Custom GPTs in ChatGPT are going away. Here’s how to save yours
Used for everything from oft-repeated prompts workflows to role play, custom GPTs in the ChatGPT app will soon be “retired,” but there are ways to keep yours going. Credit: Ben Patterson/Foundry One of the best — and most beloved — ways to make ChatGPT your own is quietly being put out to pasture. Custom GPTs, which let you create a customized version of ChatGPT with its own instructions and files, and even its own name, will soon be “retired,” according to a recently updated ChatGPT support page.
- ▪Used for everything from oft-repeated prompts workflows to role play, custom GPTs in the ChatGPT app will soon be “retired,” but there are ways to keep yours going.
- ▪Credit: Ben Patterson/Foundry One of the best — and most beloved — ways to make ChatGPT your own is quietly being put out to pasture.
- ▪Custom GPTs, which let you create a customized version of ChatGPT with its own instructions and files, and even its own name, will soon be “retired,” according to a recently updated ChatGPT support page.
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Used for everything from oft-repeated prompts workflows to role play, custom GPTs in the ChatGPT app will soon be “retired,” but there are ways to keep yours going. Credit: Ben Patterson/Foundry One of the best — and most beloved — ways to make ChatGPT your own is quietly being put out to pasture. Custom GPTs, which let you create a customized version of ChatGPT with its own instructions and files, and even its own name, will soon be “retired,” according to a recently updated ChatGPT support page. These customized GPTs come in many shapes and sizes, with some dedicated to scholarly research while others are designed to be expert programmers. Some ChatGPT users (like me) created GPTs that specialize in food recipes, while others served as life coaches or personal sounding boards.
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