Paying users of OpenAI's ChatGPT can now ask the AI assistant to schedule reminders or recurring requests. The new beta feature, called tasks, will start

The era of ChatGPT doing stuff for you has arrived.

ChatGPT subscribers can now ask the artificial intelligence assistant to set reminders and perform certain recurring tasks on a regular basis. The new feature is called Tasks and it’s being launched in beta this week for ChatGPT Plus, Team and Pro users.

Functions include being able to have ChatGPT give you weekly news briefings or daily weather updates, according to OpenAI. Other tasks could include having ChatGPT remind you in s

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