Building your own GPT Skill in seconds — and why this brand new functionality from OpenAI is a huge deal

Using ChatGPT to build your own GPT skill and share it with the world

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I think most people have heard of ChatGPT so far. If you haven’t, ChatGPT is a conversation / generative AI that creates humanlike text, images, and videos for you. And while ChatGPT is awesome, the creator company OpenAI just recently introduced the ability for custom GPTs. This means you can build your own GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) on top of ChatGPT, with pre-trained knowledge, information, and defined scope. And this is a huge deal. Like Apple introduced the AppStore in 2008, OpenAI now introduced its store. Their store for custom AI tools. And this will break how we use and interact with AI today.

Building your first GPT

Let’s get started, building our very first GPT. Building your own GPT model offers a hands-on approach to creating your custom AI and language processing. It allows you to understand the intricacies of model architecture, training, and optimization. Plus, it’s a great way to tailor a model to your specific needs or interests. I will build a GPT that goes hand in hand with this article, so you can use it to learn more than I am sharing here with you today.