ChatGPT just got a new personalization hub. Not everyone is happy about it

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• OpenAI has updated ChatGPT's personalization page.
• The page includes personality options, memory toggles, and more.
• Not all users feel seen or heard by the update. 

OpenAI is making it easier for ChatGPT users to customize what it calls the chatbot's "personality" and communication style.

ChatGPT now offers an updated personalization page, which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previewed in a Tuesday X post. The new page includes a dropdown menu with a range of personality types, including "Cynic," "Robot, "Listener," and "Nerd," and a "custom instructions" prompt section, through which users can modify the chatbot's outputs with requests like "Avoid millennial jargon."

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There are also sections where you can specify your preferred nickname and occupation ...