The New ChatGPT Is More Show Than Tell
OpenAI has updated ChatGPT with an 'Intelligent UI' that generates interactive visual elements like diagrams, calculators, and maps based on user queries. Powered by the GPT-6 model, this feature aims to provide more context-aware and useful responses than text alone.
Why it matters
The shift toward generative UI represents a move to make AI chatbots more functional and visually intuitive for complex decision-making tasks.
On Wednesday, OpenAI unveiled an “Intelligent UI” update for ChatGPT that generates visual, custom elements—when helpful—for answering a user's questions. The company's new experience is powered by its recent GPT-6 model, which rolls out to paid users today and to free users tomorrow.
I got a quick test of the user interface before launch, and these visual elements felt like a welcome change. When I asked for a diagram of a slug, ChatGPT generated an anatomy-focused visual with buttons I could press for each different part, from the upper tentacles to the muscular foot. I also generated a San Francisco apartment affordability calculator with movable sliders to adjust income and other expenses, showing what percentage of my take-home pay different units would cost.
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