ChatGPT is linked to third-party applications via OpenAI plugins. These plugins allow ChatGPT to interact with developer-defined APIs, enhancing ChatGPT’s capabilities and allowing it to perform a variety of actions. Plugins will allow ChatGPT to pull real-time information, such as stock prices, sports scores, and news, similar to what Microsoft Bing can do. Private data, such as company documents, could also be integrated by plugins.
The ability for ChatGPT to connect to third-party services via plugins is the more intriguing proposal. One approach is to use Instacart, with ChatGPT creating a recipe and then ordering the ingredients from Instacart.