Open it on Introduced on Thursday Chat A group chat feature for GPT. The feature, which is currently being tested in select regions including Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan, lets users collaborate directly within the app.
Group Chat is available for Free, Plus, and Teams users on both mobile and web platforms. Openei says the pilot is designed to explore how people use group conversations in ChatGPT.
The announcement came after that Earlier reports He was testing Openai direct message style tool.
The creator of ChatGPT describes the pilot as just a “small first step” towards creating a more “joint experience” in the app. Early users will be invited to provide feedback, which the company says will help shape how the feature eventually rolls out to more regions and offerings.
According to Openee, private chats and private chat GPT memory remain completely private. Group chats are invitation-only, and members can leave at any time. Most participants can remove others, although group creators can only leave voluntarily. For users under the age of 18, content is filtered, with additional safeguards and parental controls in place.
Starting a group chat is easy. Just tap the People icon and add participants directly or by sharing a link. Groups can consist of 1 to 20 people. If you add someone to an existing chat, a new group is created, leaving the original conversation unchanged. Each group has a short profile, and all chats are organized into a labeled sidebar for easy access.
Group chats work just like a regular chat GPT conversation but with multiple people joining. GPT – 5.1 Auto Handles the response and is loaded with features like search, image generation, file uploads, and dictation. In group chats, chatgpt usage limits — which restrict how many AI responses users can receive per hour — only count when chatgpt responds. Messages between human participants do not obey these limits.
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ChatGPT has learned new social skills for group chats, knowing when to jump in and when to stay quiet. You can tag “chatgupt” to answer this. It can also react with emojis and use profile photos to create personalized photos for conversations.
The group chat feature represents the latest move in Openai’s gradual transformation from a simple AI assistant to something more like a social platform. In late September, the company launched SORA2, a standalone social media app with a TikTok-style feed for sharing AI-infused videos complete with algorithmic recommendations based on user activity and location, parental controls, and direct messaging capabilities.



