users can ask ChatGPT for recurring roundups, targeted news, or special interests. For example, event summaries or key industry updates.
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Personalisation is said to be highly interactive. Users shape their experience by rating cards with a thumbs down or up, saving useful items, dismissing irrelevant ones, or curating future requests.
Feedback is instantly tracked, and OpenAI said, “you can easily view or delete your feedback history” to help ChatGPT refine its updates over time.
Each card is available for that day only, unless saved to a chat or expanded as a new thread, to keep the briefing focused and avoid never-ending feeds.
It’s worth noting that ChatGPT Pulse has been firmly positioned as being in ‘preview’. OpenAI has said it might be wrong at times but will improve with feedback.
“Pulse is a preview and won’t always get things right. It aims to show you what’s most relevant and useful but you may still see suggestions that miss the mark,” the OpenAI website reads.
“For example, you may get tips for a project you already completed. You can guide what shows up by telling ChatGPT directly. It remembers your feedback for next time and improves as it learns from real use.”
ChatGPT Pulse price and access
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ChatGPT Pulse is currently only available to users subscribed to ChatGPT Pro. This is OpenAI’s highest-tier plan, which costs US$200 per month.
Access at this stage is also exclusive to the ChatGPT mobile app.
OpenAI has stated Pulse will eventually roll out to the more affordable Plus tier, priced at US$20 per month, but this expansion has not begun, and no specific date has been set.
There has been no indication that ChatGPT Pulse will come to the free tier or the Go tier in India and Indonesia.
This staggered release continues OpenAI’s pattern of launching major new features on the Pro plan first and expanding to additional tiers as feedback is gathered and infrastructure allows.
For example, GPT-5’s ‘Thinking Pro’ mode and o1 pro mode reasoning tools were rolled out to Pro users ahead of the Plus and Team tiers.
