India, June 23 -- All previous AI assistants had one common hurdle: users had to keep prompting them. OpenAI's ChatGPT Scheduled Tasks feature changes that equation by allowing ChatGPT to run certain tasks automatically, without waiting for a fresh instruction every time.

OpenAI says Scheduled Tasks in ChatGPT allow users to create one-off, recurring and monitoring tasks. These can run at a scheduled time, or within broader windows such as morning, afternoon or evening. Monitoring tasks can also check for changes and notify users only when there is something meaningful to report.

According to OpenAI's release notes, scheduled tasks can be used to send reminders, handle recurring work and monitor ongoing activities. The update also adds ...