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ChatGPT now lets you chat with certain third-party apps.
You can interact with an app directly in your conversation.
The feature supports Booking.com, Coursera, Expedia, and a few others.
Submit a question or request to ChatGPT, and the AI will typically search its own database or turn to the web to find the answer. But what if you'd like to use a specific service to dig up more relevant information that you can act upon? Now, you can do just that, courtesy of OpenAI's latest third-party app integration.
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Unveiled on Monday by OpenAI, the latest capability turns ChatGPT into its own app platform. By prefacing your request with the name of a supported third-party app, you can chat with it directly. ChatGPT may also suggest adding an external app to the conversation if the topic lends itself that way. The app can even spice things up with visuals you can interact with.
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