Medium Agents · 1 min read
ChatGPT Plugins: the LLM becomes an interface to the web
In one sentence OpenAI ships plugins for ChatGPT: the model can browse the web, run Python in a sandbox, book flights (Expedia, Kayak), order groceries (Instacart). First big mainstream tool-use experiment.
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ChatGPT stops being "just" a model that talks. With plugins it can connect to the web, run code, book flights, order groceries, read PDFs.
The experiment is limited (beta access, max 3 active plugins per conversation), but shows a direction: the model becomes an orchestrator of actions, not just a text generator.
Plugins are sunset a year later in favor of GPTs, but the pattern stays: every modern AI agent (Claude tools, GPTs, MCP) inherits this lesson.
Companies
OpenAI
Tools
ChatGPT, ChatGPT Plugins
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OpenAIChatGPTPluginsTool UseBrowsing
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