ChatGPT is already quite powerful on its own. OpenAI today announced the new plugins concept which will supercharge the capabilities of ChatGPT. Through plugins, ChatGPT can connect to third-party applications. Once connected, ChatGPT can interact with APIs defined by developers, enhancing ChatGPT’s capabilities and allowing it to perform a wide range of actions. For example, plugins can allow ChatGPT to do things like:
- Retrieve real-time information; e.g., sports scores, stock prices, the latest news, etc.
- Retrieve knowledge-base information; e.g., company docs, personal notes, etc.
- Perform actions on behalf of the user; e.g., booking a flight, ordering food, etc.
OpenAI has already partnered with a few developers to create ChatGPT plugins. Check out the ChatGPT plugins from the following:
- Expedia, FiscalNote, Instacart, KAYAK, Klarna, Milo, OpenTable, Shopify, Slack, Speak, Wolfram, and Zapier.
Plugin developers expose one or more API endpoints, accompanied by a standardized manifest file and an OpenAPI specification. These define the plugin’s functionality, allowing ChatGPT to consume the files and make calls to the developer-defined APIs.
Interested developers can join the waitlist to get access.
In addition to 3rd party plugins, OpenAI has developed two plugins themselves, a web browser (An experimental model that knows when and how to browse the internet)
and code interpreter (An experimental ChatGPT model that can use Python, handle uploads and downloads).
