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This Sunday morning, OpenAI is rolling out significant updates across its ChatGPT products, with new features for both desktop and mobile users. Both Notebookcheck and The Next Web confirm that ChatGPT's new activity recorder for Mac, called Computer History, is now available in Europe. This feature, which collects interaction events like clicks and typing to build summaries for the AI, went live on August 20th in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the UK. It ships switched off and requires a Pro, Business, or Enterprise plan with 'Memories' enabled. For iPhone users, Ammon News and The Next Web report a new shortcut: a long press on the plus button now instantly brings up the four most recent images for quick attachment to conversations. OpenAI’s Consumer Product Lead, Adam Fry, highlighted this as part of August 21st updates, making it faster to use images with the AI. The Next Web also points out this offers a visual assistant capability for EU iPhone owners, where native Apple AI features are currently unavailable due to Digital Markets Act concerns. TechRadar notes a significant change to ChatGPT's voice interface, which now includes human-like fillers such as "ums" and "yeeeahs." While designed to sound more natural, some users find these conversational noises annoying, with one experiment counting over 100 filler words in 20 minutes. Meanwhile, Minute Mirror reveals that OpenAI appears to be developing a new privacy feature for ChatGPT: the ability to lock individual conversations with a PIN or fingerprint. Hidden references in the latest Android version suggest users could hide sensitive chats from their history, requiring authentication to access them. This means your daily interactions with AI are becoming more integrated and personalized, but also require awareness of new privacy settings and how your data is being used.