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OpenAI expands ChatGPT plugins with app-like interfaces and event-driven automation

Original sourceTechCrunchAdditional: TechCrunch

Summary

At Dev Day, OpenAI announced a major expansion of ChatGPT plugins, letting developers build plugin extensions with interactive panels and file viewers, housed in a new ChatGPT sidebar. A new Plugin Creator tool simplifies the build process, and submission and review mechanisms were redesigned with…

Key points

  • Developers can use event-driven plugins to embed existing products directly into ChatGPT, gaining a new distribution and automation entry point.
  • Combining plugins with the MCP events spec will change how AI apps are distributed and how developers work.
  • Development teams need to assess whether to invest in the ChatGPT plugin ecosystem and watch its review, identity, and usage-billing rules.

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