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TL;DR OpenAI is piloting group chats in the ChatGPT app, putting your friends and family in the middle of AI conversations.
The company sees adding AI to group chats as a way to help with ideation and planning, like for parties or get-togethers.
ChatGPT group invitations are sent as shareable links, meaning they can be reshared until 20 people are added.
OpenAI is searching for ways to turn its AI technology into consumer products that can compete with the likes of Meta and Google. It recently brought the Sora app, which offers a TikTok-like social feed for AI-generated videos, to the Google Play Store. Now, OpenAI is piloting group chats in ChatGPT. The feature will make it possible for users to chat with their friends and family while also tapping into ChatGPT for help.
Rather than a standalone direct messaging system, group chats in ChatGPT are a way to collaborate with others within an AI chat. Users can start a new conversation with ChatGPT or open an existing one to begin. From there, a new people icon will appear near the top-right corner of the app’s view, allowing users to add others to the ChatGPT conversation. The app creates a shareable link that can be sent to up to 20 people.
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Notably, the shareable ChatGPT group chat link is not private. Anyone a ChatGPT user shares an invite link to can also forward it to others, allowing them to join the conversation. The creator of the chat can remove people, mute notifications, or set a name for the group. For privacy, your personal ChatGPT memory is not used in group chats, and group discussions aren’t saved as memories.
After joining a chat, ChatGPT users will be prompted to set their name, username, and photo. Users only have to do this once. Beyond the initial setup, the app stores this information for use in future group chats.
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