- New custom instructions added to ChatGPT
- The answers become more personal to you
- More new features expected in 2025
OpenAI confirmed via X.com that it has introduced new personalization features in ChatGPT. New features that allow you to customize how the AI chatbot responds to you are now rolling out to the browser-based version of ChatGPT and desktop on Windows.
The release currently does not cover users in the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, but will be “available soon” according to OpenAI. It is not yet available in the Mac application. OpenAI says the new features will be available on MacOS “in the coming weeks.”
We’ve updated the Personalized Instructions to make it easier to personalize how ChatGPT responds to you. With the new user interface, you can tell ChatGPT what features you want it to have, how you want it to talk to you, and what rules you want. to be continued. pic.twitter.com/BaXaqAw5cEJanuary 17, 2025
Access new features
The update includes two new options in the Customize ChatGPT dialog box (available by clicking your icon, then choosing Customize ChatGPT from the menu that appears). The first is “What should ChatGPT call you?” » and the second is “What are you doing?” » which asks for your occupation.
In the section “What features should ChatGPT have?” » In the dialog box, you will find that new options have been added, including “Chatty”, “Witty” and “Opinionated”.
Below this box is a new message “What else would you like ChatGPT to know about you?” » box, where you can enter your interests and values.
Once you enter some information into these boxes, you will find that your interactions with ChatGPT are taken to a much more personal level, which can save you time, since you don’t need to ask it to respond d ‘a certain way. . It will also tailor the information to your profession.
Much more personal
I have experimented with the options and the effects are immediate. I love the more chatty GPT, for example. And if you want a little fun, you can ask to respond in “casual bro conversation” or “like you’re in a Jane Austen novel.” In fact, the possibilities are endless.
The only thing I found a little limiting was not being able to create multiple personality profiles. Currently, if you want to disable your custom settings, or easily switch between two different response modes, you need to return to this menu and then edit and save it each time.
While welcome, this ChatGPT update is fairly minor, and we’re still waiting for some of the more exciting updates we’ve been promised for 2025, including a ChatGPT AI agent. So far in 2025, OpenAI has added a new Tasks feature, which goes some way towards the goal of an AI agent by allowing you to set reminders at certain times using ChatGPT, but is still far from the full autonomous agent experience we offer. impatiently.
