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The New ChatGPT Is More Show Than Tell

Publisher description: OpenAI is updating ChatGPT for all users with an “Intelligent UI” that’s more visual—generating interactive elements as part of the chatbot’s outputs.

Wired | Oct 7, 2026 | Reece Rogers

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That may no longer be the case soon as OpenAI overhauls how ChatGPT answers prompts. 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 free users tomorrow. I got a quick test of the user interface before launch, and these visual elements felt like a welcome change. If a user isn’t interested in visuals, they can tell ChatGPT to generate fewer of those outputs.

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