In an interesting update to its flagship AI chatbot, OpenAI has unveiled enhanced customization options to give users more control over their ChatGPT experience.
The company announced this on Friday, revealing a revamped user interface that lets you customize the personality traits of the chatbot, letting users assign characteristics such as “chatty” or “Gen Z.”
The rollout will begin with ChatGPT.com and the Windows desktop app, with OpenAI confirming that mobile users and MacOS desktop app users can expect access to these features within the coming weeks.
The timing of this official announcement follows an interesting development from the previous week when users briefly spotted – and then lost access to – these new options, suggesting an accidental early release.
Reports surfaced on X last week about a significant redesign of ChatGPT’s custom instructions interface, with users discovering new customization fields on the web version. The updated menu now enables users to input their preferred name or nickname, specify their profession, share additional personal details with ChatGPT, and select desired personality traits, as mentioned earlier.
Here is what it looks like.
This update is most likely just a UI upgrade rather than a technical overhaul. The system continues to use prompt engineering, a method where ChatGPT’s AI receives user-provided instructions to shape its responses and communication style. The core functionality appears unchanged – the platform still uses these initial prompts to tailor its interactions according to user preferences, albeit through a more intuitive interface.
This is the saddest article ever . Pay a company to give personality to something that has 0 to do with me .
I can assure you . No one is interested in this nonsense