ChatGPT forget almost all the things that were in it's memory

[nova lance]

Description: Last week, I utilized ChatGPT to store important information regarding tasks and deadlines. However, upon revisiting the platform, I noticed a significant issue. ChatGPT failed to retain any of the data I inputted into its memory. Despite providing various details and instructions, the system appears to have lost all stored information from the previous week.Steps to Reproduce:Engage with ChatGPT to input and store information.Wait for a period of time (e.g., one week).Attempt to retrieve the previously stored information by asking ChatGPT to recall specific details or tasks discussed.Expected Behavior: Upon revisiting ChatGPT, the system should retain previously stored information in its memory. Users should be able to access and retrieve stored data as needed, facilitating continuity in task management and communication.Actual Behavior: ChatGPT failed to maintain any stored information from the previous week. Despite previous interactions and input, the system did not recall or retain any data provided by the user.

[tardy raptor]

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[glass lotus]

Yea having the issue also

[hidden adder]

when it adds somehting to memory it will display a confiormation that it did that

you can also always just type "remember that" and the AI will do it

[nova lance]

yes, it did show the confirmation, but even tough it forgot everything yesterday, just 2 memory continued, all the other 10 or 12 were deleted

[nova lance]

I think it´s sometghing that happened to a lot of people

[nova lance]

It happened again, I noticed it happens after I save 10 memories or so, like some limit or something. If that´s the case, I think is so frustating

[glass lotus]

Yea and there being vague and not telling people how many memories you can store or how long a memory can be. I just do even use it any more it's such a gimmick

[prisma lodge]

Curious to see if anything changes for you now that memory features have just been rolled out.

[nova lance]

I´m doing some tests to see, but I´m already working on some "cheatcodes" to overcome such issues

[nova lance]

I´m really dissapointed, if it will stay that way, with such limits, I will deactivate it, cuz it will be useless

[prisma lodge]

Interesting, are you using a plus account or teams account?

[nova lance]

Plus

[prisma lodge]

If you wouldn't mind keeping us up with your progress I would appreciate that. I run into this issue often and it's beyond frustrating.

[glass lotus]

I'll test it out later I noticed if the memories are to long and it hits about 5 it auto deletes only having one left

[nova lance]

well it´s kinda simple, asking it to export all the memories in JSON, so I can edit more precisely, I created a page in Notion where I save this JSON and edit it, adding more and more info about me, so I can just upload such arquive and have a backup of memory. Other option I´m trying is to save all the info about me in a PDF and then save as a memory in a customGPT. It just took me 1 or 2 hours to try both, it´s pretty complete and I will be testing them alongside regular chatgpt memory to see what happens, but it will be much better if Memory works properly and doesn´t have such terrible issues and limits.

[prisma lodge]

I haven't used that feature yet, I've always relied on extensions for exporting conversations in JSON. I think I saw that roll out, doesn't work well? In my experience, importing JSON required an unreasonable amount of bullying to make it work correctly and even then it wasn't quite right. It's probably much different since then but then again I don't know and I haven't used tools like Notion. Is it worth it?

[nova lance]

well, i´m still testing, so I don´t know if it will perform way better than the memory itself, I will see and then I can tell - ya about it in the future. Well I really like Notion, I used Evernote for many years but since I found Notion 2 years ago, everything changed, it´s like Evernote is from stone age

[prisma lodge]

Thanks for the tip I just signed up for it. Looks like it'll be useful for managing my projects wiki. Keep me posted if you don't mind, this was helpful!

[nova lance]

if u know about more people that had such problems with memory, please give some reactions to this post, maybe it will call attention from OpenAI in order to solve it. They need to listen us and improve their product

[glass lotus]

My memories seem to staying I'll update if they get deleted

So far it has two characters wit their abilities and personalities

[prisma blade]

Happened to me repeatedly ever since I got it a couple days ago. Before all got deleted except for 1 memory entry. Now it is like older memories get deleted for new one. Kinda like grandma!

[nova lance]

yes, here continue the same, it´s crap, they should fix it soon. I´m getting tired of issues and problemas with ChatGPT

[prisma blade]

Just as I wrote this everything got deleted! Not usable.

[glass lotus]

yea same with with lol

[elder nova]

Pretty much the same thing but in my case it just refuses to analyze anything that it has in knowledge base and ignores instructions. File analysis is really bad, it works 1/3 of the time and I have really simple txt files

[median ocean]

I’m having the same issue. Maybe 3 or 4 times all the memories were wiped clean and left with only 2-3 newer ones.

[nova lance]

It continues happening, open AI should fix it as soon as possible

[nova lance]

I think a lot of people are having this issue

[last jasper]

We landed a fix last night that hopefully resolves this issue. Please let us know if you're still seeing it.

[prisma blade]

I just tried to save some memory and it worked up to a point, then past memories got wiped, like half of them dissapeared. Thanks for working on this! 🙂

Something weird happened. I just clicked on Clear ChatGPT's memory and instead old, previously wiped memories reappeared. Weird.

[median ocean]

I gave that a shot (I only had like two memories remaining anyway), but nope, it actually cleared and now no memories exist. I guess that’s a good sign though because it’s expected behavior. One bug is better than two 😅

[prisma blade]

In addition, I keep clicking to delete a memory and it just doesn't go away. I'm wondering if it's deleting the wrong one.

[prisma blade]

In another addition, it seems that ChatGPT does some consolidation of memory entries, grouping those that are related together. I had it record the dates I finished some video games, and when ChatGPT consolidated the entries into a larger one, it stripped all the dates and the comments about them it had previously recorded.

If we are to rely on ChatGPT's memory, it has... to... remember stuff... 🙂

[spiral hill]

Anyone have this error ?

[exotic warren]

gpt is down

[spiral hill]

Why ?

[exotic warren]

check this https://status.openai.com/

[spiral hill]

thx

its done

[median ocean]

I was having the same issue, so I'm testing it today. I've now created a dozen or so memories. I'll continue adding more throughout the day. If they're still there by tonight, that'll be the longest they've lasted, so fingers crossed!

[prisma blade]

Still isn't working right at this moment. It doesn't do the whole wiping anymore but it keeps erasing memories as I add new ones.

[median ocean]

Todays been hectic so I haven’t had a chance to add more and test yet today. When I’m out of work, I’m going to do a focused session on building more memories so that will be the true test.

[median ocean]

Added a ton of new memories and the existing ones seem to still be there. They have been restructured a bit over time, integrating new information into existing memories, which I think is very useful as long as older, relevant data isn’t removed

[prisma blade]

Nice, I'll give it a shot!

[median ocean]

Just checked again this morning and so far so good!

[prisma blade]

There's no wipes, but the loss of small details like dates still occurs. I'm not sure if that will get fixed. Even if I provide a clear instruction that dates, times and other details should never be discarded from memories, they still are. Maybe there's a way to better formulate such an instruction, but I'm starting to think that when ChatGPT decides to consolidate memories, it has its own set of instructions that operate independently from our own.

Also, I added back all my previously saved memories. Probably around 80 at this point, and it saved them in some form. But after I added the one in this capture, some previous one got erased.

[prisma blade]

I hope it works for you. Some people report having no problems!

[nova lance]

I will try the feature again today, I will give it all the memories I´ve saved and see if the problem persists, thank u for the attention to this problem, I´ll return later with new updates, could u please tell me if there is some limit to the number of memories we can add ?

[tardy raptor]

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