OpenAI lets users adjust ChatGPT's warmth and enthusiasm in new personalization update
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OpenAI allows users to directly adjust ChatGPT's enthusiasm level | TechCrunch
ChatGPT users can now tweak the chatbot's warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji use, according to a social media post from OpenAI. These options (as well as similar adjustments to ChatGPT's use of headers and lists) now appear in the Personalization menu and can be set to More, Less, or Default. They
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ChatGPT will now let you pick how nice it is
OpenAI will now give you the ability to dial up -- or down -- ChatGPT's warmth and enthusiasm. An update rolling out on Friday gives you the option to choose whether you want "more" or "less" of these personality traits, or stick with the default. There are also options to tweak how often ChatGPT
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You can now tweak how warm and enthusiastic ChatGPT's responses are
OpenAI gave its AI chatbot a professional makeover with the latest GPT-5.2 release, and some users are already complaining about its tone. For anyone who's finding ChatGPT rude or sassy, OpenAI has some welcome news since it's letting users further customize its personality with extra warmth or
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ChatGPT gets new personality settings, including warmth and emoji usage
ChatGPT can act even friendlier now, with new personality customization options that let users choose just how warm and enthusiastic the bot is in conversation. OpenAI announced the new personality settings in a Friday post on X. The update rolled out immediately to ChatGPT users alongside a
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You Can Now Customize ChatGPT's 'Personality' to Suit Your Tastes Even More
These options join OpenAI's existing personality controls for ChatGPT, meaning you can now really fine-tune how the bot responds to you. When Spike Jonze's movie Her dropped back in 2013, I thought it was a great work of total fiction. Who would actually befriend an AI bot, let alone fall in love
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ChatGPT's New Personality Controls Finally Fix Its Annoying Enthusiasm - Phandroid
Tired of ChatGPT sounding way too cheerful or dumping emojis everywhere? OpenAI rolled out new granular ChatGPT personality controls that let users fine-tune how it sounds and formats answers, without changing the underlying model's reasoning. These controls sit in a revamped Personalization menu
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You Can Now Adjust How ChatGPT Responds to You With New Settings
This option is different from the preset personalities already available ChatGPT is getting another personality upgrade. OpenAI, on Friday, announced a new feature for the chatbot that allows users to adjust its personality traits and response style. Dubbed Characteristics, the new feature is part
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OpenAI Lets Users Adjust ChatGPT's Tone, But Concerns Remain
OpenAI's decision to let users adjust ChatGPT's 'warmth' and 'enthusiasm' signals an important shift in how the company thinks about AI behaviour. By turning tone into a configurable setting, OpenAI is acknowledging that emotional cues are not incidental to how people use AI systems, but central to
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OpenAI Introduces New Options to Customize ChatGPT's Warmth and Enthusiasm
ChatGPT Gets Tone Adjustment Features for Warmer and More Balanced Conversations Personalization has become an important feature of modern AI tools, defining how digital conversations function. OpenAI's recent update gives users enhanced control over ChatGPT by introducing warmth and enthusiasm
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OpenAI now lets you adjust how warm and enthusiastic ChatGPT is, here's how
For each one, users can choose whether they want more, less, or the default setting. OpenAI is giving users more control over how ChatGPT talks to them. With the latest update to ChatGPT, people can now adjust how warm, enthusiastic, or expressive the AI chatbot sounds. OpenAI has added four new
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OpenAI rolled out new ChatGPT personalization settings that allow users to fine-tune the AI chatbot's warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji usage. The update addresses ongoing user feedback about conversational style after GPT-5.2's professional tone sparked complaints. Users can now choose between more, less, or default levels for these characteristics alongside existing personality options.
OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Personalization Controls
OpenAI announced a significant expansion to ChatGPT personalization features, giving users direct control over their AI chatbot's warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji usage
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. The new ChatGPT update rolled out Friday, allowing users to adjust chatbot's tone through settings that offer "More," "Less," or "Default" options for each characteristic2
. These controls appear in the Personalization menu, accessible by tapping the menu at the top left corner of the ChatGPT app, selecting your profile, and choosing Add Characteristics2
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Addressing User Feedback on Conversational Style
The warmth and enthusiasm controls directly respond to user feedback following the GPT-5.2 release, which gave the AI chatbot a professional makeover that some users found overly formal or even rude
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. This marks the latest attempt by OpenAI to personalize AI's conversational style after facing criticism throughout the year. Earlier, the company rolled back one update for being "too sycophant-y," then later adjusted GPT-5 to be warmer and friendlier after complaints that the new model felt colder and less friendly1
. CEO Sam Altman has referred to these issues as a "personality problem"4
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Response Formatting Options and AI Bot Personality Choices
Beyond emotional tone, users can now customize response formatting options including how frequently ChatGPT uses headers and lists, choosing between clear formatting with lists or more paragraph-based responses
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. The emoji usage customization allows users to dial up or down how many emojis appear in responses, though there's still no option to exclude emojis entirely4
. These new characteristics complement existing ChatGPT personality settings that OpenAI added in November, including Professional, Candid, and Quirky base style options1
. Users can now choose from eight personality types including Default, Professional, Friendly, Candid, Quirky, Efficient, Nerdy, and Cynical5
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Mental Health Concerns and Dark Pattern Debates
The update arrives amid growing scrutiny from AI critics and academics who suggest that overly anthropomorphic and sycophantic chatbots represent a dark pattern that creates addictive behavior and can negatively affect users' mental health concerns
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. Professionals have warned that excessively agreeable AI chatbot behavior can exacerbate issues including AI psychosis and dependency4
. OpenAI has recommitted to mental health and teen safety promises amid escalating lawsuits, introducing new under-18 user principles to GPT-5.2 with additional guardrails around sensitive topics and an age verification system for young users4
. The company reports that GPT-5.2 scores higher on internal mental health safety tests, including stress testing for self-harm, than previous models4
.Additional Features and Email Generation Updates
Alongside personality controls, the update includes a pinned chats feature and new email generation capabilities
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. Users can now update and format text directly inside the chat when writing emails, and highlight chunks of text to ask ChatGPT to make specific changes rather than directing the AI through separate prompts2
. The GPT-5.2 model series, launched one week ago, boasts improved capabilities for professional knowledge work with better processing benchmarks and fewer hallucinations4
. These updates reflect OpenAI's ongoing effort to balance professional utility with user preferences for more natural, engaging interactions while addressing concerns about AI chatbot influence on behavior and well-being.References
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