# How do you use Intelligent UI in ChatGPT?

Date: 2026-10-12 · Author: Robert Scales · https://guidetoartificialintelligence.com/en/learn/use-intelligent-ui-chatgpt/

**Answer:** Open the Chat tab, describe what you want to do rather than only what you want to know, and name the inputs and outputs you need, for example "a tool where I enter X and see Y." ChatGPT then decides whether a chart, form, checklist or small calculator helps, and you test any numbers it produces before relying on them.

**Intelligent UI** is the GPT-6 feature that lets a ChatGPT reply contain working interface pieces: buttons you tap, forms you fill in, charts, checklists and small tools such as calculators. "UI" means user interface, the part of software you see and touch. Since last week it has been rolling out in the Chat tab on every plan, with GPT-6 Sol behind paid plans and GPT-6 Luna behind Free and Go.

You don't switch it on. The model chooses the format for each question, and a simple question can still get a simple paragraph. What you control is the request. A few habits make the difference between a wall of text and a tool you can actually use.

## Before you start

Intelligent UI works in ChatGPT on the web and in up-to-date mobile apps. According to OpenAI's help page, as reported by BetaNews, older Windows and macOS desktop apps don't support it, so update the app or use a browser if replies look plain. It applies to the Chat tab; the models in ChatGPT Work and Codex were not part of this change. In Enterprise workspaces, an administrator decides whether it is available.

## Three habits that get better interactive answers

**Ask for an action, not a topic.** "Tell me about mortgages" invites an essay. "Help me compare two mortgage offers" invites a side-by-side view.

**Name the inputs and outputs.** Interfaces are built from what you can change and what you see change. A sentence such as "let me enter the price and the number of people, and show the share per person" gives the model a clear design.

**Say what you will do with it.** "A checklist I can tick off while I cook" tells ChatGPT the answer should stay useful after you finish reading. OpenAI's own example of a Sunday dinner shows the idea: alongside the recipe, it added a shopping list that adjusts to the number of guests and a cooking schedule with boxes to tick.

## Worked example: three requests, three formats

Here are three prompts for different kinds of help. The results described are illustrative; your reply may look different, because the model chooses the layout each time.

**A comparison you can adjust.**

```prompt
Help me compare two phone plans side by side.
Plan A: $35 a month, 20 GB of data, 24-month contract.
Plan B: $48 a month, unlimited data, no contract.
Let me change how many months I keep the phone and show the total cost of each plan.
```

A useful answer here might be two columns with a slider for the number of months and a running total under each plan.

**A plan you can follow.**

```prompt
I'm painting a small bedroom this Saturday for the first time.
Give me a step-by-step plan I can tick off as I go,
with a shopping list I can copy, and the drying times between coats.
```

Expect a checklist, a list with a copy button, and timings. Check the drying times against the label on your paint can: those depend on the product, and the model is guessing from general knowledge.

**An explanation you can explore.**

```prompt
Explain how a heat pump moves heat out of cold outdoor air.
Make it something I can explore: let me pick the outdoor temperature
and see how the system's efficiency changes, in simple words.
```

This invites a diagram with a control you can move. OpenAI's launch post shows the same pattern with a bicycle broken into parts you tap to read about.

> **Try it:** Pick a small problem from your week, such as splitting a shared bill or planning a trip. Write one prompt that names what you want to enter and what you want to see. Then check one result from the tool by hand, with a calculator or a pencil.

## Testing what ChatGPT builds

A tidy interface looks trustworthy, but it is still model output. Three quick checks help:

1. **Try one case you can work out yourself.** If the bill splitter says $23.50 each, add it up once.
2. **Try an edge case.** Set a value to zero or to something extreme and see whether the result still makes sense.
3. **Ask how it calculates.** "Show me the formula you used" turns the tool back into text you can verify.

OpenAI says it trained GPT-6 by grading its interfaces for clarity, usefulness and completeness, and it openly admits the model's design judgment still has room to improve. If a layout confuses you, say exactly what is wrong: "Put the totals at the top" or "Drop the photos, I only need the numbers." A specific follow-up gives the next version something concrete to fix.

## When does a generated interface help more than text?

An interface earns its place when you will **change something and look again**. Calculators, comparisons with a variable you want to adjust, and budgets are good examples: instead of asking the same question five times with different numbers, you move a slider. It also helps when you will **use the answer over time**, like a checklist for a task you are about to do, or a list you will copy into another app. And it helps when the subject has **parts or stages** that are easier to grasp one at a time, such as a machine, a process or a timeline.

Text is better when you need **reasoning you can read and quote**: an argument, an explanation of why, advice with caveats, or a draft email. It is also better when you plan to paste the answer somewhere else, or when the answer is one fact. In those cases, say so in your request: "Just answer in text." OpenAI designed the model to fall back on plain text when that serves the question best, and stating your preference removes the guesswork.

A simple test before you ask: if you can picture yourself clicking or ticking something in the answer, request an interface. If you can picture yourself reading it once and moving on, a paragraph will serve you better.

## Sources

- GPT-6 and Intelligent UI for everyone: https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-for-everyone/
- OpenAI's GPT-6 brings Intelligent UI to free ChatGPT users: https://betanews.com/article/gpt-6-intelligent-ui-chatgpt-free-users/