Sounds like vaporware. Any deeper integration beyond in-chat summaries of the actions taken and otherwise linking out would probably be a nightmare.

> Apps extend ChatGPT conversations by bringing in new context and letting users take actions like order groceries, turn an outline into a slide deck, or search for an apartment.

Between this description and their guidelines these don't really sound like "apps", but a way to integrate an existing app with ChatGPT sessions.

I'm trying to figure out what's in it for the developer other than ultimately taking users away from ChatGPT. And just like what happened with Alexa skills, these "apps" will become useless when they are unmaintained.

Yup hearing big talk about competition and doom is a strong signal that there is plenty of demand.

You can either bet on the new unproven thing claiming to change things overnight, or just do the existing thing that's working right now. Even if the new thing succeeds, an overnight success is even more unrealistic. The insight you gain in the meantime is valuable for you to take advantage of what that change brings. You win either way.

That's arguably all it ever was. Generating content using AI is just finding a point in latent space.

I think this is a misleading title.