OpenAI launches group chats in ChatGPT

OpenAI is widespread Offer group chats Inside ChatGPT, allowing you to invite up to 20 other people to your conversation with an AI-powered chatbot. The feature is now available globally to all logged in users, next Short pilot Earlier this month.

OpenAI positions the feature as a way to collaborate with friends, family members, or coworkers when doing things like organizing dinner, creating travel plans, and drafting an outline — all using ChatGPT.

You can create a group chat by selecting the “People” icon in the top-right corner of the ChatGPT app. ChatGPT will then copy your current conversation into a new group chat, where you can add others by sending them a link to your conversation (which they can share too). ChatGPT will prompt you to enter a name, username, and photo the first time you enter or create a group chat, making it easier to see who’s talking.

OpenAI says it has trained ChatGPT to keep up with the “flow of conversation,” meaning it will try to determine the best times to communicate and when to remain quiet. You can mention “ChatGPT” directly in a message if you want a response from the chatbot. ChatGPT can also interact with messages with emojis and bookmark profile pictures when doing things like creating custom photos.

You can access the various settings by selecting the group chat icon in the top-right corner of the screen, which includes options to add or remove people, mute notifications, and give ChatGPT custom instructions. OpenAI notes that ChatGPT will not use memories from your personal chats within group chats, nor will it create new memories based on your group chats.

ChatGPT uses GPT-5.1 Auto to trigger its responses in group chats, “which chooses the best form to respond to based on the prompt and forms available to the user to which ChatGPT is responding.” Rate limits will only apply when ChatGPT sends a message in the chat.