OpenAI is redesigning ChatGPT replies around tappable buttons, editable graphs and calculators built for a single question, through a feature called Intelligent UI.

OpenAI says the goal is making "learning complex topics easier," and users who find the visuals excessive can dial them back like other personality settings.

To make this work, OpenAI built a library of ready-made interface components plus a compiler that displays them as the answer streams, and trained GPT-6 to choose the layout, or plain text when that fits better.

The new model also begins answering before it finishes thinking: OpenAI reports GPT-6 Instant now starts web-search answers 44% sooner than GPT-5.6 Instant, the model it replaces.

They also plan to have ChatGPT generate more of the interfaces people need for everyday tasks, so users describe a goal instead of learning fixed software.