What is ChatGPT Pulse?
Pulse is a new feature on OpenAI’s popular chatbot, which has been designed to help users reach their goals.
ChatGPT now proactively does research to deliver personalised updates based on your chats, feedback and connected apps like email and calendar.
The results appear every morning as a set of visual cards which you can either quickly scan or open for more detail.
By letting the bot know what is useful and what is not, you allow it to learn and further adjust to fit your needs.
What can ChatGPT Pulse do?
The information ChatGPT Pulse shares with you depends on your own personal preferences.
It could be follow-ups on frequently discussed topics, cooking ideas or next steps toward your long-term goal such as losing weight or buying a house.
By linking your Gmail or Google Calendar, you can provide additional context for more relevant suggestions.
This allows ChatGPT to draft a sample meeting agenda for you, suggest birthday gift ideas for your friend or surface restaurant recommendations for an upcoming trip.
To make the daily digest more relevant, you can either give quick feedback with a thumbs up/down or tap ‘curate’ to request what you want to see in future editions.
Each update is available only for the day unless you save it as a chat or ask a follow-up question, which adds it to your conversation history.
OpenAI promises that ChatGPT Pulse will soon offer more connections for even more personalised results.
How do I get ChatGPT Pulse?
The initial preview of the feature has only been released for ChatGPT Pro users on mobile devices.
However, OpenAI is planning to make it available for users on the cheaper Plus plan after enough feedback is collected.
Is ChatGPT Pulse available for fee?
As a demo version, Pulse is currently only available on the Pro plan, which runs for £200 a month.
This also gives you unlimited access to OpenAI’s most advanced model GPT-5 along with extended access to Agent and Sora.
However, if Pulse is made available to ChatGPT Plus users, like the company has implied, it will be significantly cheaper.
For £20 a month, you will also get limited access to Agent, extended access to GPT-5, extended limits on file uploads and image generation, as well as limited access to Sora.
Is ChatGPT Pulse worth it?
The feedback from internet users has been largely positive, but most agree that the price is way too high for what it is.
“Would love to try it out in some months, when it’s available to Plus or Free users,” said a person on Reddit.
Another user, who has had the chance to test Pulse, said: “Absolutely love it. It’s like a news feed, but with topics I was actually curious about. Also saw my calendar and gave me some cool historical facts about the place I am visiting.”
They compared Pulse to “an organic version” of social media, but instead of clickbait, it uses helpful knowledge.
On the other hand, some users find this feature “creepy” and are concerned about their privacy.
