- OpenAI released its new ChatGPT group chats worldwide
- Group chats allow up to twenty people to collaborate with each other and with the AI in the same conversation.
- OpenAI wants people to use group chats with ChatGPT for planning and decision-making
ChatGPT is no longer a solo partner now that OpenAI has launched the AI chatbot’s new group chat feature globally. Up to twenty people can join ChatGPT and collaborate in the same conversation. It is now available online and through the ChatGPT app for anyone following a limited pilot.
The launch introduces new behaviors, tools and privacy rules that allow ChatGPT to participate in a group conversation without taking over. AI waits, observes and intervenes only when the context requires it or when someone explicitly flags it. Conversations remain separate from private discussions and personal memory never carries over into group spaces.
And it has very good privacy settings. ChatGPT asks you to set up a simple profile so that you don’t appear as “Anonymous Icon #6”. Everything in the group stays in the group. Your personal ChatGPT memory does not surface and nothing from the group becomes part of your memory later. Children who participate automatically trigger additional protections, strengthening content filters for the entire chat. And the group creator remains the only one who cannot be deleted unless they choose to leave.
For anyone who has participated in group texting, Slack channels, or other communication conglomerates, a little skepticism is understandable. The ability of an AI to encourage effective decision-making and amicable resolutions to disagreements is itself questionable. A few experiments with ChatGPT as a de facto project manager showed that AI could be useful in providing facts to support one side or the other of a debate.
During a discussion about the best breakfast restaurants in the area, ChatGPT chimed in when questions were raised, but otherwise was pretty quiet. He provided details but did nothing to contradict our opinions.
ChatGPT got a lot more talkative during a semi-simulated debate about which movie to watch on a rainy night. He offered genre suggestions and helped refine them based on what people said they wanted to watch.
He also brought up the issue of what snacks to make and remembered what we were talking about about the movie when the conversation returned to that topic. Normally, this type of group decision involves too many opinions, too little agreement, and at least one person saying, “I don’t care, just pick something.” ChatGPT has become a neutral third party.
AI group chat
That said, the experience is not magical. Group chats rely largely on humans knowing when to tag the AI and when to let the conversation play out. If two people start arguing about where to have dinner, ChatGPT won’t intervene unless someone introduces it into the conversation. This restraint is intentional and prevents the experience from becoming “AI with spectators”.
ChatGPT can respond with emojis, reference profile photos, and even generate custom images including group members if requested. This makes the AI feel like more of a participant and less of a floating response box. And because the system uses GPT-5.1 Auto, the model adapts to the group’s needs regarding response complexity.
Using group chats doesn’t radically change what ChatGPT can do, but it might change how and when you use it. The presence of the AI gives the group a sort of intrinsic momentum. The first wave of AI assistants helped people work faster. Apparently the next wave will help groups work together.
And in a world where planning anything with more than two people usually feels like leading cats through an obstacle course, adding a patient, knowledgeable assistant to the cat may be one of the most genuinely useful steps in AI yet.
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