OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse to proactively write you morning briefs (techcrunch.com)

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Pulse, a proactive morning-brief feature inside ChatGPT that generates five to ten personalized “cards” overnight to get users up to speed on news, calendar items, emails and other context. Available today to $200/month Pro subscribers (with Plus and free users planned later), Pulse synthesizes web sources, uses ChatGPT Connectors (Gmail, Google Calendar) and Memory to personalize agendas, news roundups and lifestyle briefs. Each card includes AI-generated imagery, source links, and the ability to drill down or ask follow-up questions; Pulse deliberately stops after a few items with “Great, that’s it for today” to avoid social-feed style engagement. Pulse signals a strategic shift toward asynchronous, assistant-like AI that acts proactively rather than only responding to queries. Technical and product implications include heavy, variable compute needs (which is why it’s currently gated to a high-tier plan), reliance on connectors and memory for personalization, and future ambitions to add agentic actions (making reservations, drafting emails) — features that will demand more robust agent models and trust. The feature could compete with news apps and newsletters, raising questions about source attribution, compute cost and privacy as ChatGPT parses personal email and calendar data to create tailored briefs.