OpenAI has begun testing a New group chat experience In your artificial intelligence (AI) assistant application ChatGPT, so Friends, family, or co-workers can interact in the same conversation To search or plan tasks.
yet, Users’ relationship with ChatGPT was unidirectionalwith conversations in which only the person and the assistant participated. However, the Sam Altman-led company aims to go further and offer shared experiences in ChatGPT, uniting multiple people and their assistants in the same conversation in order to Facilitate collaboration when performing any type of task.
In this sense, OpenAI has begun testing Group conversations in the ChatGPT app, whether on mobile or webso that multiple people, whether family, friends or colleagues, can interact in the same shared space with the AI assistant.
For now, it is Beta testing launched for ChatGPT users on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plansIn Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan, although the idea is to expand this service to more regions and assistance plans, as the company detailed in a statement on its blog.
So, through group chats, users will be able to participate in the same conversation with ChatGPT as well To plan group events, such as making decisions or developing ideas together. For example, these conversations allow you to use AI to organize a weekend trip itinerary, compare destinations, or create a packing list with all members sharing and monitoring.
Likewise, OpenAI also demonstrated how these group chats can be used for other types of projects such as designing an apartment together, developing an outline or research for a job, or sharing notes and questions to organize study information.
To start a group conversation All you have to do is touch the people icon located in the upper right corner of the chat Add the users who will make up the group. Likewise, when you add someone to an existing chat, Create a copy of the conversation to keep the original chat separate.
Users can also invite other people to join the group chat by sending a link Can be shared with up to 20 peopleAnyone in the group can share the link with other users. Therefore, in order to identify each member, each individual must set up a profile with their name, username and photo.
The company also detailed this Users must accept the invitation to join the group chat and leave whenever they want From the conversation. They can also remove other members except the group creator.
Following this line, this must be taken into account If there are users under 18, ChatGPT will automatically reduce exposure to sensitive content For all participants.
yet, Group chats will be grouped into a new section located in the app’s sidebar. Hence, it should be kept in mind that these conversations are independent from private chats and hence, personal ChatGPT history is not shared with any other user in these group chats.
OpenAI also specified that Assistant responses will be generated using the newly introduced GPT-5.1 model, which is trained on the social behaviors of group conversations. That is, he is able to follow the flow of the conversation, deciding when to respond and when to remain silent depending on the context. In addition, you can also reply to messages containing “emojis” and use members’ profile pictures for reference.
For now, this is a test, so the company has explained that it will continue to improve the group chats functionality while receiving feedback from users.
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