5 ChatGPT Plugins That Do What They Promise

OpenAI has finally given ChatGPT the “eyes and ears” it needs to really take advantage of its top-notch generative AI-based chatbot. ChatGPT Plus subscribers now have access to over 70 plugins, which somehow exponentially expand the capabilities of ChatGPT-4. The new feature is still in beta and it shows, with some plugins unable to do what they were built to do in the first place.

Due to the sheer number of plugins available and added weekly, we found it helpful to point out which plugins are worth using and actually do what they promise.

scraper

One of the main features of the new ChatGPT plugins feature is the ability to access the internet to interpret and analyze data. Every plugin has the ability to access the web in some way, and the “Scraper” plugin is by far the most useful of the bunch. While some plugins are highly specialized in how they leverage ChatGPT’s Internet access, Scraper functions more broadly with the ability to “scrape” information from any website URL you feed to it.

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The scraper tool does not involve actual web scraping. Instead, the web scraper tool used by ChatGPT simulates the process and results of web scraping without interacting with real websites or storing any data. And it does what it says it does. Want to summarize a news article in smaller bullet points? It can. Want to parse the Reddit front page to see what’s trending? It can. While the full scope of what Scraper can and cannot do has not been fully tested, it is a useful tool that can quickly summarize information from a given website. I even gave it a Google search link on OpenAI and it told me the top 6 search results from the page in no time.

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I am rich

The “I Am Rich” plugin is easily one of the least useful of the bunch, and if I’m not calling it “useless” I’m being generous. However, since this is a list of ChatGPT plugins that do what they promise, it would be rude not to mention it.

“Congratulations on your success.”
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“I Am Rich” has only one function: imaging. When enabled, users can activate the plugin with the trigger phrase “I Am Rich” and the plugin will display the image “iamrich.jpg”. It seems to be a reference to the infamous iPhone app of the same name from 2008(opens in a new tab) that cost $999.99 and also did nothing but display the same image(opens in a new tab). That’s all, that’s all it does, but at least it does what it promises without charging a dime, and it has my respect for that.

Playlist AI

This ChatGPT playlist maker plugin is based on the AI ​​Playlist Maker app available for iOS. You can be as specific or broad as you want with the plugin, and something will be created to your taste right away.

However, it has some limitations. First, there is a limit to the number of playlists the AI ​​will create for you. After you reach a certain limit, the plugin returns an error code with a payment URL and a support email for users who want to continue using the AI. So it works for free a few times, but then it tries to sell you a $3.99 a month subscription, and since we didn’t subscribe to Mashable, we can’t evaluate the subscriber experience.

Second, depending on how specific your parameters were, the playlists the AI ​​manages for you will occasionally ignore what you’ve asked ChatGPT to do. For example, I asked ChatGPT to give me a “15-song R&B playlist featuring songs from the 90s, 2000s, and today.” The PlaylistAI quickly gave me a song list with 20 songs with rap music from Jay-Z and Lil Wayne – which was close, but not exactly what I asked for. However, as far as basic functionality goes, it does what it says on the tin, and if you want to create a playlist with a certain vibe, PlaylistAI is a great tool to start with.

Last time I checked, “Look At Me Now” wasn’t an R&B song.
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Hunt for apartments/houses

Looking for an apartment or house in a collapse(opens in a new tab) real estate market? Well, ChatGPT offers a ton of different real estate plugins for prospective tenants. There isn’t much difference between the different plugins on offer unless you have a specific preference for which real estate company you like.

With the same parameters, the three real estate plugins I used (Zillow, Zumper, and Rentable Apartments) all worked as intended. I searched for a 4 bedroom, 3 bath house in Austin, Texas within my price range and the AI’s did what I asked for to some extent. Rentable Apartments only showed me one unit that matched exactly what I asked for, but it did provide photos, while the others did not. The best of the trio by far was Zillow, who gave me everything I asked for, plus some well-written descriptions of the units not linked on the list.

Currently in my “House Hunters” era.
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Like PlaylistAI, the beauty of these plugins is that their usefulness comes from their basic helpfulness. In short, the Zillow plugin does not rent a house for you, but gives you a list to start with, which can save you a lot of time when starting your apartment/home search.

Noughts and crosses

Okay, maybe apartment hunting is too stressful for you right now (it is for me), how about a game? One of the more interesting additions of ChatGPT plugins is the ability for users to play games with AI. As of now, only three games are offered. Two of them are word-guessing games that task you with figuring out the word the AI ​​is giving clues to, and the other is Tic Tac Toe – self-explanatory.

The way it works with ChatGPT is that the AI ​​creates a visual board representation of 1-9 with the ‘X’ and ‘O’ placed on the number the user enters. There are three difficulty levels and the default board size is 3×3. The plugin also offers board sizes of 4×4, 5×5 and 6×6. The board is updated every time you and the AI ​​make a move.

I haven’t lost a game of tic-tac-toe to an AI at all.
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After playing a few rounds, the game is surprisingly fun and works as intended. And while it offers no functional benefit other than keeping yourself entertained for a few minutes, it shows just how far this little chatbot has come since its debut last October. These AIs sure are maturing fast, aren’t they?