The purpose of OpenAI's open plugins is to bind the developer ecosystem and position itself as a new operating system and traffic gateway for the internet.
Compared to the past six months where only APIs were provided to help build different products, all products now serve as functions and real-world interfaces for ChatGPT. It is a transition from behind the scenes to the forefront.
Networking data, running code, and open interaction are the three main themes of OpenAI's ecosystem strategy, each of which has a longer-lasting impact than you can imagine.
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In the past, when ChatGPT encountered certain problems, it would remind you that its training data did not include that content. However, after adding the Browsing plugin, it can independently determine when to access the internet for more information and how to filter and interpret that data. Connecting ChatGPT to the internet may further change our information acquisition habits and improve efficiency, but it also means multiple risks - the model being intentionally fed with a large amount of malicious data, making it easier for AI to do harm.
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The old version of ChatGPT could actually be "simulated" as a command-line interface to run code through instructions, but the results were actually disguised as code results after internal logic analysis. With the Code Interpreter plugin, Python code can be directly executed in the conversation. This not only allows users to run Python code, but also means that ChatGPT can write its own code and assist in analysis for complex problems. AI truly using code is similar to animals learning to use tools.
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Being able to directly use ChatGPT to buy groceries on Instacart, book travel transportation and accommodation on Kayak, and purchase the cheapest products from various platforms through Klarna is just the tip of the iceberg. By linking with Zapier, it becomes easier to customize our workflow through ChatGPT, without the need for manual intervention in tasks such as automatic email replies, writing press releases, and conducting code reviews. ChatGPT can do almost anything you can do on the internet on your behalf.
This actually coincides with the thinking about the moat of AI companies that I shared yesterday. The Retrieval plugin directly eliminates most summarization companies. I hope this inspires every builder. The trend is unstoppable, but more innovators can emerge in the whirlpool.
Additional links:
ChatGPT Plugin Announcement and Sign-up Form
https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins
ChatGPT Plugin Development Documentation
https://platform.openai.com/docs/plugins/introduction
ChatGPT Representative Plugin - Retrieval
https://github.com/openai/chatgpt-retrieval-plugin