ChatGPT is about to become even more visual thanks to a new feature that OpenAI calls Intelligent UI. The new interface, which will be rolled out Wednesday along with the new GPT-6 model, integrates a large amount of visuals into user conversations.
OpenAI says many of these visuals will be interactive. In other words, instead of just flat, cartoon-like images, chatbots often include things like tappable buttons, calculators customized for specific tasks, interactive graphs, editable graphs, and other elements that users can interact with directly.
The big goal here, according to OpenAI, is to “make learning complex topics easier.” And although OpenAI didn’t say so directly, it could make ChatGPT friendlier and more accessible, helping it attract a broader audience.
During a call with journalists, OpenAI staff gave a quick demonstration of Intelligent UI’s capabilities, showing how the new chatbot can instantly create a variety of diagrams and visuals to help users understand more abstract topics.
Arash Selvan, the company’s product manager, said that while “ChatGPT was primarily a text-based interface,” the company really wants to help users “from recipes to planning a trip to even everyday things like trying to learn something, the most useful answers are not just text.”
Selvan gave the example of a university student who wants to know how the wings of an airplane work. He asked ChatGPT to “investigate how an airplane’s wings generate lift,” and the chatbot quickly produced a number of diagrams designed to show how a plane stays in the air.
Other examples from the company included visuals for recipes, diagrams explaining how bikes work, maps for multi-day hiking trips, and personal savings calculators.
This new feature will be customizable. As with other aspects of ChatGPT’s personality, users can dial back if they don’t want so many visuals in their responses. Intelligent UI is rolling out globally with GPT-6 for Pro, Plus, Business, and Enterprise users, and will be released on Thursday for free and low-cost Go tier users.
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