Feature Request: Shared Multi-User Chat Rooms with ChatGPT
Overview
I would like to propose a shared conversation feature that allows multiple people to participate in the same ChatGPT conversation.
A simple first version could support:
User A + User B + ChatGPT
This would turn ChatGPT from an individual assistant into a shared AI collaborator that can help multiple people communicate, make decisions, solve problems, and work together in real time.
The Problem
Many real-world decisions are not made by one person.
Business partners, managers and field workers, coworkers, couples, family members, and project partners often need to discuss the same issue together.
Today, one person may use ChatGPT, then copy the response to another person, explain the context, receive their response, and return to ChatGPT.
This breaks the flow of communication and can cause context to be lost.
Proposed Feature
Create a shared ChatGPT room where multiple authenticated users can participate in the same conversation.
For an initial version, limiting the room to two human participants plus ChatGPT would be enough.
Each participant would use their own ChatGPT account rather than sharing login credentials.
Inside the shared room:
- Both users can send messages.
- Both users can talk directly to ChatGPT.
- ChatGPT can understand which participant said what.
- ChatGPT can summarize discussions.
- ChatGPT can identify agreements and disagreements.
- ChatGPT can organize action items and decisions.
- ChatGPT can help clarify different viewpoints without simply choosing a “winner.”
Private Conversations
Each participant should also be able to speak privately with ChatGPT.
For example, a user might want to ask:
“How can I explain my position without making this argument worse?”
That private conversation should remain private.
ChatGPT should never reveal information from a private conversation to another participant unless the user explicitly chooses to share it.
A user could then select:
“Share this with the group.”
This privacy boundary would be essential for trust.
Example: Business Partners
Imagine two people running a small company together.
One is at a job site and the other is somewhere else.
A problem occurs.
The field worker enters the shared ChatGPT room and explains the situation. The business partner responds. They can upload photos or provide additional information.
ChatGPT can then help them:
- Organize the facts.
- Identify safety or operational concerns.
- Compare possible solutions.
- Record the final decision.
- Create action items.
- Produce a short meeting or incident summary.
Instead of ChatGPT being one person’s tool, it becomes a shared workspace between them.
Example: Meetings
During a meeting, participants could ask ChatGPT to:
- Summarize the discussion so far.
- List unresolved issues.
- Record decisions.
- Identify who is responsible for each action.
- Highlight points where participants agree.
- Explain where their positions differ.
- Create meeting minutes when the discussion ends.
This could be useful for small businesses, project teams, remote workers, field operations, families, and many other situations.
Conflict Resolution
Another valuable use case would be disagreement.
When two participants become stuck on an issue, ChatGPT could act as a neutral conversation facilitator.
Instead of deciding who is right, it could say:
“Here is User A’s main concern.”
“Here is User B’s main concern.”
“Here is what both of you agree on.”
“Here are several possible compromises or next steps.”
This could help prevent small disagreements from becoming unnecessary conflicts.
Privacy and Control
Privacy should be a core design principle.
Private conversations should remain private by default.
ChatGPT should not transfer information between private and shared conversations without explicit user authorization.
Participants should always be able to see:
- Who has access to the shared room.
- What information is shared.
- What remains private.
- When another participant joins or leaves.
Start Small
The first version does not need to support large groups.
A simple three-participant model could be enough:
Two human users + ChatGPT
If successful, larger groups could be considered later.
Starting small could make permissions, privacy, conversation identity, and user experience easier to design and test.
Why This Matters
ChatGPT is already useful as an assistant to one person.
The next opportunity is allowing ChatGPT to help people think together.
A shared room could transform ChatGPT from:
“AI helping a person”
into:
“AI helping people work together.”
That could be valuable not only for conversation, but for meetings, business operations, remote work, field work, planning, decision-making, education, families, and collaborative projects.
I would genuinely use this feature in a small business environment, particularly for communication between a company representative and a field operations partner.
I hope OpenAI will consider experimenting with a small, privacy-first version of this concept.