The OpenAI has recently launched a new beta feature for ChatGPT known as Tasks. The feature is designed to enhance the functionality of the platform. The ChatGPT users can now easily set reminders and automate their future actions.
The Tasks feature is now available in the beta for Plus, Pro, and Team plans users only. This feature will enhance the interaction across the platforms making ChatGPT one of the most proactive tools for users. It will prove ChatGPT as the best integral tool for work and personal life. The Tasks feature will make it trouble-free for paid users to easily schedule their reminders and automate their actions.
What are the key features of ChatGPT’s “Tasks”?
- The Tasks feature will offer customizable task scheduling. Users can easily schedule their one-time tasks such as reminders for calls, meetings, etc, and also set recurring tasks such as “wake me up at 7 am daily”. The recurrence tasks will be available for various intervals like daily, weekly, or custom periods. The Tasks has a dynamic feature that can adapt according to users’ preferences for instance adjusting reminders for different time zones.
- The scheduled tasks can be accessed through the “Tasks” tab or enclosed by the chat thread where they were created. This will make managing, rescheduling, or canceling any task effortless. The task can easily be updated or deleted anytime required.
- The Tasks feature has AI-driven insights where the ChatGPT when analyse the conversation and suggest some helpful tasks based on the context. However, the suggested tasks will only be added after the approval of its users ensuring full control over the actions.
- It will also have cross-platform notifications with real-time alerts and timely updates. Notification of any task or reminders will be sent over across the device in which the app is logged in such as that desktop or mobile app. A Notification will be sent as soon as the task is pending or completed which will ensure that the users never miss critical actions.
- The Tasks feature will have web browsing integration where it will automatically utilize ChatGPT’s web browsing capabilities for information recapture. However, tasks will have their limitations such as not performing continuous searches, executing online transactions, or even monitoring the dynamic updates and real time.
- The Tasks feature will offer privacy and security to users proving that the platform is trustworthy. Any task-related data will be encrypted and only accessible by the user. For example, any personal reminders will be private and stored securely. The users will be informed about how the task data is stored or managed.
Who can have access to the “Tasks” feature?
The Tasks feature is only available for the beta phase currently and also for specific groups of users. Below are the details provided for who can have access to tasks:
- The tasks feature is eligible for ChatGPT Plus subscribers. The users with ChatGPT Plus Plan which costs about dollar 20 per month can have access to this feature. The Plus plan will offer more enhanced capabilities that will include faster response times or priority access to any new features. However, the members of the ChatGPT Team and Pro Plans can also have access to this feature.
- The Tasks feature is now being rolled out globally which will be eligible for users starting from the web platform. This feature by OpenAI is a strong move by the company to ensure stability and gather all the feedback they can. However, the feature is not available in some regions as depends on the infrastructure readiness or local regulations.
- The feature is not available for free tier uses currently. The OpenAI has not made any official announcement of if or when the feature will be available for its free-tier users.
- Currently, the Tasks feature is only accessible through the ChatGPT web platform. However, it will have a future update that will support the ChatGPT mobile app such as IOS and Android enabling seamless task management on different devices.
- To have the access to Tasks feature, the user should have an updated latest version of ChatGPT web or the app interface.
However, the Tasks feature is currently available for paid users only. However, the OpenAI company plans to enhance its user experience and make the feature available for free-tier users as well by the end of the year. The development of the Tasks feature in ChatGPT was done to compete with traditional digital assistants such as Siri and Alexa. The Tasks feature will work as a strong digital assistant while blending the AI-driven intelligence that will meet both personal and professional scheduling needs.
