OpenAI’s ChatGPT adds scheduled tasks feature in beta – The Verge

OpenAI’s ChatGPT adds scheduled tasks feature in beta – The Verge:

OpenAI is launching a new beta feature in ChatGPT called Tasks that lets users schedule future actions and reminders.

The feature, which is rolling out to Plus, Team, and Pro subscribers starting today, is an attempt to make the chatbot into something closer to a traditional digital assistant — think Google Assistant or Siri but with ChatGPT’s more advanced language capabilities.
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Now this is a compelling use for ChatGPT. That said, I would far prefer them integrate directly with platform apps like Apple Calendar and Reminders, which are far more developed. This seems inevitable given how ChatGPT has taken the time to make a native app for many major computing platforms.

A ChatGPT that can integrate more deeply with the productivity software on my Apple products would get me excited. Siri is still really bad at the language interpretation and conversational piece, but it does integrate with my devices. If the ChatGPT app could be the place to trigger those automations in natural language, and then offload the action to third-party apps, I would be on board.