Sam Altman announces GPT Store at OpenAI DevDay

After Sam Altman's announcement of custom GPTs and a GPT store at OpenAI DevDay, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss the latest innovations and how the company is getting ready to compete with Big Tech. #OpenAIDevDay #SamAltman #ChatGPT #OpenAI #GPTS #pivot #podcast #ai #tech

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Nov 16, 202311mWatch on YouTube ↗

WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT

OpenAI’s GPT Store Positions Sam Altman As AI’s New App King

Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway unpack OpenAI’s DevDay announcements, focusing on the GPT Store, custom GPTs, and a cheaper, more powerful GPT-4 Turbo model. They frame the GPT Store as the new App Store, arguing OpenAI is shifting from product to dominant platform. The conversation explores Altman’s emerging role as a visionary counterweight to Elon Musk, including leadership style and public image. They also highlight regulatory concerns, competitive dynamics, and high-impact use cases in healthcare, mental health, and everyday applications that could emerge from this platform.

IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING

5 ideas

OpenAI is transforming from product provider to platform operator.

By launching the GPT Store and enabling custom GPTs, OpenAI is positioning itself as the core marketplace and infrastructure layer for AI applications, analogous to Apple’s App Store era.

Lower prices alongside better models increase adoption and accelerate AI’s GDP share.

Galloway underscores that OpenAI is simultaneously improving capability, expanding data limits, and cutting costs, which contrasts with traditional industries that typically raise prices when products improve.

A copyright liability shield reduces enterprise hesitation to adopt AI.

OpenAI’s promise to cover legal costs for certain copyright claims, similar to moves by Microsoft and others, lowers perceived legal risk and makes AI deployment more palatable for companies.

Custom GPTs make sophisticated AI accessible to non-technical creators and brands.

The hosts note that what once required dedicated teams (e.g., building “PropG.AI” or a “MarthAI”) can now be done by almost anyone, opening the door for niche, content-driven AI services.

Sam Altman is emerging as a ‘visionary without assholery’ counter-model to Musk.

Galloway hopes Altman will embody a kinder, more civic-minded leadership archetype that still delivers huge value, offering a cultural alternative to Musk-style combative CEO behavior.

WORDS WORTH SAVING

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We're gonna launch the GPT store. You can list a GPT there and we'll be able to feature the best and the most popular GPTs.

— Sam Altman

We believe that AI will be about individual empowerment and agency at a scale that we've never seen before.

— Sam Altman

They always have these conferences when they get big... honestly, it sounds like the App Store on steroids.

— Kara Swisher

This is the key difference between technology and every other business... the product is distinctly better and we're massively cutting costs.

— Scott Galloway

I’m hopeful that Sam Altman will have the same type of credibility as a visionary... while being a thoughtful, kind person that cares about the commonwealth.

— Scott Galloway

Launch of the GPT Store and custom GPTs as a platform playComparison of OpenAI’s strategy to Apple’s App Store and Steve JobsTechnical and business changes: GPT-4 Turbo, more data, and lower costsCopyright liability shield and legal risk for AI usersSam Altman’s leadership image versus Elon Musk and Steve JobsRegulation, dominance concerns, and open source versus closed platformsPotential high-impact applications in healthcare, mental health, and creative use cases

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