OpenAI launches Custom GPTs feature, enabling you to easily create your own ChatGPT assistant

OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman announced on social media that ChatGPT Plus users can now use the custom GPTs feature to build domain-specific ChatGPT assistants without any coding required. Custom GPTs is a powerful feature introduced by OpenAI at the developer conference. Users simply provide ChatGPT with dialogue instructions and additional knowledge data, and then choose whether they need multimodal capabilities such as web search, data analysis, and image generation. This allows them to build ChatGPT assistants for specific domains such as law, writing, and marketing. These assistants can also be shared with others and, once OpenAI opens the GPT store and the apps are listed and approved, users can even monetize their creations. Despite a server crash that lasted over two hours yesterday, OpenAI decided to fully release this feature, demonstrating its commitment to its development. Elon Musk commented directly on the launch of GPTs, saying, "Every time you release a feature, you destroy a bunch of startups. What does Sam think about this?" Indeed, the introduction of GPTs has dealt a devastating blow to many verticals such as law, finance, healthcare, and marketing, where startups relying on ChatGPT for their business have been severely impacted. A typical example is Jasper, a ChatGPT collaboration platform that enjoyed exclusive privileges after the full release of the ChatGPT API in March this year. However, with the availability of ChatGPT API to everyone, Jasper lost its unique position, resulting in massive layoffs and a significant decline in user base. With the ability for anyone to build custom ChatGPT assistants, the need for intermediary companies diminishes. This raises the question of whether they are still necessary. GPTs Development Cases Due to its code-free convenience, many users have already developed various unique ChatGPT assistants using GPTs, which was rarely seen before. Weather GPT: Visual Weather Artist GPT By simply specifying a location, GPT can draw the current weather conditions, such as sunny, snowy, rainy, and the outdoor temperature. Gif-GPT: A tool that uses Dalle3 to generate images and automatically cuts and creates GIF animations through an interpreter, including automatic refinement and debugging modes. This tool automates the entire process from image generation to GIF creation, making it highly efficient. No more worries about lacking materials for online image battles. These are just a few examples. With no coding required, you can quickly build your own ChatGPT assistant for others to use, allowing for even more creative ideas.