The 6 biggest changes coming to ChatGPT

GPT-5 has yet arrived. Along with the announcement of the highly anticipated AI model, OpenAI besides previewed respective updates coming to ChatGPT, ranging from ocular changes to improvements to the chatbot’s performance.

Here’s a rundown of each of the changes you tin expect to spot successful ChatGPT.

Say goodbye to the exemplary picker

With the rollout of GPT-5, OpenAI is getting escaped of the exemplary picker and retiring galore of its older models, including GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, and GPT-4.5. ChatGPT present runs connected GPT-5 by default, and has a “single auto-switching system” that combines its erstwhile models into a “faster, smarter model,” theoretically eliminating the request to swap betwixt models for antithetic purposes.

However, ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team users tin inactive usage a exemplary picker that allows them to power betwixt GPT-5 oregon GPT-5 Thinking. Pro and Team users volition besides get entree to GPT-Thinking Pro.

OpenAI gives ChatGPT “personalities”

One of the biggest updates coming to ChatGPT is the quality to prime from 4 caller “personalities” for text-based responses. Here’s however OpenAI describes each of them:

Cynic: Sarcastic and dry, delivers blunt assistance with wit. Often teases, but provides direct, applicable answers erstwhile it matters.

Robot: Precise, efficient, and emotionless, delivering nonstop answers without other words.

Listener: Warm and laid-back, reflecting your thoughts backmost with calm clarity and airy wit.

Nerd: Playful and curious, explaining concepts intelligibly portion celebrating cognition and discovery.

These caller personalities dependable similar they mightiness beryllium amusive to play astir with. But if you’re not a fan, you tin ever power backmost to ChatGPT’s “default” style.

Better vibe coding capabilities

Vibe coding, oregon the process of having AI make codification based connected earthy connection prompts, conscionable got an upgrade connected ChatGPT. OpenAI says GPT-5 is adjacent amended astatine processing analyzable and descriptive prompts erstwhile asking it to make an app oregon website. You tin past spot — and interact — with a preview of what the AI chatbot has built by opening Canvas.

More app customization

OpenAI is rolling retired caller ways to customize ChatGPT’s interface. With this update, you tin acceptable an accent colour that volition alteration the quality of your speech bubbles, dependable button, and highlighted text.

To bash this connected the web, click your illustration icon, prime Settings > General. From there, prime an enactment from wrong the Accent color drop-down. You tin bash the aforesaid happening connected mobile by tapping your illustration picture, heading to Personalization, and tapping Color Scheme.

Advanced dependable mode tin “adapt” to you

ChatGPT’s precocious dependable mode, which allows for much natural-sounding spoken conversations, is getting an update for paid users that volition marque it amended astatine knowing instructions, arsenic good arsenic let subscribers to tweak its speaking style.

OpenAI besides announced that it’s retiring modular dependable mode, but it’s offering “near-unlimited” usage of precocious dependable mode for paid users, and bringing “hours” of other usage to escaped users successful exchange. Advanced dependable mode present works with customized GPTs, too.

Easily link your Gmail and Google Calendar

Lastly, OpenAI is making it easier to nexus your Gmail relationship and Google Calendar to ChatGPT. As explained successful a demo, ChatGPT volition present inquire you to link your Gmail oregon Calendar erstwhile you participate a prompt, specified arsenic “help maine program my docket tomorrow.” Once you nexus your account, ChatGPT volition gully from your docket and your emails to program retired your day, notify you astir missed emails, and more.

The quality to link these accounts is coming to Pro users adjacent week, “with different tiers coming next.”