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OpenAI rolls out new business profiles, making ChatGPT just a little bit more like Google

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In short

The beta launch enables companies to update critical details about their products and services while deploying specialized conversational agents to answer user questions. Participating brands gain access to essential performance metrics, including profile views, business mentions, and outbound website clicks. To secure these discovery tools, enterprises must successfully complete a tailored authentication process overseen by the platform. This new direction emerges after the company discontinued an earlier March initiative centered on checkout carts and commission fees.

Key points

  • Enterprises must undergo a tailored formal verification process to access the new busines…: Enterprises must undergo a tailored formal verification process to access the new business profile tools.
  • The initiative follows the retirement of a previous e-commerce project in March that util…: The initiative follows the retirement of a previous e-commerce project in March that utilized checkout carts and fees.
  • OpenAI is repositioning its platform toward consumer discovery to mirror models establish…: OpenAI is repositioning its platform toward consumer discovery to mirror models established by leading search engines.

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In an effort to make ChatGPT an even better consumer discovery engine, OpenAI is launching a host of new features designed to help companies control how users interact with their businesses.

On Tuesday, the company rolled out a Business Hub that will serve as a place where companies can create business profiles that — in a feature that greatly resembles the kind of profiles that Google and other search engines already offer — allow enterprises to verify and update information about their products and services. The feature is currently in beta.

Eligible companies will also be able to create and launch a specialized business agent, which gives ChatGPT users the ability to ask questions about the business and its products.

“As people turn to AI to discover products, compare options and make decisions, ChatGPT has become the platform for people and businesses to connect through AI,” the company said on Tuesday. “Today’s announcement is an early step in bringing businesses more deeply into ChatGPT.”

In a move that calls to mind Google’s Analytics, the Business Hub will also give users…

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