ChatGPT is now available for group chats globally, allowing users on all plans—Free, Go, Plus, and Pro—to engage in collaborative conversations. OpenAI rolled out this feature after a pilot in Japan and New Zealand. With group chats, up to 20 participants can join a single conversation, enabling collaboration on tasks like planning trips, co-writing documents, or conducting research. Each user retains privacy over their personal settings and memory. To initiate a group chat, users can invite others directly or share a link. Everyone must create a short profile, including a name, username, and photo. Importantly, adding someone to an ongoing chat creates a new conversation, preserving the original chat intact. Users can also tag “ChatGPT” to prompt responses from the AI, which can react to messages with emojis and reference profile photos. This launch reflects OpenAI’s strategy to evolve ChatGPT from a straightforward chatbot into a social platform. The company envisions ChatGPT becoming more integrated into group dynamics, helping users take collective action. This feature follows closely on the heels of the release of GPT-5.1 and the introduction of a social app, Sora, aimed at video sharing.