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AI Persistent Memory: ChatGPT Dreaming and the Cross-Session Context Race

Synthesis history

6 versions, newest first.

  1. Version 6 2026-06-09 18:32 UTC · 243 items

    Two new items from Rohan Paul (June 8–9) promote Kocoro, an open-source Mac-native agent running local background memory review — adding a local/privacy-preserving voice to the portable-memory camp and sharpening Paul's…

  2. Version 5 2026-06-08 08:30 UTC · 225 items

    The Neuron published the first quantified memory accuracy metrics on June 7 [^26351]: ChatGPT's original memory had 41.5% factual recall in 2024, rising to 82.8% with Dreaming V3, with preference adherence up from 55.3%…

  3. Version 4 2026-06-07 08:19 UTC · 213 items

    The main new substantive fact is developer commentary attributing roughly 5x lower compute efficiency to Dreaming V3 [^26340][^26341], giving more specificity to OpenAI's previously vague 'compute-efficient' claim. Comm…

  4. Version 3 2026-06-06 02:20 UTC · 179 items

    The new items are predominantly social media amplification of the June 4 Dreaming announcement with no new analytical perspectives. Two substantive details emerged: The Verge reported Dreaming 'rolling out to everyone' …

  5. Version 2 2026-06-05 03:08 UTC · 109 items

    Most new items this pass are background/educational articles on prompt injection that deepen existing coverage without adding novel claims. Three genuinely new developments: Sysdig's documented real-world LLM-agent post…

  6. Version 1 2026-06-04 18:11 UTC · 90 items

    OpenAI launched 'Dreaming' (Dreaming V3) for ChatGPT on June 4, 2026 — a background synthesis system that continuously updates user memory from conversation history rather than storing static snapshots [^24404][^24524][…