ChatGPT Says the Dot Now Gives Faster, Plainer Replies and Can Follow Custom Instructions
Your dot now has… ⚡️ Faster replies 💬 Less jargon 🫡 Better follow-through And, they can now follow your custom instructions. Tell your dot in the thread things like how to behave or which actions need your go-ahead. “always talk in lowercase.” “Show me a draft before sending any emails.” You can also set custom instructions and rules in Customize > Behavior on mobile, or through your dot’s menu on web and desktop.
Context
The dot is a small but widely used ChatGPT feature, and these changes affect how it talks and when it waits for a user's go ahead.
ChatGPT posted that the dot now has faster replies, less jargon, and better follow through, and that it can follow custom instructions, including examples such as always talking in lowercase or showing a draft before sending email. Tibo, who posts ChatGPT product updates, later said some good updates to dots shipped and that the banked reset has been activated.
Deep dive
ChatGPT posted on November 12 that the dot now has faster replies, less jargon, and better follow through. The same post said the dot can now follow custom instructions. It gave examples of telling the dot in the thread how to behave or which actions need a go ahead, including "always talk in lowercase" and "Show me a draft before sending any emails."
The post also said users can set custom instructions and rules in Customize, then Behavior, on mobile, or through the dot's menu on web and desktop. That means the change is not only a one off prompt in a thread, but also a setting users can save.
Tibo, who posts Codex and ChatGPT product updates, later quoted that ChatGPT post and said some good updates to dots shipped today and that the banked reset has been activated and should land in everyone's accounts sometime soon. The post does not spell out what the banked reset changes, only that it has been activated and should arrive soon.
What to expect next
Watch whether users actually see faster and plainer replies from the dot, and whether custom instructions hold from one thread to the next. Tibo said the banked reset should land in accounts soon, so the next check is whether that credit or quota change shows up as promised. This is a small product update, but it sits on a feature many ChatGPT users touch every day. If the custom instruction controls work as described, the more important test is whether the dot waits for a go ahead on actions like sending email.