As a catch-all generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT is probably one of the best there is out there, even with competition from the likes of Microsoft (Bing AI) and Google (Bard). OpenAI has made active attempts to keep it fresh and relevant with the inclusion of more and more features. Now, the company has released what could very well be one of the biggest inclusions to ChatGPT to date: the ability to make and publish (and maybe even make money from) your own chatbots.
OpenAI has recently announced the release of GPTs, which (regardless of the actual definition of GPT), are basically variants of ChatGPT for specific purposes. GPTs can be trained to learn specific information, perform tasks in a specific way, and help users with specific tasks. They are similar to ChatGPT, but with the added benefit of being customizable and more efficient.
GPTs allow users to train chatbots to perform specific tasks without the need for a complex set of prompts. ChatGPT can already do a lot of the tasks specialized GPTs can do, but it also requires a lot of prompts and steps to achieve a similar effect. With GPTs, users can customize the chatbot to do exactly what they want, without the need for additional prompts. Also, GPTs are easy to train and don’t require any prior experience — you can just train them using prompts while you’re setting to make one.
OpenAI has also announced the GPT Store, a platform that allows creators to publish and (maybe) monetize their own GPTs. The specifics of how this all works are a bit unclear at the moment, but OpenAI is putting a lot of emphasis on rewarding creators of the most useful and widely used GPTs with more visibility and perhaps even monetary rewards. This is seemingly unrelated to ChatGPT plugins, which have been available to ChatGPT Pro subscribers for months.
There are already a few GPTs available, including Canva, but they are rolling out in a staged manner, so you’ll likely have to wait a little bit in order to play around with them. The GPT Store isn’t available yet.
Source: OpenAI via TechCrunch
