OpenAI Enables Personalization of GPT, Will Launch App Store in November

At the AI Developers Conference, CEO Sam Altman shared with more than 900 experts about the ambition to build an ecosystem that OpenAI aims to take advantage of the popularity of ChatGPT. The "father" of the famous AI chatbot also said that this application currently has 100 million weekly users.

Accordingly, users will have access to personalized AI “applications” for specialized tasks, such as math tutoring or sticker design.

OpenAI calls these custom AI applications “GPTs.” The company says this is the first version of an AI assistant that performs real-world tasks, like booking flights on behalf of users.

The company will also launch the GPT Store, an app store where people can share GPT and earn money based on how many people use it. This is OpenAI's latest effort after a failed attempt to build a ChatGPT plugin ecosystem in early 2023.

In addition to GPT, OpenAI also released a series of updates focused on developers, including a significant reduction in service fees — a move that was warmly welcomed.

OpenAI has announced a new GPT-4 Turbo model that is cheaper than its predecessor, but can process more data. The company also revealed an assistant application programming interface (API) with vision and imaging methods. There is also a beta version for developers to customize GPT-4.

“It was a huge boost for startups like us. Suddenly, the cost went down three times,” said Flo Crivello, founder of AI assistant startup Lindy and one of the conference attendees.

Speaking to the media, Altman said that startups using OpenAI technology should not build simple integrations. “We plan to build clear features, and building deeper integrations creates huge value.”

OpenAI CEO's vision is that each person will have multiple GPTs that can interact with each other to help them get work done in the future.

OpenAI wants more businesses and developers to build big language models that compete with Google’s Anthropic and open-source models like Meta’s Llama. Despite $10 billion in funding, the company that owns ChatGPT is also competing with Microsoft for enterprise customers.

Meanwhile, for the large enterprise customer segment, OpenAI has deployed a custom modeling program, allowing the creation of specialized GPT-4 applications at a more “expensive” price.

(According to Reuters)