ChatGPT now answers with interactive apps, not just text

What happened: OpenAI is replacing the previous model with GPT-6 in ChatGPT's standard chat tab: GPT-6 Soul for Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise, and GPT-6 Luna for Free and Go users. It ships with 'intelligent UI' that can answer with charts, maps, buttons, forms and on-the-fly calculators. Demos showed a clickable seven-speed bike, a recipe that rescales by guest count, a bill splitter and a hiking map. Work and Codex models are unchanged. GPT-6 reached work and Codex on September 22 and GPT-6.1 Soul shipped September 29; the news is that all tiers, including free, now get it.
The claim: OpenAI says GPT-6 with intelligent UI makes everyday answers visual and interactive for its over 1 billion weekly users, and that GPT-6 Instant starts web answers 44% sooner.
Austin's take: Austin notes it took him about a month two years ago to build a receipt-splitter app that ChatGPT can now generate from a few words. He likes the escape from verbose walls of text but is a bit skeptical about how much people will actually use the generated mini apps.
Why it matters: This is the default ChatGPT for a huge user base, and it shifts the chatbot from a text box to an interface that builds itself around your question.
What to do: Try a practical ask like splitting a dinner bill or scaling a recipe and see whether the interactive answer beats a short text reply for you.
Not confirmed yet: The 44% speed figure and usage numbers come from OpenAI.

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