Release July 29, 2025

Users can upload multiple files, and interact with the chatbot
Improved file upload interface
Legacy models GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 are retired and will no longer be accessible from Chatbot

Release June 27, 2025

Users will not experience any noticeable changes. This update paves the way for future improvements and features.

Users will be able to revert to model’s default settings at any time by clicking the “Restore Default Settings” button in the settings tab.

Users will be able to upload a single file. The following file types will be accepted; txt, csv, pdf, docx, xlsx, pptx & png. Users will be able to upload files up to 2mb for GPT 3.5 & 4 and files up to 5 mb for GPT 4o and 4o mini.
Dynamic Feature Flag setup for file upload feature as well as any new upcoming features
Updated User Guide featuring updates on the new File Upload Feature
Updated general system prompt to be dynamically driven by the database

Support for saving user settings
- Users will be able to select preferred settings such as GPT model, Temperature and Top K f for the general-purpose assistant. Once settings are saved by a user, they will remain as default for the user across sessions.
Introduction of Assistant Admin UI capability
- This is a fully self-service feature that allows Admins to manage and configure CDC Chatbot Assistant parameters such as Temperature, Top K, and System Prompt for their CDC Chatbot Assistants.
Updated User Guide featuring updates on the new user settings capability.
New User Guide for the Admin role featuring instructions on how to use the Assistant Admin UI feature.

Bring Your Own Enterprise Data to Chatbot - Major Feature - Capabilities
- Support for Bring your data to CDC Chatbot Manually
- Supports 12 File Formats
- Supports new and updates to documents
- Support for large dataset Assistant ( (Soft Limit : 5000 documents)
- Supports Largest Single document size ( Soft Limit : 32 MB )
- Supports advanced chunking and retrieval strategies
- Supports Chat History with references to chunks and documents
- Supports customizable System Prompt to fit your needs
- Supports customizable Top-K result to fit your needs
- Supports customizable Few Shot Prompt to fit your needs
- Supports Human-in-loop, downloadable original source files
- Supports Customizable footer banner for Assistant
- Supports Azure Entra ID based group-based access control
- Supports Multi-Assistants Interactive chatbot
- Supports Azure OpenAI GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 Turbo, ADA-002 Models
- Supports Open System Architecture - Any LLMs, RAG Patterns
Enhanced Security, Goverance Authentication Mechanism Utilizing the MSAL Library
Enhanced application loading time and response time
Updated User Guide

Introduced a feedback form and rating feature to capture user experience for continuous improvement.
Added a direct link to the CDC Chatbot User Guide to Chat Settings for improved user experience.

Increased OpenAI Model capacity to enhance chat response performance.
Added labels to the "Clear Chat" and "New Chat" buttons to improve user experience.
Updated CDC Chatbot branding and logo.
Updated CDC logo.
Introduced feature for archiving chat history.
Updated "Clear all chat history" message to improve user experience.
Changed "Clear all chat history" icon to improve user experience.

Chat History section relocated for better space and user experience
Personalized the chatbot with your full name
Updated disclaimer statement for accuracy and relevance.
User Guide link opens document directly, saving search time.
Improved loading of chat history lists for faster retrieval.
CDC 508 compliance fixes to ensure adherence to CDC accessibility standards, making the chatbot more user-friendly and inclusive.

Disclaimer statement has GPT model and its training data cut-off date .
Updated icons for improved usability in the chatbot interface.
Implemented dynamic expansion of chat input window for better visibility of large content.
Improved chatbot loading speed with lazy loading "Load More" feature for chat history.
Simplified Advanced Settings for easier customization and usability.