ChatGPT subscribers can now ask the artificial intelligence assistant to set reminders and perform certain recurring tasks on a regular basis. The new feature is called Tasks and it’s being launched in beta this week for ChatGPT Plus, Team and Pro users.

Functions include being able to have ChatGPT give you weekly news briefings or daily weather updates, according to OpenAI. Other tasks could include having ChatGPT remind you in s

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On Tuesday, OpenAI announced "tasks," a ChatGPT feature that performs, well, tasks, for users. Tasks, rolling out as a beta feature for ChatGPT Plus, Teams, and Pro users over the next few days, enables users to ask ChatGPT "to do things for you at a future time" said the announcement.

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,