OpenAI tests ChatGPT group chats. How to try it for yourself.
OpenAI has recently unveiled an exciting new feature for its ChatGPT platform: group chats. This innovative addition allows users to collaborate in a shared environment with up to 20 participants, making it easier to brainstorm ideas and organize group activities such as dinner parties, camping trips, or any collaborative project. The group chats will exist separately from individual conversations, ensuring that users’ private discussions remain confidential and are not accessible to others in the group. This development marks a significant step towards enhancing collaborative experiences within ChatGPT, as stated in OpenAI’s recent blog post.
Currently, this feature is being piloted in select countries, including Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan, leaving users in the United States and other regions waiting for their chance to participate. OpenAI aims to gather feedback from these early adopters to refine the feature before a broader rollout. Users who are part of the pilot can easily initiate a group chat by clicking a people icon in the upper-right corner of their chat interface, generating a link that can be shared with others. Each participant will need to create a quick user profile to facilitate interaction, and all group chats will be organized in a dedicated section of the sidebar for easy access.
As OpenAI continues to expand its offerings, the introduction of group chats is a clear indication of its commitment to fostering collaborative tools within its AI framework. This feature not only enhances the usability of ChatGPT but also opens up new possibilities for users seeking to leverage AI in their group endeavors. While U.S. users may have to wait, the anticipation builds for when this innovative feature will be available to a wider audience. In the meantime, the tech community and users alike will be watching closely to see how the pilot unfolds and what insights emerge from the initial feedback.
You can bring your group chat shenanigans to
ChatGPT
now.
Well, some of you can.
OpenAI
announced in a
company blog post
that it’s testing out group chats in ChatGPT. You can get as many as 20 people together to collaborate on projects and get ChatGPT’s input. If you’re trying to plan a dinner party, camping trip, or group-anything, you can now do that with the help of an AI companion. These chats will live separately from your regular ChatGPT conversations, and OpenAI promises that your private chats will not be shared with anyone in the group chats.
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How to try OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Group Chat
You’re probably wondering how to try this yourself. Well, we have bad news for anyone in the United States: It doesn’t seem like you can, yet. This is a small-scale pilot program for users in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan. Readers in the West will simply have to wait a while, it seems.
OpenAI’s blog post states: “Group chats are starting to roll out on mobile and web for logged-in ChatGPT users on ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus and Pro plans in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan. This pilot is a small first step toward shared experiences in ChatGPT, and we expect to learn from early user feedback to inform how we expand to more regions and ChatGPT plans.”
If you
are
able to try out this feature, OpenAI provided some instructions. You can tap the people icon in the upper-right corner of any chat you’re viewing, and get a link you can share with others. Doing so will create a new, separate chat just for the group. Everyone in the chat will have to set up a quick user profile so everyone else knows who they are, and all group chats will be kept in their own special part of the sidebar.
We’ll keep an eye on this pilot and tell you if and when it’s available in the U.S.
Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.
