Group chat with AI: ChatGPT vs. Poe vs. SharedChat

Group chat with AI lets several people talk to the same assistant and see its replies. ChatGPT began retiring group chats on July 9, 2026, while Poe continues to support groups of up to 200 people. SharedChat focuses on shared conversations between people who know each other. Here's how they compare.

ChatGPT (group chats retired)

OpenAI piloted group chats in late 2025, then stopped new ones starting July 9, 2026, so you cannot create a new one. A shared ChatGPT link lets someone read the conversation, not post into it. For one person working solo, ChatGPT is as strong as ever.

Best for: individual AI work. Limitation for group conversations: OpenAI stopped new group chats starting July 9, 2026.

Poe group chats

Poe's version scales bigger, up to 200 people, and its whole point is choice of model: you can bring many different AIs and creator-made bots into one room. It syncs across desktop and mobile.

Best for: putting a lot of people and different AI models in one chat. Poe supports up to 200 participants, which is plenty for a group that can't even agree on dinner.

SharedChat

SharedChat focuses on personal conversations. It has seven rooms with different instructions. Settle It's Judge waits for both sides before ruling. Relationships and Co-Parenting are instructed not to pick winners, and Co-Parenting can offer a calmer version of heated messages before sending.

The rooms have been tested with sensitive scenarios involving abuse and crisis situations, with instructions to direct people toward appropriate help. SharedChat also supports notifications when someone prompts the AI, and you can switch the AI off for a human-only conversation.

Best for: couples, co-parents, families, and friends who want to ask the same AI questions together. The trade-off: SharedChat is newer and focuses on personal conversations rather than work tools.

Side by side

• People live in one chat: ChatGPT: retired · Poe: 200 · SharedChat: your room.
• Notifies the group when someone posts: ChatGPT: n/a · Poe: unclear · SharedChat: yes.
• Turn the AI off for a human-only thread: ChatGPT: n/a · Poe: no · SharedChat: yes.
• Rooms with built-in conversation instructions: ChatGPT: custom instructions · Poe: general-purpose bots · SharedChat: seven rooms.
• Must hear both sides to rule: ChatGPT: no · Poe: no · SharedChat: yes.
• Instructions not to pick winners in relationship and co-parenting conversations: ChatGPT: not built in · Poe: not built in · SharedChat: included in the room instructions.
• Offers a calmer rewrite before sending: ChatGPT: no · Poe: no · SharedChat: yes (Co-Parenting).
• Free tier: Poe and SharedChat.

See the full table on the comparison page, or start a room and try it with the person you're arguing with.