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OpenAI is piloting group chats in chat GPT in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan,

letting up to 20 users create profiles and prompt chat GPT in a shared space. The better to collaborate,

I guess. Quoting TechCrunch. The group chat is available to free plus and team users on both

mobile and web platforms. OpenAI says the pilot is designed to explore how people use group

conversations in chat GPT. The announcement comes after earlier reports that OpenAI had been testing a direct

message-style tool. The chat GPT maker describes this pilot as just a small first step

toward creating a more shared experience in the app. Early users will be invited to provide

feedback, which the company says will help shape how the feature eventually expands to more

regions and offerings.

According to OpenAI, private chats and personal chat GPT memory, stay completely private.

Group chats are invitation only, and members can leave at any time.

Most participants can remove others, though the group's creator can only leave voluntarily.

For users under 18, content is

filtered with extra safeguards and parental controls in place. Starting a group chat is easy. Just

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