ChatGPT can now build slide decks, but Japanese PDFs can break

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Slides, a tool that builds slide decks inside the chatbot. Reports say changing a deck can take under two minutes. The catch: exporting a deck to PDF with Japanese text is reported to have problems.

What it does

ChatGPT Slides lets you create a presentation in the same place you already chat with ChatGPT. The reported benefit is speed on revisions, the part of deck work that often eats the most time. Under two minutes per change is the figure in the coverage.

The PDF problem

The same reports say PDF export can fail with Japanese text. The material does not say what exactly goes wrong, such as garbled characters or broken layout. It also does not say whether other languages are affected or whether OpenAI plans a fix.

Who it affects

Anyone who makes decks for work could find this useful. People who write in Japanese, or who send decks to Japanese-speaking clients, should be most careful. A PDF is often the version that goes out to customers, so errors there are easy to miss until someone else sees them.

What is not known yet

The material does not give pricing, which ChatGPT plans include Slides, or when it reaches everyone. It also does not say how the two-minute figure was measured. Treat it as a report, not a promise.

What to do

• Open every page of an exported PDF before you send it.
• Pay extra attention to any non-English text.
• Keep an editable copy of the deck in case the PDF needs fixing.