OpenAI has released a slew of upgrades to its incredibly popular ChatGPT product — as well as to the AI engine that powers it.

The news broke at OpenAI’s first conference for computer developers who are interested in working with its AI.

Key enhancements promised by the ChatGPT-maker include:

~A new tool coming soon that makes it easier to customize ChatGPT

~A beefed-up, coming-soon version of the underlying AI software engine that powers ChatGPT — dubbed ‘ChatGPT-4 Turbo’

~A new online store that will feature customized versions of ChatGPT desgined for specific tasks

Bottom line: This piece on ZDNet offers an especially clear — and especially comprehensive — rundown on all the new upgrades announced by OpenAI.

In other AI-generated writing news:

*In-Depth Guide: Using ChatGPT’s Latest Customization Tool: Writer Sam Cooling offers a lucid look at how to use ChatGPT’s soon-to-be-available customization tool — GPTs — in this piece.

Essentially, the new tool enables users to create a custom version of ChatGPT — simply by describing the specific task they want performed.

Observes Cooling: “This is akin to having an expert coder at your disposal, translating your wishes into a functional AI.

“The breadth of capabilities is substantial.”

*Your AI, Your Way: 16 Examples of ChatGPT Customizations: ChatGPT users looking to get a better understanding of the software’s new customization tool can find 16 detailed examples in this piece.

Custom ‘GPTs,’ as they’re called, include:

~Creative Writing Coach: I’m eager to read your work and give you feedback to improve your skills.

~Data Analysis: Drop in any files and I can help analyze and visualize your data.

~Cosmic Dream: Visionary painter of digital wonder.

*ChatGPT Turbo: Because You Can Never Be Too Smart: OpenAI has offered a peek at an upgrade to its AI software: GPT-4 Turbo.

More muscular than GPT-4, the in-development AI can work with up to 300 pages of text at a time — rather than just 50 pages.

Observes writer Pranav Dixit: “GPT-4 Turbo will also accept images as prompts directly in the chat box, wherein it can generate captions or provide a description of what the image depicts.

“It will also handle text-to-speech requests.

“And users will now be able to upload documents directly and ask the service to analyze them — a capability that other AI chatbots like Anthropic’s Claude have included for months.”

*ChatGPT Still Reigns Supreme Among Competitors: Nearly a year after its release, ChatGPT still leads competitors attempting to eat its lunch.

Statista Marketing Insights released these market-share rankings of the major players in the space, based on the number of their users:

~ChatGPT: 19.7%
~Jasper Chat: 13.4%
~YouChat: 12.3%
~DeepL: 12.1%
~Perplexity: 8.7%
~TypeHero: 9.4%
~WriteSonic: 8.7%
~Neuroflash: 7.5%
~Simplified: 7.1%

*In Bots We Trust: Zoom’s AI Companion Has Written a Million Meeting Summaries: Not satisfied with being one of the world’s most popular video meeting apps, Zoom also wants in on the AI craze.

Apparently, it’s well on its way.

Writer Joe O’Halloran reports Zoom’s ‘AI Companion’ tool has written a million summaries of meetings held on Zoom.

*Not So LivePerson: Now With AI Chat: One of the major players and pioneers of human-powered chat for customer service has gone AI.

LivePerson has released an AI upgrade to its software — which includes the ability for company managers to evaluate customer support conversations handled by humans — as compared to customer support conversations handled by AI.

Observes John Collins, Interim CEO, LivePerson: “Our Conversational Intelligence suite puts the ‘I’ in AI by allowing you to understand what customers want, measure your performance and continuously improve.”

*Can I Get a Witness?: Security Camera Writes Descriptions of What It Sees: Psync Labs has added new meaning to 24/7 surveillance with a new camera that writes about what it sees.

Observes writer Daniel Cooper: “ViewSay, which currently costs 99-cents-a-month, promises to identify objects, sort events that triggered the recording in a visual timeline, let you search through the clips with text and, of course, the aforementioned written pings.

“Pay your fee, set this up and your phone will ping when it spots something interesting — and give you the best description of what is going on that it can manage.

“Users can also set specific categories, like ‘Person,’ ‘Vehicle,’ ‘Pet’ and will eventually be able to craft tailored alerts, like ‘a dog jumps on the couch.’

*Mercedes-Benz Shifts Gears With New AI Chatbot: The car maker has become the latest major player to release a smart AI-powered chatbot especially designed for employees.

Dubbed Direct Chat, the bot promises to help workers with the creation of e-mails, reports and other work documents — or even summarize long texts.

Observes Renata Jungo Brungger, board member, Mercedes-Benz: “The question is not whether artificial intelligence will be used — but how.

“With Mercedes‑Benz Direct Chat, we’re providing our teams with an innovative solution that is both opportunity-oriented and exemplary of how to use AI responsibly.”

*AI Big Picture: “Take Science Fiction Seriously:” In an eye-opening proclamation, Michelle Donelan — the UK’s Secretary of State of Science, Innovation and Technology — says world leaders need to ‘take science fiction seriously’ when evaluating the implications of AI.

Donelan issued the warning at a two-day world summit on AI, which featured representatives from the US., China and two dozen other countries.

Observes writer Sam Schechner: “The US said it would create an AI Safety Center as part of its Commerce Department, pledging that it would work with a counterpart in the UK to set standards for benchmarking the capabilities of AI systems.”

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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.