ChatGPT gets online at last

API access means it can also book tables and fill shopping carts

Tom Allen
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Plug-ins turn ChatGPT into something like a virtual assistant, able to book flights and tables, or fill a shopping cart
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Plug-ins turn ChatGPT into something like a virtual assistant, able to book flights and tables, or fill a shopping cart

OpenAI is adding plug-in support for ChatGPT that gives it access to live data from the web - for the first time.

OpenAI originally trained ChatGPT on data going up to 2021, making it incapable of answering any questions about current affairs. With the new plug-in model that is no longer that case, allowing...

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