- OpenAI has released its new ChatGPT group chats globally
- Group chats let up to twenty people collaborate with each other and AI in the same conversation.
- OpenAI wants people to use group chat with ChatGPT for planning and decision making
ChatGPT is no longer a solo partner now that OpenAI has released the AI chatbot’s new group chat feature globally. Up to twenty people can participate in ChatGPT and collaborate in the same conversation. It’s available now online and via the ChatGPT app for anyone following a limited pilot.
The launch introduces new behaviors, tools, and privacy rules that allow ChatGPT to sit in a group conversation without taking over. The AI waits, observes and jumps in only when the context calls for it or when someone explicitly senses it. Conversations remain separate from private chats, and personal memory never bleeds into group rooms.
And it has pretty good privacy settings. ChatGPT asks you to set a simple profile so you don’t appear as “Anonymous Icon #6.” Everything in the group stays in the group. Your personal ChatGPT memory will not appear and nothing from the group will become part of your memory later. Children participating automatically trigger additional security measures, tightening content filters for the entire chat. And the group creator remains the only one that cannot be removed unless they choose to leave.
For anyone who has been a part of group texts, Slack channels, or other conglomerations of communication, a little skepticism is understandable. An AI’s ability to encourage effective decision-making and amicable solutions to disagreements is itself debatable. A few experiments with ChatGPT as the de facto project manager showed that AI could be useful in providing facts to support both sides of a debate.
In a discussion about the best breakfast restaurants in the area, ChatGPT jumped in when questions were asked, but otherwise it was pretty quiet. It provided details but did nothing to contradict our opinions.
ChatGPT became much more chatty during a semi-simulated debate about which movie to watch on a rainy night. It offered genre suggestions and helped narrow it down based on what people said they wanted to see.
It also handled a tangent of snacks to make and remembered what we discussed about the movie when the conversation moved back to it. Usually this kind of group decision involves too many opinions, too little agreement, and at least one person saying, “I don’t care, just pick something.” ChatGPT became a neutral third party.
Group AI chat
That said, the experience is not magical. Group chats rely heavily on humans knowing when to tag AI and when to let the conversation flow. If two people start arguing about where to eat dinner, ChatGPT won’t jump in unless someone brings it up in the conversation. This restraint is deliberate, and it prevents the experience from becoming “AI with spectators.”
ChatGPT can respond with emojis, reference profile pictures, and even generate personalized pictures that include group members if asked. It makes the AI feel more like a participant and less like a floating answer box. And because the system uses GPT-5.1 Auto, the model adapts to the needs of the group in terms of the complexity of answers.
Using group chats doesn’t dramatically change what ChatGPT can do, but it can change how and when you use it. The AI’s presence gives the group a kind of built-in momentum. The first wave of AI assistants helped individuals work faster. The next wave will apparently help groups work together.
And in a world where planning anything with more than two people usually feels like herding cats through an obstacle course, adding a patient, well-informed assistant to the chat could be one of AI’s most truly useful steps yet.
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