ChatGPT group chats make AI a team sport

A new way to work with AI together

ChatGPT now supports group chats that bring people and AI into the same conversation. Instead of everyone chatting to AI separately, teams can now plan, decide and create together in one shared space.

The feature is still new and will not be perfect on day one. But it is a clear sign that AI tools are shifting from individual helpers to shared workspaces that support real collaboration.

What ChatGPT group chats actually change

Group chats sound simple, yet they shift how teams can use AI in daily work. Until now, most AI use has been one person and one assistant, hidden in separate browser tabs.

From solo chats to shared spaces

With group chats, you can invite friends, family or colleagues into a single thread with ChatGPT. Everyone sees the same messages, files and AI responses.

You can plan a team trip, draft a proposal or compare options together. ChatGPT can help create lists, suggest ideas or summarise the discussion while everyone watches in real time.

For workplace projects, that means no more copying and pasting AI outputs into endless email chains. The conversation, the context and the AI support now live in one place.

How it works in practice

You start a group chat from any new or existing ChatGPT conversation. When you add people, ChatGPT creates a new shared thread, so your original private chat stays separate.

Participants join through a link, and each person sets up a short profile with their name, username and photo. This makes it clear who is speaking and who asked for which AI response.

ChatGPT now also behaves more like a social participant. It chooses when to reply and when to stay quiet, based on how the group is talking. If you need input, you can mention ChatGPT by name to bring it back into the flow.

The key point is that ChatGPT stops being a hidden side tool. Instead, it becomes part of the shared conversation, where everyone can see the same prompts, questions and outputs.

What it means for everyday work

For many teams, AI use is currently fragmented. One person uses ChatGPT for drafts, another uses a different tool for summaries, and no one sees the full picture.

Group chats help teams work with AI as one, rather than everyone experimenting alone. You can co write a document, refine a strategy or review research together in real time.

It also makes it easier to build shared understanding. When everyone sees the same AI answers, they can agree on what is useful, what needs checking and where human judgement matters most.

Why collaborative AI matters right now

This feature matters because it nudges AI from personal assistant to team assistant. That shift aligns with how real organisations work.

Most business outcomes are team efforts. Strategy documents, board papers, marketing campaigns and project plans rarely sit with one person.

If AI stays locked in private chats, its value is limited. It can speed up individual tasks, but it does not naturally support shared decisions or cross team coordination.

Group chats are a small but important bridge. They support:

• Shared prompts and context, so the whole team sees how answers were produced
• Real time discussion around AI outputs, rather than forwarding static screenshots
• Easier onboarding, as less confident users can watch colleagues use AI in a live setting

It is still early and there will be rough edges. Features like access control, templates and integrations will need to mature. But as a first step, it pushes AI closer to how teams actually work together.

Early days, but a positive direction

Like any new feature, group chats will evolve as more people use them. The first version focuses on the basics. Shared threads, simple controls and a social aware AI presence.

There are clear opportunities for improvement. For example, better tools to organise long running group projects. Or smarter ways to highlight key decisions and agreed actions.

However, the direction is encouraging. Instead of encouraging more siloed AI use, this update makes it easier to bring people around the same virtual table with AI in the middle.

For organisations that care about governance and alignment, this is helpful. It is easier to discuss how AI is used when prompts and responses are visible to the group, not hidden in private tabs.

Bringing group chats into a secure AI workspace

If you are already using ChatGPT in your organisation, group chats open new options for collaboration. You can:

• Run working sessions where teams and AI shape documents together
• Host live decision making workshops with AI providing options and summaries
• Support quieter team members by letting them interact through chat instead of meetings

At the same time, most businesses still need structure. They need clear guardrails, secure data handling and assistants tuned to their own policies and language.

That is where a secure AI workspace becomes important. A structured setup can combine the flexibility of ChatGPT group chats with assistants that know your strategy, brand voice and workflows.

Done well, this gives you the best of both worlds. Teams collaborate with AI in real time, inside a private environment that reflects your business rather than a generic model.

Ready to explore team AI in your organisation

Group chats in ChatGPT are a sign of where AI is heading. Away from isolated experiments and towards shared, collaborative use.

If you want your teams to move from solo AI chats to a secure workspace that supports real collaboration, now is a good time to start.

Begin by asking a simple question. Where would it help if everyone could see the same AI supported conversation. Then explore how a structured AI workspace can make that both secure and sustainable.

When you are ready to explore what this could look like for your own teams, get in touch with the gecco team. We can build you a practical, secure AI workspace that lets your people and AI assistants work together as one.

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Sources

https://openai.com/index/group-chats-in-chatgpt/