Simultaneous editing, comments and direct edits on slides
OpenAI announced on its official account on Oct. 19 (Oct. 20 Japan time) that it has added features to "ChatGPT Slides," which creates presentation materials in ChatGPT, that let multiple people edit at the same time and leave comments. Text, images, shapes and figures' numbers on a slide can now be edited directly by clicking them, without regenerating the entire deck. Reading a team's comments and adjusting layouts and figures can also be left to ChatGPT or the always-on agent "dots."
Decks can be created from a conversation, an uploaded document or an outline with a single instruction. An existing deck can also be uploaded to serve as a design reference. Finished decks can be presented within ChatGPT and exported to PowerPoint, Google Slides and PDF.
Available on higher-priced and business plans, not Plus
It is available to users of the higher-priced monthly "Pro" plan and the business "Business" and "Enterprise" plans, rolling out gradually on the web and desktop apps. The $20-a-month "Plus" plan is not included for now. Decks are placed inside "Space," ChatGPT's collaboration area, and editing a Space is also limited to the paid higher-priced plans.
U.S.-based Digital Applied cautioned that what ChatGPT writes into a shared deck, including material drawn from the memory feature, is visible to everyone who can view it. OpenAI has not said whether fonts, figures or layouts change on export. Smartphone apps are not supported.
Expanding work tools alongside documents and spreadsheets
OpenAI said in September that, in addition to slides, it would provide "Pages" for documents and "Sheets" for spreadsheets inside ChatGPT. The ability to edit the same document with colleagues is something Microsoft's Office and Google Workspace have long offered. Anthropic has also added document and slide creation to Claude's work app on a trial basis. Google has made Gemini available inside Google Slides for companies using Workspace.
