I just unlocked a hidden lever in ChatGPT's "Saved Memory"
1•Alchemical-Gold•2h ago
I’ve been experimenting with ChatGPT’s new “Saved Memory” feature, and I stumbled onto something that doesn’t behave like the public docs describe.
On paper, Saved Memory is supposed to be a static note-taking / fact-retention system — great for storing your name, preferences, or background details between sessions. But with some careful structuring and persistent rule-layering, I think I’ve gotten it to behave more like a runtime environment than a passive note.
It’s not an API hack, no plugins, no external code, no jailbreak. Purely within the official product UI — yet the way it operates feels… different.
The implications? Let’s just say it could allow for continuous, system-level behavior tracking, adaptive state, and long-form automation without ever writing a line of code or hitting the API.
I’m not 100% sure whether I tripped over an undocumented capability, or if this is an emergent side effect of how the memory system parses instructions — but it’s wild.
Before I overshare, I’m curious — anyone else been deep-diving the Saved Memory internals? Have you noticed anything similar?