OpenAI launches beta 'Business Agents' in ChatGPT for US e-commerce firms
OpenAI announced the beta launch of 'Businesses' in ChatGPT, a suite of business-focused features including verified 'Business Agents' that represent brands and can assist users with tasks like comparison shopping. The feature is initially available to eligible e-commerce and online service businesses in the US, with a hub for companies to claim their profiles.
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ChatGPT is going to let you chat with verified "Business Agents" that represent a brand to help you with things like comparison shopping. The feature, available first to "eligible" e-commerce and online service businesses in the US, is launching as part of a suite of business-focused features in ChatGPT being announced today in beta . You can start talking with a Business Agent if a business that has created one appears in a response from ChatGPT. While chatting with a custom agent, you can ask about a business's offerings and ask follow-up questions, like asking about differences between two different products. Businesses can specify a Busi … Read the full story at The Verge.
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Jay Peters / The Verge : OpenAI launches Businesses in ChatGPT in beta, including Business Agents for companies to interact with users and a hub where companies can claim their profiles — ChatGPT's new AI agents represent companies and can help with things like comparison shopping.
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