group chats

OpenAI’s latest ChatGPT update reframes the assistant as both a warmer conversational partner and a collaborative teammate — a staged, careful move that bundles a new model family (GPT‑5.1), an adaptive routing layer, expanded voice and multimodal integration, and a group‑chat pilot that places...

OpenAI has quietly moved ChatGPT from a solo assistant into a shared space: a pilot of ChatGPT Group Chats lets up to 20 people interact together with the model in a single thread, and the company is deliberately testing this new social role for the assistant in four early markets as it studies...

OpenAI’s newest pilot brings ChatGPT into the same room as groups of people, testing threaded, multi-user conversations that pair up to 20 participants with the assistant in shared spaces designed for planning, decision‑making, and collaborative creation. Overview OpenAI has begun piloting group...

OpenAI’s newest model update, GPT‑5.1, arrived as an evolutionary rather than revolutionary step—promising faster answers for routine requests, deeper multi‑step reasoning when needed, new developer tools for editing and shell access, and a broader set of conversational personalities designed to...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot update pushes the assistant from a reactive helper toward a persistent, personality-driven companion — introducing a voice‑first avatar called Mico (a deliberate Clippy nod), long‑term memory and privacy controls, multi‑user Copilot Groups, deeper Edge integrations...

Microsoft’s Copilot is now a participant you can invite into multi‑person conversations inside Teams, and the move — described by Microsoft as an effort to make AI more collaborative and context‑aware — shifts Copilot from a personal assistant into a shared productivity partner that can...

Microsoft has given Copilot a visible face — and hidden a paperclip inside it — as part of a broad Fall Release that turns the assistant from a text‑only helper into a voice‑first, personality‑driven companion across Windows, Edge and Microsoft’s consumer services. Background Microsoft’s October...

Microsoft’s Copilot just got a face: a customizable, animated avatar named Mico that appears in voice mode, remembers user preferences, joins group chats, and — in a cheeky nod to Microsoft’s past — can briefly morph into the classic paperclip when prodded enough, part of a broader Copilot Fall...

Microsoft’s consumer Copilot just took its biggest public step yet toward becoming a persistent, personality-driven assistant — adding long-term memory, shareable group chats, a voice-first tutor persona called Mico, new Google and Outlook connectors, and a raft of safety and editing tools that...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot refresh is designed to make AI feel less like a utility and more like a companion — one that remembers, joins group conversations, and plugs into services beyond Microsoft’s walled garden. Background Microsoft has begun rolling out a major update to its Copilot...

Microsoft’s Copilot has a new face — a playful, animated avatar named Mico — and a cheeky little secret: if you prod it enough on mobile, it will eventually morph into Clippy, Microsoft’s famous (or infamous) paperclip assistant from the Office 97 era. The Mico reveal is part of a broader...

Microsoft’s new Copilot avatar, Mico, is Microsoft’s most visible attempt yet to give AI a friendly face — and an explicit rebuke to the memory of Clippy — as the company rolls personality, group collaboration, and “Real Talk” disagreement modes into Copilot while trying to thread a narrow...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot update pushes the assistant further toward a personality-driven, multimodal helper — introducing a tactile avatar called Mico (with a built‑in Clippy easter egg), an argumentation-style Real Talk mode, expanded Advanced Search, and new group chat capabilities that are...

Microsoft Teams users are about to experience a fundamental transformation in how conversations and collaborations are managed within channels, as Microsoft brings threaded messaging to the platform—an upgrade that has long been awaited and closely watched by the business communications...

Viber users have become accustomed to dependable, cross-platform communication with friends, families, and colleagues around the world. Now, a dramatic shift is redefining what it means to interact within this familiar space—a deep integration of Microsoft’s Copilot AI directly inside the app...

Imagine opening your laptop in 2025. Your team is spread across continents, deadlines are closer than ever, and the lines between work, home, and everything in-between have blurred beyond recognition. In this landscape, Microsoft Teams has surged to the forefront, becoming not only an...

In a significant development for Microsoft's messaging platforms, GroupMe has recently integrated Copilot-powered AI image generation, marking a notable enhancement in user engagement and creativity within the app. This update arrives shortly after the discontinuation of Skype, positioning...

Microsoft is no stranger to shaking up how we communicate online, and its latest move signals another ambitious push: AI is now a built-in companion in GroupMe. For those who’ve watched Microsoft’s recent journey—turbocharging Office, infusing Windows with AI, and pivoting towards intelligent...

In a twist that few could have predicted over a decade ago, GroupMe—a messaging app once nested under Skype’s wing—now finds itself not just surviving, but thriving, as Microsoft reimagines its place in the ever-evolving communication landscape. While the tech world watches the slow sunsetting...

Skype’s gradual fade-out might be bittersweet for longtime users, but Microsoft is proving that it hasn’t abandoned the world of personal messaging. Instead, the tech giant is quietly reinventing group chats with a fresh infusion of artificial intelligence, this time via GroupMe—a messaging app...