ChatGPT’s latest features allow users to set attributes such as “chatty” and “Gen Z”

Update: OpenAI officially announced this feature one week after some users reported its arrival, and then disappearanceof the new options. They may have started life prematurely.

OpenAI offers a new way for users to personalize their interactions ChatGPTthe company’s AI-powered chatbot.

On Friday, OpenAI Announce It’s rolling out a new custom Help menu UI for ChatGPT, including new ways to customize chatbot themes. The feature will roll out first on the ChatGPT.com website and Windows desktop app, according to OpenAI, and will arrive in MacOS mobile and desktop apps in the next few weeks.

OpenAI said in a statement that the new UI will not be immediately available to ChatGPT users in the European Union, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. tweet Friday.

some Users On X I mentioned last week that ChatGPT exists Custom instructions The web menu has been renewed with new fields. Now, users can select their preferred name or nickname, their profession, other things they would like ChatGPT to know about them, and “traits” they would like the chatbot to have. OpenAI suggests themes like “Chat,” “Encouragement,” and “Gen Z.”

It’s important to note that this has nothing to do with ChatGPT memory feature, which allows users to explicitly tell ChatGPT to remember or forget something. Somewhat confusingly, ChatGPT “memories” can be personal details – but they can also cover a wider range of information relevant to the conversation.

“Introduce yourself to get better, more personalized responses,” reads a message on the updated list.

The options have not yet appeared to this reporter. TechCrunch has reached out to OpenAI for comment and will update this article if we hear back.

The new menu is likely more of an aesthetic change than a deep technical upgrade. Legacy custom help feature user What’s known as rapid engineering to direct ChatGPT’s style and tone. Essentially, it has “rigged” the AI ​​running ChatGPT with a paragraph of user-supplied instructions so that its answers adhere to those requirements and preferences.

As far as we can tell, the new menu still relies on agile engineering. It simply presents it in a more user-friendly way.

OpenAI previously said it applies moderation to custom instructions to check whether they adhere to its terms of use. Presumably, this has not changed with the revamped customization settings.

OpenAI has sought to improve ChatGPT as its user base grows, adding capabilities such as Direct search on the Internet And “fabricAn interface designed specifically for writing and coding projects. More than 300 million people use its chatbot every week, the company said in December.