Ever wanted to take the scenic route when dealing with apps like Spotify, Canva, and Uber? Well, now you can. ChatGPT-maker OpenAI announced yesterday that its flagship AI product has joined forces with all those third-party apps we mentioned, and plenty of others, to remove any critical thinking skills from your path.
Powered by the company’s new Apps SDK, and announced during its DevDay presentation, users can interact with certain apps right inside the chatbot, and ask it to generate playlists, order food from DoorDash, create posters inside Canva, and even hail a ride.
And so it begins
Users can call upon ChatGPT to use these apps by simply mentioning them during a chat, where you’ll be prompted to hook up the account to ChatGPT. Once connected, just ask Spotify to generate a playlist for a party on Friday, for example, or mention that you’re looking to buy a home — and it’ll bring up Zillow to do its thing.
“It’s early days, so while we might not be able to deliver on every request just yet, we’ll continue to build, refine, and improve the experience over the coming weeks and months,” Spotify wrote.
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The integration of so many apps and their data collection policies does raise a few eyebrows. OpenAI reckons developers bringing their apps to ChatGPT must provide clear privacy policies, and “collect only the minimum data they need, and be transparent about permissions.” It’s also interesting to see how ChatGPT will decide to show certain apps when picking from a pool of competitors — such as Apple Music, if it ever wants in.
That’s a problem for another day, it seems. So far, the only apps available through ChatGPT are Spotify, Canva, Coursera, Expedia, Figma, Zillow, and Booking.com, with plans for DoorDash, Khan Academy, Instacart, Target, Uber, TripAdvisor, and even more American-based apps to turn up in the coming weeks, which you can see here. OpenAI also said that it would begin taking submissions for review later this year.
