OpenAI expands ChatGPT plugins with app-like interfaces and automations

OpenAI now lets developers build dedicated sidebar apps, interactive panels and file viewers in ChatGPT, adding a Plugin Creator tool and MCP Events automation support to turn ChatGPT into an app platform.

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