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ChatGPT Pulse Is Gone. Here's a Daily Briefing You Can Listen To
OpenAI retired ChatGPT Pulse in June 2026 and moved daily updates into scheduled tasks, which give you text you have to read. If you want a briefing that arrives on its own and that you can listen to while you get ready, Brifco turns your calendar, weather, commute and chosen news into a short spoken show at your time.
ChatGPT Pulse prepared a few cards every morning about your interests and your day. It is gone now. Here are your two realistic paths: rebuild it inside ChatGPT, or switch to a briefing you can hear.
What happened to Pulse
On June 17, 2026, OpenAI said it was "sunsetting Pulse in the next 14 days" and pointed users to scheduled tasks for a daily briefing based on interests, past chats and connected apps (Digit). Pulse had launched in September 2025 for Pro subscribers (TechCrunch).
Rebuilding Pulse with scheduled tasks
Scheduled tasks are available on ChatGPT's paid plans (Gigazine). Ask something like: "Every weekday at 7 am, give me a short briefing: my first three calendar events, the weather, and two news stories about AI and the NBA."
- Good: flexible, included if you already pay for ChatGPT.
- Trade-offs: you write and tune the prompt yourself, and the result is text you read on a screen.
If you'd rather listen
Many people liked Pulse but never had time to read it. That is the gap Brifco fills. You pick your topics and outlets, a voice and a host style, and the time and days. Brifco then turns your calendar, the weather, your commute and the news into a short spoken show and sends you a notification when it is ready. Every story names its outlet and links to the original. Brifco reads your calendar only, read-only, never your email.
Brifco reads your day to you in a few minutes: calendar, weather, commute and your news. Now on the App Store.
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| ChatGPT scheduled tasks | Brifco | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Text in a chat | Spoken show |
| Setup | Write and tune a prompt | Pick topics, outlets, voice, time |
| Commute and weather where you're going | Only if you ask for it | Built in |
| Sources on every story | Varies | Always: outlet and link |
| Reads your email | If you connect it | Never |
| Cost | ChatGPT paid plan | 3-day free trial, then subscription |
Other routes exist, such as Google's experimental CC email digest or Alexa+ on a smart speaker; see the best morning briefing apps.
Frequently asked questions
Is ChatGPT Pulse still available?
No. OpenAI announced on June 17, 2026 that Pulse would be sunset within 14 days and moved daily updates into scheduled tasks.
What replaced ChatGPT Pulse?
Scheduled tasks. You can ask ChatGPT to schedule a daily briefing based on your interests, past chats and connected apps.
Can I get a Pulse-style briefing as audio?
Not automatically inside ChatGPT. Brifco prepares a spoken daily briefing from your calendar, weather, commute and chosen news at the time you set.
Hear your day instead of reading it
Brifco turns your calendar, weather, commute and the news you choose into a short spoken show, ready at the time you set. It’s on the App Store now, with a 3-day free trial.
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Written by Feliks Gorišek, co-founder of Brifco. Before Brifco he spent years running IT projects in banking and payments.