Plugin access was previously restricted to a waitlist(Opens in a new window). Releasing it to the (paying) masses has the potential to shape the future of chatbots and internet searches, though they could be OpenAI's first big failure. (How often do you use Amazon Alexa skills?)
Any corporation, individual (with engineering skills), or OpenAI itself can develop a plugin and make it available to ChatGPT users. OpenAI currently offers two plugins. The first gives ChatGPT internet access, which is necessary for conversations about recent events. The AI's core training data only goes up to September 2021. Anyone using the free, public version of ChatGPT will encounter this limitation, as PCMag did when comparing ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Microsoft Bing AI.
