Fordel StudiosChatGPT launches pilot group chats across Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan
What Happened
The ChatGPT maker describes this pilot as just a “small first step” toward creating a more "shared experience" in the app. The private chats and personal ChatGPT memory stay completely private. Group chats are invitation-only, and members can leave at any time.
Our Take
Group chats are social features for a tool that's fundamentally antisocial. The feature's fine, but the framing's wrong.
You're not brainstorming with people; you're brainstorming with an AI that everyone happens to be watching. Real collaboration has conflict resolution, version control, ownership. This is just "let's stare at the same chat window."
Useful? Maybe. Transformative? No. I'd bet under 5% of users ever create one after the novelty wears off.
What To Do
Watch active group chat adoption rates in June—if they're under 5% of monthly users, this feature failed on stickiness.
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