OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research and deployment company, has launched significant updates for ChatGPT, introducing new personalization features that allow users to customize the chatbot’s conversational style and tone. The update also includes an enhanced feature for editing email drafts directly within the chat interface.
Tailoring The AI’s Tone And Style
Users can now fine-tune ChatGPT’s personality traits to better suit their needs. Through a new personalization menu in the app, it’s possible to adjust qualities such as warmth and enthusiasm, choosing “more” or “less” of each trait compared to the default setting.
Further customization options allow for control over the frequency of emoji usage, headers, and lists in the AI’s responses. These settings can be accessed by navigating to the Personalization menu within the user’s profile and selecting “Add Characteristics.”
Introducing Preset AI Personalities
In addition to granular controls, OpenAI has rolled out a selection of preset personality styles. Users can now choose from a range of predefined personas for the chatbot, including professional, friendly, quirky, or cynical, enabling a more consistent and predictable interaction style for various use cases.
Streamlined Email Drafting And Editing
A separate update focuses on improving workflow for users drafting emails with ChatGPT. The new feature allows for direct editing and formatting of text within the chat window. This eliminates the need for separate prompts to make changes, as users can now highlight specific sections of the draft and instruct ChatGPT to apply targeted edits.
Implications for MENA Startups and Professionals
For the MENA region’s burgeoning tech ecosystem, these updates offer tangible benefits. Startups can leverage the personalization features to generate marketing copy, social media content, and customer support scripts that are finely tuned to diverse local audiences—from the formal business language preferred in GCC enterprise
communications to a more casual, emoji-rich tone for youth-focused apps in Egypt or Lebanon. Founders and VCs can use the professional persona and streamlined email editing to quickly draft polished investor updates and outreach emails, saving valuable time.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company. Its mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI)—AI systems that are generally smarter than humans—benefits all of humanity. The company is known for its groundbreaking models, including GPT-4 and DALL·E 3, which power its flagship product, ChatGPT.
Source: Tech in Asia
