ChatGPT generates dynamic user interfaces within chat responses

OpenAI's ChatGPT is evolving from a text-based chatbot into a platform that proactively builds dynamic user interfaces, such as diagrams, sliders, and interactive widgets, directly within answers. For example, it can generate a live diagram of the heart or an interactive slider to explain the offside rule in soccer. This development follows similar early work by Google's Gemini, which created interactive widgets for complex topics like time dilation in the movie Interstellar. M.G. Siegler argues this shift is a major step toward AI building apps on the fly, potentially reducing the need for developers to build separate native applications for each platform. This contrasts with Apple's strategy, which layers Siri over existing third-party apps, reinforcing the importance of the app ecosystem rather than replacing it with AI-generated interfaces. The ability to generate context-specific interfaces on demand represents a significant change in how users interact with software, potentially eliminating the need for traditional app development for many services.