OpenAI launches GPT Store to capitalize on ChatGPT's success
Artificial intelligence lab OpenAI has launch ed its GPT Store, a marketplace for personalized artificial intelligence (AI) applications, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. The GPT Store is located within the popular ChatGPT chatbot, and is a place for users to discover and build GPTs, or AI customized for tasks like teaching math or designing stickers. It is OpenAI's attempt to build on the consumer success of ChatGPT, which introduced the world to generative AI last year, dazzling users with its ability to write humanlike prose and poetry. ChatGPT quickly became one of the fastest growing apps ever, but growth declined when some schools were out of session and the chatbot's novelty wore off. The GPT Store will initially be rolled out to users who are on paid ChatGPT plans, OpenAI said. In the next several months, the company intends to add a way for GPT creators to monetize their personalized AIs. The Microsoft-backed startup announce...