Creating Your Own GPT with OpenAI’s ChatGPT

When Sam Altman made the big announcement about GPTs at OpenAI’s first DevDay, developers everywhere were buzzing with excitement. Now, you can harness the power of ChatGPT’s AI model to build your own GPT clone in just a few minutes.

Understanding GPTs

GPTs, or Generative Pre-trained Transformers, are at the heart of ChatGPT. With the recent introduction of GPT-4 by OpenAI, subscribers to ChatGPT Plus can now create their own GPTs as part of their monthly plan. However, the rollout is still in progress, so some paid users may not have access yet.

How to Create Your Own GPT

After logging into ChatGPT, you’ll find the “Explore” option in the top left corner. From there, you can select “Create a GPT.” You’ll also see a list of pre-existing GPTs created by OpenAI that you can experiment with.

When you choose “Create a GPT,” you’ll be taken to the Create and Configure screen. Here, ChatGPT will guide you through a series of questions to help shape your new chatbot. The most crucial question will be about the type of chatbot you want to create.

Configuring Your New Chatbot

For example, we asked ChatGPT to create a digital familiar that specializes in complex esoteric and occult topics. As we interacted with ChatGPT and provided prompts, our chatbot began taking shape in the preview pane.

ChatGPT also uses DALL-E 3 integration to generate a profile picture for your new GPT, and it allows users to change this image if desired. You can configure how your GPT interacts with you, select topics of interest, and determine how much detail should be included in its responses.

Launching Your GPT

Once your chatbot’s personality is defined, it’s ready for action. Before you can start interacting with your new creation, remember to save it on OpenAI’s platform and set your privacy preferences. Then it’s time to let your GPT shine!

Interacting with Your New Chatbot

You can now ask your chatbot questions and engage in conversations based on the parameters you set during its creation process. Remember that as with any AI tool, it’s important to verify the information provided by your chatbot.

Hot Take: Connecting with Your New Magical Companion

You’ve successfully brought Mr. Crowley (or any other chatbot) to life using these simple steps. Now you have a magical companion at your fingertips! Just remember to take whatever the chatbot tells you with a grain of salt and double-check its information before relying on it entirely.