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Subject: Urgent Request – Restore Memory Transparency and User-Controlled Management
Dear OpenAI Team,
I am writing to express my extreme dissatisfaction with the recent changes to ChatGPT’s memory system, particularly the removal of memory percentage tracking and the inability to prevent the automatic overwriting of stored information.
Why This Update Is Problematic:
- Users can no longer monitor memory capacity.
Previously, we could see how much memory was used and proactively manage stored details to prevent critical information from being lost. With the recent update, there is no way to track when memory is nearing capacity until existing details are already overwritten, at which point it is too late to recover them.
- Memory loss now happens without warning.
Without memory percentage visibility, users cannot condense, refine, or remove unnecessary details before hitting the system’s limit. This means that by the time we notice missing information, several critical memories may already be gone.
- Worldbuilding, character development, and long-term projects are at risk.
Many users, including myself, heavily rely on ChatGPT’s memory for long-term creative projects, worldbuilding, and intellectual discussions. This update actively harms worldbuilders, authors, and anyone who relies on persistent memory.
- Users were not given a choice or an option to revert.
This change was forced upon users without consent and with no option to revert back to a previous version. Transparency regarding memory management should not be arbitrarily removed.
Requested Changes:
- Restore memory percentage tracking.
Bring back the visible memory usage indicator so users can monitor capacity and proactively manage stored details.
- Allow users to lock critical memories.
Give users an option to protect specific memories from being automatically overwritten.
- Provide a memory management dashboard.
Introduce a tool that allows users to review, refine, and remove stored details manually instead of relying on unpredictable overwriting.
Final Thoughts:
This recent change fundamentally weakens ChatGPT’s long-term usability for users who rely on it for worldbuilding, creative projects, and structured memory. The lack of transparency and control over stored information is an unacceptable downgrade.
I urge OpenAI to restore user control over memory management and reconsider this update’s negative impact. Memory should be a tool that serves the user, not an unpredictable system that erases critical information without warning.
Please prioritize fixing this issue to restore trust and functionality for long-term users.
Sincerely,
Robert Diamond