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GPT-3 powers the next generation of apps

300+ apps already built on GPT-3. The API economy just went live.

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Why it matters

GPT-3's API adoption signals a shift from research artifact to production infrastructure. Early app developers are betting on LLM-powered features becoming standard.

The key facts

6 to know
  1. 300+ applications live on GPT-3 API

  2. Use cases: search, conversation, text completion

  3. Published March 2021 — early wave of API adoption

  4. OpenAI-published announcement (official source)

  5. Use cases: search, conversation, text completion, advanced AI features

  6. Publication date: March 25, 2021 (historical inflection point for API-first AI adoption)

Go to the source

OpenAI Blogopenai.com

Publisher excerpt: Over 300 applications are delivering GPT-3–powered search, conversation, text completion, and other advanced AI features through our API.
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