OpenAI Quietly Launched New Features. They’re As Big a Deal as the Original ChatGPT.
The changes signal the start of a real ecosystem for OpenAI’s tech
Last week, as part of its new DevDay Conference, OpenAI announced some major additions to its industry-leading generative AI platforms.
At first glance, they may not seem like much. Reading OpenAI’s announcements, it’s easy to get bogged down in the nerdy specificity of some of these new additions.
But make no mistake; as technical as they may seem, OpenAI’s new announcements have the potential to change the world just as much as ChatGPT did around this time last year.
Here’s the core of what OpenAI announced, and why it matters.
Your App Has Eyes
One of OpenAI’s most exciting announcements was the availability of the GPT-4 Vision platform through their API.
Previously, OpenAI had released the Vision platform only via their ChatGPT interface. Vision is super powerful, but was somewhat limited — in order to use it, you needed to log into ChatGPT and upload your images manually, a few at a time.
Adding Vision to OpenAI’s API is a game changer. It means that instead of having to use a manual process…
