The iteration speed of OpenAI's ChatGPT is beyond imagination. After being ridiculed by the Google chat robot Bard for "there is no Internet access at home", OpenAI threw out a "real-time networking" solution.
On March 23, Western time, OpenAI announced the launch of ChatGPT Plugins (plug-in set), which gives ChatGPT the ability to update, use tools, and run calculations in real time.
ChatGPT can release the "prehistoric power" after the "internet disconnection seal" is lifted, and different plug-ins can be connected to have different functional buffs to solve problems in all aspects of life, production and learning.
Not only that, OpenAI has also joined hands with the community of interests "developer team" to strengthen the AppStore (app store), determined to open a "fully equipped ChatStore" by itself. At that time, ChatGPT will become its own treasury, and the golden house will hold Wanjiao.
ChatGPT lifts the "broken network seal"
Previously, OpenAI's language model has been criticized for its poor timeliness. Its training data is as of September 2021, so it needs to rely on manual training data to obtain the latest information. The day before yesterday, Bard, a competing chat robot launched by Google, took advantage of "real-time networking" and claimed that it could do things that ChatGPT could not.
ChatGPT connected to the plug-in can interact with the API defined by the developer, and can automatically access the latest information on the Internet. In addition, ChatGPT can also perform secure, restricted operations on behalf of users, thereby increasing the utility of the overall system.
To put it simply, ChatGPT lifted the "off-network seal" and began to release the "prehistoric power". It accesses different ChatGPT Plugins (plug-in sets) and has buffs with different functions, which is equivalent to opening the "Equipment Library Max" for yourself. AppStore (application store).
After iterations in the future, ChatGPT integrates multiple plug-in functions into one, which is as powerful as Apple's AppStore, but does not require tedious APP download and page switching operations, and can be executed with one click.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the plugins are "still in a very early experimental stage," but insisted that "it's a very welcome feature."
The first batch of plugins are in place
ChatGPT lays out a complete ecosystem. In this ecosystem, developers create and publish their own plugins to serve users.
The first batch of plug-ins selected by OpenAI have covered all aspects of users' life, production and learning. The developers of these plug-ins include some of the best development teams in the world. From OpenAI's screening list, plugins were created by Expedia, FiscalNote, Instacart, KAYAK, Klarna, Milo, OpenTable, Shopify, Slack, Speak, Wolfram, and Zapier.
For example, in the above list, Wolfram (Wolfram Research Corporation) is one of the main developers of scientific and technological computing software in the world today. The Wolfram Alpha it developed is a very powerful scientific question answering system, and its data comes from major Academic websites, publications and scientific institutions. Retrieve real-time information; for example, sports scores, stock prices, latest news, and more, through Wolfram add-ons.
The list of development teams screened by OpenAI, the red box is Wolfram
ChatGPT Plugins covers a wide range of areas, including Wenke food, clothing, housing and transportation, Wuke code explanation, knowledge base search - perform operations on behalf of users: book air tickets, order meals, etc.; retrieve real-time information: sports scores, stock prices, latest news, etc.; search knowledge base information: Enterprise office, process optimization, etc.
Define a new profit model
Some people believe that the plug-in function launched by ChatGPT is a threat to the AppStore, and OpenAI has created a platform with a new profit model, which has completely changed the entire industry.
OpenAI said the company will expand alpha access to the plugin to users and developers on the waitlist, and plans to roll out access to a larger scale "over time." Some analysts pointed out that this is a signal that OpenAI will transform ChatGPT into a developer platform to expand its dominance. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called on more third-party developers to participate on Twitter, "Looking forward to seeing the results of the developers!"
Sam Altman Twitter
In the early stage, ChatGPT still needs to build an ecology with many developers, and follow the AppStore's self-marketing system based on the platform itself to build the foundation. ChatGPT’s future profit model may be similar to that of the App Store—relying on search engines, rankings, advertising slots, etc., centered on the platform, helping developers recommend apps to users, and providing users with the services they need.
With the help of countless developers, OpenAI is expected to upgrade ChatGPT from an AI tool to a developer platform that forms a community of interests with developers.