AI has been dominating the information cycle as soon as once more, and never simply because Google unloaded an unimaginable variety of new Gemini and Gemini-powered instruments and AI experiences when the corporate hosted its annual I/O developer convention this week.
A day earlier than the principle I/O 2025 keynote, Microsoft’s Construct convention additionally produced loads of AI information. Extra attention-grabbing (and stunning) was OpenAI’s formal acknowledgment on Wednesday that it’s constructing its personal {hardware} for ChatGPT.
OpenAI introduced that it bought Jony Ive’s new enterprise “io,” which has already designed a supposedly groundbreaking AI ChatGPT private system that may launch as quickly as subsequent yr.
OpenAI’s shock announcement was a transparent assault on Google’s more and more spectacular Gemini capabilities. There’s no denying that Gemini can do issues ChatGPT can’t, and that’s due to all of the proprietary Google apps that Google can leverage to show Gemini into an excellent higher, extra private assistant.
OpenAI additionally introduced ChatGPT enhancements for builders, which ought to enable them to construct higher, quicker AI apps sooner or later.
On this context, OpenAI quietly up to date the ChatGPT consumer interface with out asserting or explaining the adjustments. You’ll be stunned once you see the brand new composer UI, however all of the AI instruments you’ve come to understand from ChatGPT will probably be there.
I used to be stunned to see the design change on Thursday, and also you in all probability have been, too. If you happen to’re utilizing ChatGPT recurrently, you’ll know the place all of the menus are and what they do. Right here’s what the ChatGPT composer UI used to seem like a number of months in the past within the ChatGPT internet app:
The identical design was current till Wednesday, which is when OpenAI refreshed the composer with a less complicated, cleaner consumer interface:
The menu gadgets on the underside are actually packed neatly right into a Instruments menu subsequent to the +.
Click on the Instruments menu to seek out all of the ChatGPT instruments you’ve been utilizing recently. They’ve barely completely different names, nevertheless it’s simple to know what every does in case you’ve been utilizing a paid ChatGPT subscription for some time.
- Create a picture (4o picture technology)
- Search the online (ChatGPT Search)
- Write or code (Canvas)
- Run deep analysis (Deep Analysis)
Choose an choice, and blue textual content will seem subsequent to the Instruments button within the Composer, reminding you which of them AI skills you’re utilizing. Right here’s an instance utilizing the picture technology function:
Recommendations will seem below the composer in case you want inspiration. You’ll be able to all the time faucet the x in that new button to cease utilizing the instrument.
All instruments behave equally, as proven above for ChatGPT Search and beneath for Canvas.
Faucet the Deep Analysis button to get an additional menu that permits you to customise the deep analysis expertise. You’ll be able to join extra apps, together with GitHub, and swap the online search assist on and off.
The + button gives the identical performance. It helps you to connect with cloud providers and add recordsdata.
The dictate and Superior Voice Mode icons are additionally current within the composer space, permitting you to work together with the AI by voice.
Whereas we’re at it, I rechecked the ChatGPT fashions obtainable below my Plus subscription, and nothing has modified since OpenAI introduced GPT-4.1 to ChatGPT. And sure, the names stay complicated, particularly in case you’re new to ChatGPT.
The cleaner ChatGPT UI is now an identical to that within the cellular model of the app, with one exception: The ChatGPT iPhone app doesn’t assist Canvas.
