OpenAI continues to expand ChatGPT capabilities. She announced support for plugins with which a chatbot can connect to third-party services and search for fresh information on the web.
Earlier, ChatGPT had access to data only until September 2021.
OpenAI has added two proprietary plugins to ChatGPT: a web browser and a code interpreter. As for third-party plugins, there are 12 of them, including from the Wolfram mathematical platform, Slack corporate messenger, Expedia hotel booking service. Also on the list are plugins from FiscalNote, Instacart, KAYAK, Klarna Shopping, Milo Family AI, OpenTable, Shopify, Speak and Zapier.
So far, the ChatGPT version with plugins is available to a limited number of users. It is not specified when the large—scale release will take place.