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

Fewer products do this than you would think. ChatGPT piloted group chats in 2025, and OpenAI stopped new ones in July 2026. Poe still runs them. SharedChat is built around them. Here is what each one is, so you can pick without reading a marketing page (including ours).

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: one person at a keyboard. The catch: no longer a live shared thread; the group version was pulled in 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: comparing several AIs on the same question, or a big community. The catch: it's a general tool with no idea what your conversation is for.

SharedChat

SharedChat is narrower on purpose. Every conversation is a room with a job: Settle It (a judge who must hear both sides before ruling), Relationships and Co-Parenting (coordinators told in writing never to pick a winner), Parenting, Friend Groups, and a plain General room. You don't type the fairness in as a prompt. It's built into the room. Co-Parenting adds a calm-down step for heated messages. The rooms are tested on the hard conversations, where they point to real help instead of "compromise." Everyone in the room gets a push when someone posts, and any room can switch the AI off to talk human-only, then back on.

Best for: the personal stuff (a couple, two households, a friend group) where the point is being fair to everyone in the chat. The catch: smaller, newer, and not trying to be your work assistant.

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.
• Purpose-built rooms: ChatGPT: DIY instructions · Poe: no · SharedChat: six, built in.
• Must hear both sides to rule: ChatGPT: no · Poe: no · SharedChat: yes.
• Won't take sides on relationships or custody: ChatGPT: not built in · Poe: not built in · SharedChat: written into the room.
• Cools heated messages 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.