OpenAI has introduced group chats for ChatGPT users across the world, extending the feature to people on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans. This global launch follows a limited pilot carried out last week in select regions including Japan and New Zealand. With this update, ChatGPT moves from being a one to one assistant to a shared space that supports collaborative conversations.
The new feature allows several users to speak with each other and with ChatGPT in the same thread. The company says the aim is to help groups plan, create, and make decisions together. Users can work on travel planning, co writing tasks, problem solving, debates, or research with real time support as ChatGPT helps search, summarise, compare, or evaluate information.
Each group chat can include up to twenty participants who can join through an invite. The company says, “Personal settings and memory stay private to each user.” Creating a group chat is simple. Users can tap the people icon to add contacts or share an invitation link. Participants will be asked to set up a basic profile that includes a name, username, and photo.
The structure of the feature also protects earlier conversations. As stated by the company, “It is worth noting that adding someone to an existing chat creates a new conversation, leaving the original chat unchanged.” ChatGPT has also been tuned to behave naturally in shared discussions. OpenAI explains that “ChatGPT knows when to jump in and when to stay quiet during a group conversation.” Users can tag “ChatGPT” for input, and the assistant can reply with emoji reactions or refer to profile photos when needed.
This launch is part of OpenAI’s larger goal to make ChatGPT more social and more supportive of teamwork. The company says that group chats mark the beginning of a shift toward continuous Al supported collaboration rather than single user prompts. As the company stated, “Over time, we see ChatGPT playing a more active role in real group conversations, helping people plan, create, and take action together.”
The feature arrives soon after the introduction of GPT five point one, which brought Instant and Thinking model modes. It also follows the release of Sora in September, a social app that lets users create and share videos in a feed based experience.
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