Solana Labs ChatGPT Plugin

In April 2023, crypto company Solana Labs made an announcement regarding the creation of a plugin that will provide users and developers with the ability to interact with Open AI's ChatGPT.

In this article, we will learn about the plugin, what the team plans to achieve, as well as how the crypto community reacted to the innovation.

How will the ChatGPT plugin work?

Presently, the Solana team has created a beta version of the plugin that can be accessed by blockchain developers via the company’s account on GitHub. They can see how the existing software works, create their version of the plugin and share feedback.

Later on, when official Solana plugins go live, users will be able to interact with the blockchain using ordinary language with the help of AI. The project team's primary objective was to promote secure and human-interpretable communication standards with the blockchain.

The plugin obtains information from open sources and it can interact with external websites. It also permits viewing statistics on such parameters of blockchain’s work as the current throughput per second, average ping, etc. However, at this stage, the available timeframe is six hours.

What are the ChatGPT plugin use cases?

The plugin will be used in several ways including:

1. Direct interactions with the blockchain from within ChatGPT. 
2. Getting instructions on how to create transactions.
3. Making transactions on Solana (for example, sending crypto to a particular address).
4. Purchasing Solana-based NFTs and specifying their parameters while searching (for instance, the price). 
5. Checking the NFTs held by a specific Solana address.

What was the community’s reaction to the innovation?

A lot of users thought that this development was very promising and that Solana was doing something truly innovative.

Some people, however, pointed out that the 6-hour period for viewing statistics is not very helpful and the timeframe ought to be widened. Some users also noted that the project should first address the issues that exist on the platform currently before introducing new features, but that statement does not seem that valid because the team can work on the plugins and fix the main product at the same time.

Conclusion

Solana Labs appears to have shifted its focus toward AI. In addition to creating the ChatGPT plugin, the company recently revealed plans on April 25, 2023, to allocate $1 million towards financing a range of projects aimed at developing AI products on the blockchain.

Even though AI solutions have been receiving a lot of attention lately, they are hardly a short-living trend which probably makes this area of development highly promising.