OpenAI’s GPT Store Has Left Some Developers in the Lurch

OpenAI first introduced the choice for folks to construct customized GPTs practically a yr in the past. The corporate described GPTs as an automatic, low-code approach to create specialised experiences on high of ChatGPT, and mentioned it believed spectacular GPTs can be created by nontraditional builders like educators, coaches, and tinkerers.

The Retailer can be accessible to prospects and builders who paid for ChatGPT Plus, Groups, or Enterprise. OpenAI additionally said that it will launch a GPT-builder income program and that US builders can be paid based mostly on person engagement with their GPTs. It promised to supply particulars on the factors for funds.

The GPT Retailer formally launched in January 2024. In late March, developer Nick Dobos shared on X a screenshot of an e-mail that he mentioned he obtained from OpenAI inviting him to be part of its revenue-sharing pilot program. Dobos’ coding GPT, Grimoire, is likely one of the hottest GPTs within the GPT Retailer, having hosted over 2 million “conversations,” or chats with the app.

In response to the e-mail Dobos shared on X, the pilot program assured him a minimal payout of $1,000 per 30 days, with the potential for added earnings based mostly on utilization. Dobos didn’t reply to a number of emails and direct messages asking about his expertise with the GPT Retailer because the pilot program launched.

When requested in regards to the standing of this system, OpenAI pointed WIRED to its help page, which gave a short, high-level description of this system and mentioned the corporate “hope[s] to permit extra builders to monetize their GPTs down the road.”

Like Villocido, Adrian Lin, who lives in Singapore, was optimistic in regards to the GPT Retailer. Lin is a full-time AI researcher who has spun up an app lab, Adrian AI Lab, on the aspect. He’s not formally educated in net or cell app growth, so when OpenAI mentioned that making a GPT would require no coding expertise, Lin noticed it as a chance to construct and handle his personal merchandise.

It was simple to fine-tune his fashions based mostly on his intentions, Lin says.

Lin estimates that Copywriter GPT, his GPT that drafts promoting copy, has had between 500,000 and 600,000 interactions. Like Villocido’s Books GPT, Lin’s has been featured on the homepage of OpenAI’s Retailer.