Solana Users will soon be able to interact with the network through an open-source plugin enabled on OpenAI's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT.
According to an April 25 tweet from Solana Labs, the development company behind the Solana blockchain, the plugin will allow ChatGPT to check wallet balances, transfer Solana native tokens and buy non-fungible tokens when OpenAI offers the plugin.
Solana Labs also encourages developers to test with the open-source code to retrieve on-chain data they may be interested in. A screenshot shared by Solana Labs shows that ChatGPT can retrieve a list of NFTs owned by a particular Solana address that shares an additional metadata link to the NFT presumably from Solana Labs' block explorer.
Solana Labs did not mention whether the plugin will be available when OpenAI opens its functionality to everyone. The new ChatGPT plugin works by retrieving information from online sources and interacting with third-party websites in response to commands requested by users. The feature is curr ently rolling out to all users.
However, not everyone is happy with the development. One Twitter user asked Solana to focus on developing a "working block explorer" first, while another questioned what benefit it would bring to the ecosystem. It seems Solana Labs is focusing more on AI now, announcing on April 25th that it will provide $1 million in funding for projects building AI tools on Solana: 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 new feature in an April 25 statement aimed at giving users more control over their data. The company added: "Conversations started while chat history is disabled are not used to train and improve our models and do not appear in the history sidebar "
OpenAI says the feature can be found in ChatGPT's settings and can be changed at any time. Deleted conversations will be kept for 30 days so they can be reviewed for abusive material, OpenAI explained. Once cleared, the conversation will be permanently deleted. The AI The firm has also added a new "Export" option for users to download their data and gain a clearer view of what information ChatGPT stores.
The new privacy features come as Italy recently became the first European country to ban ChatGPT until it complies with the European Union's user privacy laws under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
