OpenAI has begun testing a feature that lets new ChatGPT users sign up with only a phone number — no email required. The addition was spotted by software

The era of ChatGPT doing stuff for you has arrived.

ChatGPT will now be able to handle tasks like sending reminders about important deadlines or sharing daily weather reports. People can ask the conversational AI chatbot to send alerts at a future date and time,

Tasks in ChatGPT continue the trend in generative AI of “agentic” tools, which chain together multiple prompts autonomously to perform relatively complex actions. Tasks’ ability to remind users of upcoming meetings could compete with Google Calendar, Apple’s Siri or mobile calendar, or Amazon Alexa.

OpenAI introduces Tasks in ChatGPT, enabling reminders, recurring actions, and AI suggestions, paving the way for advanced AI agents.

OpenAI today announced a new beta feature for ChatGPT called Tasks. The new automation feature turns the platform into more of a proactive AI assistant capable of managing scheduled assignments.

In a series of posts on X (formerly known as Twitter), OpenAI announced Tasks, currently available in beta to ChatGPT Plus, Teams, and Pro users. The feature is planned to be expanded to those on the free tier of the AI chatbot later this year. Currently, the Tasks page can only be accessed via the web version of the platform.

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ChatGPT, schedule a reminder to read The New York Post every morning. OpenAI has introduced a new feature called Tasks for ChatGPT users allowing them to set reminders and recurring requests. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot operated by OpenAI that can generate text and code in response to user prompts.