OpenAI has begun piloting group chats in ChatGPT, allowing you to collaborate with your family, friends, or colleagues in a shared space to discuss ideas or make decisions.
So, how does this work? Well, to start a group chat, tap the people icon in the top-right corner of a new or existing chat, and invite people. Once people accept the invite, a copy of your conversation will be created as a new group chat to keep the original conversation separate.
OpenAI says you can invite up to 20 people directly by sharing a link, and anyone in the group can share that link to bring others in. And when you join or create a group chat, you’ll be asked to set up a profile, including your name, username, and a photo.
The group chat can be accessed from the sidebar. Members can see who’s in the chat or leave at any time. They can also remove other members from the group chat, except the group creator.
Responses in group chats are powered by ChatGPT 5.1 Auto. It chooses the best model to respond with based on the prompt and the models available to the user ChatGPT is responding to, depending on their plan. Rate limits apply only when ChatGPT responds, not when users are chatting with each other in the group. Besides, responses from ChatGPT count toward the available limit of the person ChatGPT is responding to.
OpenAI stated that they have “taught ChatGPT new social behaviors for group chats,” so “it follows the flow of the conversation and decides when to respond and when to stay quiet based on the context of the group conversation.” But you can always mention “ChatGPT” in a message when you want it to respond.
Moreover, the bot has gained the ability to respond to messages with emojis and reference profile photos of group members. Additionally, you can set custom instructions for how ChatGPT responds in each group chat.
For those concerned about privacy, OpenAI said that neither your personal ChatGPT memory is used in group chats, nor does ChatGPT create memories from these conversations. The company also revealed that it is exploring more granular controls in the future so users can choose if and how ChatGPT uses memory with group chats. Furthermore, if anyone under 18 uses group chats, ChatGPT will automatically reduce exposure to sensitive content for everyone in the chat.
Group chats are rolling out on web and mobile for logged-in users on ChatGPT’s Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans in Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand, and South Korea. The rollout will be expanded to more regions based on early user feedback.
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