OpenAI is testing ChatGPT Group Chat - here's who can join now

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Up to 20 people can now be added to a group chat in ChatGPT.
• The feature is currently available to a select group of global users.
• The chatbot is designed to be less talkative in a group setting.

AI has officially entered the group chat.

On Thursday, OpenAI announced it had begun rolling out an experimental group chat feature for ChatGPT, enabling groups of up to 20 users to collaborate with the chatbot in a single, shared conversation.

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The feature is currently only available to Free, Go, Plus, and Pro users in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan, across web and mobile. However, OpenAI says the limited launch marks "a small ...