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OpenAI builds ChatGPT into app store alternative

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OpenAI is developing features that position ChatGPT as an alternative to traditional app stores, enabling software discovery and use by both humans and AI agents. The initiative aims to create a new distribution model for software within the ChatGPT platform.

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  1. TechCrunch AISarah Perez
    OpenAI’s latest features take direct aim at the app store model

    OpenAI is building out the pieces of an alternative to the traditional app store model, turning ChatGPT into a place where software can be discovered and used by people and AI agents alike.

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