OpenAI is taking on Apple’s App Store. It’s got a long way to go.
- lastmansurfing
- Jan 4
- 1 min read
Sam Altman wants OpenAI to have an app store to rival Apple’s. Early tests suggest he’s got a long way to go.
If ChatGPT’s more than 800 million users want to buy groceries from Instacart, create a playlist with Spotify or find a hike on AllTrails, now they can do so inside the chatbot instead of opening an iPhone app.
That is a baby step toward what some argue could be a massive shift in how we use devices in the age of artificial intelligence: Having chatbots complete tasks instead of typing into smartphone apps. In theory that threatens Apple’s impregnable walled garden.
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