OpenAI rolls out group chats in ChatGPT to all users

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT’s collaboration features: group chats are being rolled out to all logged‑in users on Free, Go, Plus and Pro plans globally over the coming days. The feature was piloted in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan before this wider launch.

Once you start a chat in ChatGPT you can invite up to 20 people via an invite link. Invitees can join with an existing ChatGPT account or create one after clicking the link. In a group chat multiple participants can prompt the assistant, react to messages and collaborate in real time — useful for brainstorming, study groups or quick team coordination.

Privacy and moderation details

• No memory storage: OpenAI says group chat content isn’t stored in ChatGPT’s memory, so these conversations won’t be used to personalize models later.
• Participant controls: Any participant can remove others from a group chat; the chat creator cannot be removed by other users.
• Account requirement: Guests can join by creating an account after receiving an invite, lowering the barrier to collaborate with people outside your organization.

How this fits into OpenAI’s social experiments

Group chats extend OpenAI’s exploration of social and collaborative features: the company has previously tested social‑style experiences (including the Sora app) and hinted at text‑feed experiments. While group chats aren’t a replacement for full messaging platforms, they bring shared AI assistance into group workflows.

How to get started

• Open ChatGPT and start a new chat, then use the invite option to generate a link.
• Share the link with collaborators; new users can sign up at the prompt to join.
• Remember the privacy detail: these chats aren’t saved to ChatGPT memory, but treat shared content cautiously if it’s sensitive.

Official announcement tweet (opens in a new tab): OpenAI tweet. For more on OpenAI’s social and app experiments, see the company blog (opens in a new tab): openai.com/blog.

Discussion: Would you use ChatGPT group chats for team brainstorming, study groups or casual chats? What safeguards would you want before using AI in group conversations?