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OpenAI is adding support for plug-ins to ChatGPT — an upgrade that massively expands the chatbot’s capabilities and gives it access for the first time to live data from the web.
Up until now, ChatGPT has been limited by the fact it can only pull information from its training data, which ends in 2021. OpenAI says plug-ins will not only allow the bot to browse the web but also interact with specific websites, potentially turning the system into a wide-ranging interface for all sorts of services and sites. In an announcement post, the company says it’s almost like letting other services be ChatGPT’s “eyes and ears.”
In one demo video (below), someone uses ChatGPT to find a recipe and then order the necessary ingredients from Instacart….
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By: Mitchell ClarkJames Vincent
Title: OpenAI is massively expanding ChatGPT’s capabilities to let it browse the web and more
Sourced From: www.theverge.com/2023/3/23/23653591/openai-chatgpt-plugins-launch-web-browsing-third-party
Published Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:58:56 +0000
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