Short-Term Memory
Category: Fundamentals“short-term MEM-uh-ree”
What the AI holds onto during one conversation, and forgets when the conversation ends.
Lesson #4: AI Memory: What It Keeps and Why →Notes on a whiteboard that get wiped at the end of the meeting.
The AI remembering your name for the rest of that chat only.
Discussing one bid all morning — it tracks the numbers until you close the chat.
A sales chat that keeps the deal details straight in one session.
Knowing it's temporary tells you when to save important output somewhere permanent.
Short-term memory lasts one conversation, then it's gone.
Have a detailed chat, close it, open a fresh one, and ask about the details you shared.
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