Planning a trip, collaborating on a project, or simply deciding where to eat just got easier with ChatGPT’s new group chats feature. OpenAI’s latest pilot invites you to experience real-time, AI-augmented collaboration, making teamwork more fluid and engaging.
What Sets ChatGPT Group Chats Apart?
- Multi-User Collaboration: Invite friends, family, or colleagues into a single conversation. Everyone, including ChatGPT, can participate and share ideas simultaneously.
- Cross-Platform Access: Use group chats seamlessly across web and mobile, supporting Free, Go, Plus, and Pro users in select countries.
- Privacy by Design: Group chats remain separate from your private conversations. ChatGPT doesn’t use your private memory or create new memories from these discussions, maintaining user privacy.
- Simple Group Management: Start a group chat with a tap or a shared link. Up to twenty participants can join, and chats are easily accessible via a dedicated sidebar section.
Boosting Productivity and Creativity
Group chats transform the way you collaborate. Whether it’s for event planning, creative brainstorming, or group research, here’s how ChatGPT enhances the experience:
- Compare travel options and create itineraries with input from all participants
- Design shared spaces or select art pieces with roommates
- Find restaurants or activities that match everyone’s preferences
- Draft outlines or research topics collaboratively for work or school
ChatGPT intelligently joins the discussion when mentioned and can now react with emojis or personalize images, making group interactions more dynamic and enjoyable.
Advanced Features and Controls
- Powered by GPT-5.1 Auto: The system adapts to each user’s subscription, delivering the best available model for responses.
- Enhanced Collaboration Tools: Enjoy features like search, image and file uploads, image generation, and voice dictation from within your group chat.
- Message Flexibility: Chat rate limits apply only to ChatGPT’s responses, so human conversation remains uninterrupted.
- Customizable Participation: Group creators and members can manage invitations, names, participants, and notifications. Set unique instructions for ChatGPT’s role in each group.
Prioritizing Safety and User Control
- Invitation-Only Access: Only invited users can join. Members can leave or remove others, with the group creator maintaining overall control.
- Protection for Young Users: Under-18 participants have reduced exposure to sensitive content, and parents or guardians can restrict group chat access.
- Continuous Improvement: OpenAI is working on more detailed memory controls and plans future enhancements based on user feedback.
The Future of Collaborative AI
This group chats pilot signals the next evolution of ChatGPT as a collaborative platform. OpenAI aims to learn from users, refine group functionality, and make AI-powered teamwork a staple for creative projects, decision-making, and learning. The vision: empower groups to generate better ideas, make faster decisions, and build stronger connections—all within ChatGPT.
Unlocking Collaborative Power: Group Chats in ChatGPT