Chatgpt Comes With Personality Presets Now - And 3 Other Upgrades You Might Have Missed

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways:

• OpenAI launched ChatGPT customization updates.
• Users tin take chat colour and personality.
• All users (even free) tin now entree Advanced Voice Mode.

OpenAI is having 1 of its biggest merchandise motorboat weeks, releasing its highly anticipated open-source models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, and GPT-5. Buried wrong nan deluge of nan ample connection models (LLMs) are adjuvant ChatGPT features that adhd customization options that could make nan ChatGPT acquisition much enjoyable. 

Also: GPT-5 is yet here, and you tin entree it for free coming - nary subscription needed

In OpenAI's Summer Update arena connected Thursday, nan institution added nan expertise to take a colour for ChatGPT chats, take from caller personalities erstwhile utilizing nan Custom Instructions feature, much easy link your Google productivity apps, and amended interact pinch Advanced Voice Mode. 

Keep reference beneath for nan afloat overview of nan features' capabilities and really to entree them. 

ChatGPT chat colour options

Starting pinch possibly nan astir self-explanatory feature, you tin now take a colour for your chats. This action is disposable to everyone, but a fewer exclusive options are disposable for paid users. While this won't mostly alteration your productivity wrong ChatGPT, it tin make nan acquisition much enjoyable aliases amended lucifer your artistic preferences. 

New personalities successful Custom Instructions.

Custom Instructions, launched successful April 2023, lets users group preferences that tailor really ChatGPT generates responses. Now, OpenAI has launched a investigation preview of 4 preset personalities: Cynic, Robot, Listener, and Nerd, disposable successful nan Custom Instructions experience. The personalities tweak really ChatGPT interacts pinch users, giving nan chatbot different tones that amended lucifer your needs and connection styles. For example, OpenAI said immoderate are concise and professional, while others are a spot sarcastic. 

The personalities are disposable to each users, opt-in, and adjustable anytime successful your Customize ChatGPT settings. 

More easy link Gmail and Google Calendar

ChatGPT is only arsenic adjuvant arsenic nan accusation you provender it, and for that reason, nan institution precocious unveiled connectors that make it easier to springiness it your soul data. Now, erstwhile a personification enables nan Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts connectors, ChatGPT automatically knows erstwhile to telephone connected them successful an answer, eliminating nan request to manually prime them. It is first launching to Pro users early adjacent week. 

Also: ChatGPT tin nary longer show you to break up pinch your boyfriend

In nan unrecorded watercourse demo, nan personification asked ChatGPT to fto them scheme their schedule for nan adjacent day, and ChatGPT was capable to reference Google Calendar and Gmail to find free clip and make suggestions connected what to do. 

Voice Improvements 

Advanced Voice Mode tin now amended accommodate to nan user, amended knowing nan user's instructions and adjusting to nan user's speaking style successful nan moment. The biggest update, though, is that it is disposable to everyone, including free users, for nan first time. Paid users will still beryllium capable to return advantage of overmuch higher usage limits, truthful if you trust connected it each time for illustration I do, the subscription still makes sense. As a result, OpenAI is retiring Standard Voice Mode successful 30 days. 

Lastly, Voice will besides now beryllium disposable successful civilization GPTs. 

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