Agents & AppsOctober 7, 2026

ChatGPT gets GPT-6 and answers with charts and buttons

Paid users get GPT-6 Sol from October 7, and Free and Go users get GPT-6 Luna from October 8. A new feature called Intelligent UI lets answers include charts, forms and small tools.

In September, OpenAI released its GPT-6 models for paying customers and developers. On October 7, it started bringing GPT-6 to the everyday Chat tab of ChatGPT, together with a new way of showing answers.

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In brief

OpenAI started bringing GPT-6 to the Chat tab of ChatGPT on October 7. Answers can now mix text with diagrams, buttons, forms and charts, a feature OpenAI calls Intelligent UI. ChatGPT can also start answering while it is still thinking. Nobody outside OpenAI has tested the new answers yet.

New to this? Read it in simple words

OpenAI is bringing GPT-6 to the normal chat in ChatGPT.
Paid users get it on October 7; Free and Go users from October 8.
Answers can now include charts, buttons, forms and small tools.
OpenAI says answers start 44% sooner on web-search questions, by its own tests.

Words to know

Intelligent UI: OpenAI’s name for answers that mix text with pictures, buttons, forms and charts.
Rollout: Switching a feature on for users step by step, not for everyone at once.
Compiler: A program that turns instructions into something a computer can show or run.

Who gets which model

Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise users get GPT-6 Sol from October 7, OpenAI says. Free and Go users get GPT-6 Luna, starting on October 8. The rollout is gradual and worldwide.

For Enterprise customers, it depends on their admin settings. The change applies only to the Chat tab. The models behind ChatGPT’s Work tab and Codex stay the same, OpenAI says.

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PLUS · PRO · BUSINESS · ENTERPRISE · GPT-6 SOL · OCT 7→FREE · GO · GPT-6 LUNA · OCT 8→INTELLIGENT UI · CHARTS · FORMS · TOOLS

CHAT TAB ONLY · WORK AND CODEX UNCHANGED · SPEED FIGURES ARE OPENAI’S OWN

ROLLOUT PATH 01

Paid plans first, free a day later.

From OpenAI’s announcement of GPT-6 in ChatGPT’s Chat tab.

What Intelligent UI does

GPT-6 was trained to build answers from text, pictures and interactive parts, OpenAI says. An answer can include graphics, buttons to tap, forms and charts. When plain text works best, ChatGPT should still give plain text.

OpenAI’s examples include a diagram of a bicycle, a dinner plan that changes with the number of guests and a savings calculator. Users can also ask for a small tool, such as a bill splitter or a game.

OpenAI built a library of ready-made parts and a compiler, so the interface appears while the answer is still being written. TechCrunch reports that users can choose how many visuals they get.

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Faster answers, by OpenAI’s figures

ChatGPT can now start answering while it keeps thinking. For questions that need a web search, GPT-6 Instant starts answering 44% sooner than GPT-5.6 Instant on average, OpenAI says.

OpenAI also says GPT-6 finds better information in web searches, and resists attempts to get around its safety training better. These results come from OpenAI’s internal tests.

OpenAI says more than 1.2 billion people use ChatGPT each week. No outside group has yet tested the new answers or their speed.

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Primary source · October 7, 2026GPT-6 and Intelligent UI for everyone OpenAI
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Research · October 7, 2026ChatGPT is getting a lot more visual, with the launch of a new interface TechCrunch
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Research · October 7, 2026ChatGPT with GPT-6 ditches mostly text output for interactive UI with charts, buttons, and mini apps The Decoder
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Research · October 7, 2026GPT-6’s new feature adds interactive elements to your chat, even if you’re a free user XDA Developers

How we checked this story

The plans and dates come from OpenAI’s announcement. The speed, search and safety results are OpenAI’s own tests, and no outside test exists yet.

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