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Do you know what's common for most of the best AI text-generating tools? They are all basically the same thing under the hood.
Have you heard about tools like Jasper, CopyAI, or even Notion AI? While these might seem like different tools, they are actually not. All of these are powered using the same Large Language Model (LLM). GPT-3 to be exact.
It's possible due to OpenAI to the company that created GPT-3 offering access to its API.
And soon a new wave of applications built on top of one of OpenAI’s API’s are bound to pop up. We will get to this, but first, let me explain.
How does this work?
An API (application programming interface) lets anyone with some simple programming knowledge make two programs “talk” to each other. In this case, we are looking at OpenAI’s API used by service providers like Jasper AI or Notion AI to use GPT-3 in their programs.
When you use the text generation capabilities of these and many other services what you are actually using most of the time is GPT-3.
You enter your prompt, an API call to GPT-3 is made, and you get your output.
Of course, it is not as simple as that and there is a certain amount of fine-tuning and prompt engineering going on. But essentially what is used in most cases to generate your text is the same thing. GPT-3 language model.
If you want to dive deeper into how service providers like Notion integrate GPT-3 into their products, here is an article I highly recommend reading.
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But the main message of this section of the article is that anyone can build a service and include text-generation capabilities powered by GPT-3.
You could do it yourself if you have some programming knowledge. Or you could hire a developer to do it for you. Here’s a fellow Medium writer explaining how he used GPT-3 in his own productivity app.
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While there are many tools out there powered by GPT-3, some of them still offer unique and valuable features to the end consumer.
But some are also marketing-driven knockoffs wrapped in a fancy design.
A new wave is coming
OpenAI recently announced that ChatGPT will be added to their API. Meaning people will now be able to directly integrate ChatGPT into their applications.
This will certainly give rise to some new creative applications for the capabilities of ChatGPT. But there will also probably be services that simply offer the functionality of ChatGPT under a different name to turn a profit. So keep your eye out for those.
Stay curious and stay