OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT with interactive learning tools as lawsuits and Pentagon backlash mount

OpenAI on Monday launched a set of interactive visual tools inside ChatGPT that let users manipulate mathematical and scientific formulas in real time — a genuinely impressive education feature that also serves as the company's most direct attempt yet to change the subject during the worst ten days of its corporate life.

The new experience covers more than 70 core math and science concepts, from the Pythagorean theorem to Ohm's law to compound interest. When a user asks ChatGPT to explain one of these topics, the chatbot now generates a dynamic module with adjustable sliders alongside its written response. Drag a variable, and the equations, graphs, and diagrams update instantly. The feature is available today to all logged-in users worldwide, across every plan, including free.

OpenAI tells VentureBeat that 140 million people already use ChatGPT each week for math and science learning. That is a staggering number — and it ...