OpenAI is Bringing Custom Instructions to ChatGPT

OpenAI announced a new custom instructions feature for ChatGPT so customers can customize how the chatbot responds and behaves.

“We’ve updated custom instructions to make it easier to customize how ChatGPT responds to you,” OpenAI explained on X/Twitter. “With the new UI, you can tell ChatGPT the traits you want it to have, how you want it to talk to you, and any rules you want it to follow.”

OpenAI provided me with a few examples of how this new feature works.

• If you want to use ChatGPT to build your personal goals, you may want it to speak with you in an encouraging tone.

• If you’re a digital marketing specialist and use ChatGPT to iterate on social media campaigns, you could consider asking for responses with creative, concise, and approachable language.

• If you’re caring for an elderly family member and need tips or companionship ideas, you might want ChatGPT to adopt a supportive tone.

Custom instructions is rolling out to ChatGPT for Windows and the web, and it will come to mobile and macOS in the next few weeks. Users in the EU, Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein, and Switzerland will get it soon as well.