ChatGPT and All Its Features

OpenAI's ChatGPT is far more than a chat window today. Here's a tour of the capabilities most users never discover.

Conversational chat

The core experience — multi-turn conversation with memory of the current session.

Custom GPTs

User-built, purpose-specific assistants with their own instructions, knowledge, and tools.

Code Interpreter / Data Analysis

Runs real Python code — analyze spreadsheets, generate charts, process files.

Web browsing

Searches the live web for current information beyond the model's training cutoff.

Image generation

Built-in DALL·E integration for generating and editing images from prompts.

Voice mode

Natural spoken conversation, useful for hands-free or accessibility use cases.

Memory

Can retain facts about you across sessions (when enabled), reducing repeated context-setting.

Tip

Custom GPTs are underused — if you find yourself writing the same lengthy instructions every session, that's a signal to build a Custom GPT instead.

Key takeaways

ChatGPT includes Custom GPTs, code execution, web browsing, image generation, voice mode, and cross-session memory.
Code Interpreter lets ChatGPT actually run Python — not just describe what code would do.
Web browsing extends ChatGPT beyond its training cutoff for current events and fresh information.

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Lesson summary

ChatGPT extends well beyond chat — Custom GPTs, real code execution, web browsing, image generation, voice, and memory make it a broad platform, not just a chatbot.

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