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When OpenAI launched its platform for custom GPTs, Josh Brent Villocido was stoked to learn that one of his creations would be featured...
The ascendant AI company announced at its November 2023 developer day that it would launch a store that would host GPTs, custom skins that run on top of its proprietary ChatGPT technology..
People can create GPTs for specific tasks, like analyzing spreadsheets, drumming up tattoo designs, or providing customer support..
OpenAI has indicated that it makes a distinction between GPTs and full-fledged applications, since creating a GPT doesnt require advanced coding skills, and building an application that uses OpenAIs technology is more complex (and more expensive)..
As for Villocido, the creator of the Books GPT that was featured in the Store launch, he found he could no longer justify the $20 per month cost of the ChatGPT subscription required to build and maintain his custom GPTs...
