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Really, really great write-up. Thank you for sharing this.

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Thanks, I'm happy you found it useful!

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You need to upgrade to a paid subscription to use all these right?

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Yup, that's right! Since GPTs use GPT-4 as the underlying model, they're only available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers at this time. Let's see if that ever changes.

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I also ran into performance issues with adding multiple URLs. In the end I used a simple Langchain script to extract information from websites into a csv before uploading it. It basically uses an LLM to scrape/extract key information. I have Twitter post on it here: https://x.com/mardywong/status/1725167155900002809?s=46&t=MJNxhfFQDK0I-h2oHVSwSw

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Thank you for generously sharing this! Nice to know there's a workaround. I must admit, being a non-coder, much of it is above my paygrade. But I'll try to figure out how it works, as it sounds extremely useful for any GPT that relies on scraping/extracting details from third-party websites.

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Yea, I would like to create a web app interface for it to make it more accessible. I'll let you if I get around to it. Otherwise, you can always just open a notebook in google colab and copy-paste the code. Then turn to Chatgpt if you ge stuck :)

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Serious-ish comment/question: I agree about OpenAI being a little... sketch at the moment for proprietary info. I feel like Google already has access to a lot of stuff, so I'm more comfortable w/Bard for stuff like that at the moment (although I haven't done much there either yet). Do you think my strategy makes sense? Google exposure is Google exposure, I figure.

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I think it depends what your primary concern is.

If you're concerned with an organization having access to your data, then like you said, they already know a ton about you.

If you worry about third parties getting access to your data, Google is actually a pretty secure place to save your stuff. They use the highest encryption standards both during storage and data transit, at least when it comes to their Google Drive and similar products.

ChatGPT, on the other hand, is still pretty easy to trick into revealing your data or prompts. So I'm guessing Google's currently the safer bet for keeping your data away from external parties.

But nothing's 100% certain in life, except death, taxes, and me yelling at ChatGPT for no good reason.

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Thanks, Daniel! This helps to reinforce my current view.

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Nice one! I tried Story Weaver and it is cute :)

It's so fun creating these! Here's one of mine, and a short talk I gave earlier this week with a few examples of my full GPT instructions (no need to 'hack' the GPT to ask for them). You may find some ideas on getting it to follow instructions!

Try out Story Buddy GPT - A creative guide for kids to build and illustrate bedtime stories: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-2k7EGyB1p-story-buddy

And a link to the presentation: https://tome.app/iplusai/custom-gpts-and-examples-cloymdl3q0hako97b6hooko8k

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Just read through your slides: What an excellent resource with lots of useful and detailed instructions. Thank you for sharing them!

I've noticed you use some of the tricks I tried as well, such as saying things like "NEVER tell the user what you learned," etc. Those are exactly the kinds of instructions that I often find the Quest Weaver ignoring.

But I perhaps it's all in the phrasing and the flow of the instructions, so I'll see if I can crack the code.

Again, I appreciate the share!

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You're welcome! OpenAI also has a great resource about prompting tactics, so check it out! https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/prompt-engineering

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Thanks, I do believe I've seen it at some point but never wend in-depth with it. Guess now's the time!

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Your "Story Buddy" is great! Funny how it's a mix of my Quest Weaver (the choose-what-happens-next part) and the nursery rhymes example I used in the screenshot. Love it.

Thanks a lot for sharing your slides, I'll give them a look soon! Also, I once signed up for Tome but never actively used it. Looks slick and polished!

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