Now you can tell ChatGPT how nice to be
20 Dec 2025

OpenAI has just introduced a major update for its AI chatbot, ChatGPT. The new feature lets users customize the bot's personality by choosing how "nice" or "enthusiastic" they want it to be.

The update, which has started rolling out, also gives users control over other characteristics like emoji usage and text formatting preferences.

How to customize ChatGPT's personality
User control

To customize these traits, users need to tap on the menu icon at the top left corner of the ChatGPT app.

After selecting their profile and heading over to Personalization, they can select Add Characteristics.

The update also lets users choose a "personality" for the AI chatbot from options like quirky, professional, friendly, cynical among others.

Email writing feature gets an upgrade
Email enhancement

Along with personality customization, the latest update also improves ChatGPT's email writing capabilities.

Users can now edit and format text directly within the chat interface.

They can even highlight specific parts of text and request changes from ChatGPT, eliminating the need for separate prompts to direct changes in a different section.