OpenAI Will Let Developers Build Apps That Work Inside ChatGPT

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: OpenAI is introducing a way to work with apps right inside ChatGPT. The idea is that, from within a conversation with the chatbot, you can essentially tag in apps to help you complete a task while ChatGPT offers context and advice. [...]

Apps available inside ChatGPT starting today will include Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Expedia, Figma, Spotify, and Zillow. In the "weeks ahead," OpenAI will add more apps, such as DoorDash, OpenTable, Target, and Uber. [...] Developers can access the SDK for making apps in preview starting today. Later this year, developers will be able to submit apps for review and publication, and OpenAI also plans to offer a directory for users to browse apps, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The company will share guidance about monetization "soon," Altman says. Last week, ChatGPT unveiled a new feature called "Instant Checkout" that lets users buy stuff directly through its chatbot -- "part of its overall push to integrate it with the rest of the web," reports The Verge.

What could go wrong

[alvinrod]

This sounds like giving guns to monkeys at the local zoo. I'm sure nothing will go horribly wrong.

Re:

[fluffernutter]

"chatgpt buy me everything"

Re:

[Valgrus Thunderaxe]

I'm developing a prompt that inserts mosquito DNA into the file format used by my gene sequencer.

Oh my god, I'm gonna be the Luddite old man.

[gurps_npc]

I was a perl scripter 20 years ago. I thought I was the cool tech guy.

Now, I'm gonna end up being the luddite old guy that screams about how new technology is evil and don't trust it and it's ruining today's youths.

I gotta pick the line I yell from ye olde rockin' chair plugged into the socket on my porch:

a: How can you trust something that hallucinates????

b: There is no us in AI

c: In my day, we wrote the scripts ourselves and LIKED IT.

d: Get off my GOOGLE!

apps

[awwshit]

Where all apps require a subscription or sale. Won't be long before the free money dries up and the reality of costs sets in for AI.

Mathematica

[cirby]

Seems like the obvious choice.

Chatgpt is like

[hdyoung]

a super-talented genius-level assistant who also happens to be a meth addict. When they walk in the door, you’ve got no idea if you’re gonna get a competent individual or a tweaker. Regardless, you learn to double- or triple-check that guy’s work. Every. Single. Time.

And you learn not to rely on them too much for stuff that really needs to be done right.

I’m not a luddite. AI is gonna get better, and it’ll revolutionize a lot of stuff. But the time-frame is unknown. Give

Please give us a killer app

[Growlley]

because we can't think of one,

Anything you build that's valuable

[rsilvergun]

They will take the same way Apple famously takes any app you make that's valuable and makes it part of the OS.

So if you want to be a hobbyist sure go right ahead but if you have the slightest inkling of making money then better give that up fast.