OpenAI launched dynamic visual explanations for ChatGPT on Tuesday, allowing users to interact with real-time visuals for math and science concepts. The feature enables users to adjust variables and see immediate updates, such as changing triangle side lengths in the Pythagorean theorem to watch the hypotenuse change. Users can trigger the visuals by asking questions like “What is a lens equation?” or “How can I find the area of a circle?”
The launch shifts ChatGPT’s role from delivering answers to encouraging direct engagement with underlying concepts. This change targets the more than 140 million people who use ChatGPT weekly for help with math and science, according to OpenAI. The feature currently covers over 70 topics, including binomial square, Charles’ law, compound interest, and Ohm’s law.
OpenAI plans to expand the feature to include more interactive topics in the future. The visuals are available to all logged-in ChatGPT users. The feature joins other recent educational tools, such as study mode and QuizGPT.
Google’s Gemini launched its own interactive diagrams and visuals in November. The market for AI educational tools remains competitive as companies roll out similar features.
OpenAI stated that the visuals cover topics including the area of a circle, Coulomb’s law, difference of squares, exponential decay, Hooke’s law, kinetic energy, and linear equations.
