Solana Labs’ ChatGPT plugin allows AI to retrieve blockchain data

by · April 25, 2023

Solana (SOL) users will soon be able to interact with the network through an open source plugin enabled on OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT.

The plugin will allow ChatGPT to check wallet balances, transfer Solana-native tokens and buy non-fungible tokens when OpenAI makes plugins available, according to an April 25 tweet from Solana Labs, the development firm behind the Solana blockchain.

Solana Labs also encourages developers to test using open source code to ingest chain data that they may be interested in.

The screenshot shared by Solana Labs shows that ChatGPT can retrieve a list of NFTs owned by a particular Solana address, which shares an attached metadata link to the NFT – presumably obtained from Solana Labs’ block explorer.

Solana Labs did not mention whether the plugin would be released when OpenAI makes the plugin feature available to everyone.

The new ChatGPT plugins work by retrieving information from web sources and interacting with third-party websites to respond to commands requested by the user. The feature is currently being rolled out to all users.

However, not everyone is happy with the development.

A Twitter user asked Solana will first focus on developing a “working block explorer” while another asked what benefit it would bring to the ecosystem.

It looks like Solana Labs is now putting more focus on AI, having announced on April 25 that it will provide $1 million in funding to projects building AI tools at Solana:

ChatGPT users can now delete their chat history

On the same day, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT users can now “turn off” their chat history, thanks to a new privacy feature.

The team announced the rollout of the new feature in a statement on April 25, which was launched to give users more control over their data. The firm added:

“Conversations initiated when the chat history is disabled will not be used to train and improve our models and will not appear in the history sidebar.”

The feature can be found in ChatGPT’s settings, which can be changed at any time, OpenAI said.

OpenAI explained that deleted conversations will be kept for 30 days for the purpose of reviewing them to monitor for offensive material. Once removed, the conversations are permanently deleted.

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The AI ​​firm also added a new “export” option for users to download their data and make more sense of what information ChatGPT stores.

The new privacy feature comes as Italy recently became the first European country to ban ChatGPT until it complies with EU user privacy laws under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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