Developers Can Integrate ChatGPT Into Their Apps With OpenAI’s New Offering

OpenAI, the company responsible for ChatGPT and DALL-E 2, made a few significant announcements recently. Firstly, the company is launching developer APIs for both ChatGPT and Whisper, its speech-transcription model. Additionally, OpenAI changed its terms of service to allow developers to opt-out of having their data used for improvements while introducing a 30-day data retention policy.

The new AI chatbot API is based on the same AI model as the well-known chatbot, and developers can add either unchanged or flavored versions of the Smart bot to their applications. For example, Snap’s My AI, an upcoming Ask Instacart tool, and a virtual tutor feature for Quizlet are some of the early examples of applications built on the Text-based assistant. However, the API is not limited to brand-specific chatbots that mimic the Virtual assistant, as it can also power other AI-driven software experiences.

The Conversational AI API is priced at $0.002 per 1,000 tokens, equivalent to about 750 words. OpenAI is also offering a dedicated-capacity option for developers who require more tokens than the standard API allows. This new API offering complements the existing ChatGPT Plus, a consumer-facing service that costs $20 per month, launched earlier this year.

OpenAI has launched a developer API for its Whisper speech-transcription model, which is a hosted version of the open-source Whisper speech-to-text model. The new Whisper API is optimized to the extreme and can provide “robust” transcription in multiple languages, including translation to English, for a cost of $0.006 per minute. Additionally, OpenAI has made changes to its developer terms in response to customer feedback on privacy and security concerns, such as adding a 30-day data retention policy and simplifying its terms surrounding data ownership. The company is also replacing its pre-launch review process for developers with a mostly automated system to make it more developer-friendly. OpenAI hopes to become a platform that others can build businesses on top of.