OpenAI CEO Announces Delay in GPTs Release

On November 8th, Logan Kilpatrick, the developer advocate for OpenAI, stated that the company is experiencing "unusual traffic patterns reflecting DDoS attacks. We are working to mitigate this situation." During the first DevDay developer conference held in San Francisco, OpenAI showcased its latest services, including GPT Builder. This tool allows third parties to easily create their own customized chatbot models for specific tasks on OpenAI's ChatGPT platform. Additionally, it enables the integration of external applications with an intelligent AI assistant powered by the OpenAI GPT-4 model. Oh, and there's also a new and faster GPT-4 Turbo model. It turns out that the demand for these features has exceeded OpenAI's expectations. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, announced on social media that the phased rollout of GPTs, originally planned for November 13th for all GPT Plus and enterprise subscribers, has been delayed due to the unexpectedly high usage of the company's new tools. Furthermore, Altman mentioned that the frequent pinging of the company's models and new tools by many new users has resulted in "service instability." Although Altman did not provide a specific timeline for when GPT Builder and custom GPT will be widely available, participants of DevDay and other selected users have been granted early access. Some of them have already started utilizing OpenAI's DALL-E 3 image generation model integrated into ChatGPT to create new and interesting custom GPTs for tasks such as generating original GIFs and product prototypes. While the increased usage of these new features has caused delays in OpenAI's release plans, it ultimately seems to be a positive sign for the company, indicating that people are eager for what it has to offer.