Summary TL;DR

• New in ChatGPT: Branch chats and projects now open to free users.

• OpenAI scans chats; imminent threats reported to police.

• AI phone check-ins helped seniors' blood pressure, saved money.

ChatGPT adds conversation branching and opens Projects to everyone 🚀

OpenAI now lets you branch conversations in ChatGPT, so you can explore alternate directions without losing your original thread. The feature is live for logged‑in web users.

OpenAI also made Projects available to free and paid users globally—smart workspaces that group chats, store reference files, and remember custom instructions. With memory and context, Projects help with ongoing writing, research, planning, and other evolving tasks.

OpenAI will scan chats and report violent threats to police 🚨

OpenAI says it’s monitoring ChatGPT conversations for harmful content, escalating flagged chats to human reviewers who can ban accounts and, for imminent threats to others, notify law enforcement. Self-harm cases won’t be referred to police.

The move follows alarming chatbot-related incidents and raises fresh privacy concerns, especially amid lawsuits over chat logs—underscoring OpenAI’s struggle to balance user safety with confidentiality.

AI Check-ins Help Seniors Control Blood Pressure and Save Money 🩺

In a 2,000-patient study at Emory, multilingual AI voice agents reached 85% of older adults to collect home blood pressure readings, escalating urgent cases to clinicians.

Results: 60% took compliant readings, 1,939 quality gaps closed, CBP ratings jumped from 1 to 4 stars, and cost-per-reading fell 88.7%. Patient satisfaction topped 9/10. Findings are preliminary from an observational study without a control group.

Great prompt for ChatGPT - 7-Day Tiny Habits Coach

I’m trying to improve [area: fitness, focus, mood, money, home]. I can give it [5–20] minutes per day. My main roadblocks are [list 2–3]. Act as a supportive coach and build me a simple 7-day plan:

1. Propose one 2-minute daily habit using the formula “After I [trigger], I will [tiny action]”. Offer 3 options: beginner, standard, stretch.

2. Add a friction fix list: the 2 biggest blockers and easy fixes for each.

3. Give me a daily checklist with time, place, and a 10-second “celebration” idea.

4. Include a 7-day tracker table I can copy.

5. Provide one nightly reflection question and a short pep talk.

6. If I miss a day, give a quick restart rule so I can get back on track tomorrow. Keep everything very concrete, plain language, friendly tone.

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