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ChatGPT Personalization and Memory Review

Written by Jeremy Zimmer | Jan 23, 2026 6:17:24 PM

If you use ChatGPT every day, you have likely felt the friction of starting from scratch each time you open a new conversation. Repeating your role, your preferences, and the context of your work slows everything down and makes outputs inconsistent. In this new class in the Gen AI App Series, you will learn how to configure ChatGPT so it remembers you and adapts to how you actually work.

This class focuses on turning ChatGPT from a one-off question tool into a persistent, personalized workspace. You will see how built-in features like Custom Instructions, Memory, Personality settings, and Projects work together to create consistency across conversations. Instead of re-prompting, you will build a system that compounds in value the more you use it, saving time while improving relevance and clarity.

Through practical, business-focused demos, this class shows exactly how to set up each personalization feature and when to use it. By the end, you will understand how to separate work by client or project, prevent context bleed, and maintain a reliable working style across all your ChatGPT interactions. The goal is faster conversations, better outputs, and less mental overhead.

What You’ll Learn

  • How to configure Custom Instructions to define your role, preferences, and communication style
  • How to enable and manage Memory so ChatGPT retains information about your projects and priorities
  • How to create Projects to isolate context for different clients or initiatives
  • How to customize personality settings to match how you prefer to work
  • How to use these features together as a single system rather than isolated tools

How to Watch

The Gen AI App Series is available exclusively to AI Mastery Members. Each week, you’ll get a focused walkthrough from Mike Kaput and Claire Prudhomme. You’ll see the ins and outs of a single AI tool each week, from productivity apps and research assistants to image, video, and generative media platforms. We want you to leave with a better of understanding of if, when, and how it fits into your workflow. Become an AI Mastery Member today.

AI Mastery Members can view this class here.

*This article was written with support from ChatGPT