Description

ChatGPT Plugins are a set of tools designed to enhance the functionality of language models. These plugins are built with safety as a core principle, ensuring that the language model can access up-to-date information, run computations, or use third-party services without compromising user privacy or security.

Plugin developers who have been invited off the waitlist can use the documentation to build a plugin for ChatGPT. Once enabled, these plugins are listed in the prompt shown to the language model, along with documentation to instruct the model how to use each one.

One of the key benefits of ChatGPT Plugins is their ability to provide access to real-world and recent data. This can be particularly useful for language models, which may not have access to information that is too recent, too personal, or too specific to be included in the training data. By integrating explicit access to external data sources, such as up-to-date information online, code-based calculations, or custom plugin-retrieved information, language models can strengthen their responses with evidence-based references.

In addition to providing access to external data sources, plugins can also enable language models to perform safe, constrained actions on behalf of users. This can increase the usefulness of the system overall, allowing users to accomplish tasks more efficiently and effectively.

Overall, ChatGPT Plugins offer a powerful set of tools for developers looking to enhance the functionality of language models. The first plugins have been created by a range of companies, including Expedia, FiscalNote, Instacart, KAYAK, Klarna, Milo, OpenTable, Shopify, Slack, Speak, Wolfram, and Zapier. With the potential to tackle various challenges associated with large language models, these plugins represent an exciting development in the field of natural language processing.