OpenAI is exploring methods for customers to sign up to third-party apps utilizing their ChatGPT account, the corporate famous on an online web page printed Tuesday. OpenAI is presently gauging curiosity from builders who may need to combine this service into their apps.
ChatGPT is rapidly turning into one of many largest client purposes on the planet, now with roughly 600 million month-to-month lively customers. To capitalize on this reputation, OpenAI appears desperate to attempt to develop into different client areas, reminiscent of on-line purchasing, social media, and private gadgets. A possible βRegister with ChatGPTβ characteristic may assist OpenAI compete with different large client know-how corporations β reminiscent of Apple, Google, and Microsoft β that assist individuals with a variety of on-line companies, together with a fast strategy to sign up to third-party apps.
Earlier this month, OpenAI launched a preview of the βRegister with ChatGPTβ expertise for builders in Codex CLI, the corporateβs open supply AI coding software for terminals. The characteristic let builders join their ChatGPT Free, Plus, or Professional accounts to their API accounts. OpenAI supplied Plus customers $5 in API credit to sign up with ChatGPT, and Professional customers $50 in API credit.
OpenAI appears to be occupied with integrating the sign-in service with a broad array of corporations. The developer curiosity kind asks for corporations to specify their appβs person base, starting from tiny corporations with fewer than 1,000 weekly customers to large apps with over 100 million weekly customers. The shape additionally asks builders how they cost for AI options in the present day and whether or not theyβre clients of the OpenAI API.
CEO Sam Altman famous in 2023 that the corporate might look right into a βsign up with OpenAIβ characteristic in 2024. Nevertheless, it now seems OpenAI is extra severely constructing out the aptitude in the present day, in 2025. Itβs unclear when the sign-in characteristic would go dwell for customers of ChatGPT or what number of corporations have signed as much as be a part of it.
OpenAI didn’t instantly reply to Trendsterβs request for remark.
