Sam Altman and the OpenAI logo
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has allowed startups to build ChatGPT plugins.
  • ChatGPT can now interact with PDFs and let you ask questions about them.
  • Changes like these could cause startups that build "wrappers" for AI chatbots to be edged out.
  • It's a bleak reminder that swift rule changes by Big Tech firms can wreak havoc on smaller players.

Did OpenAI just kill a bunch of startups by making a small update to ChatGPT? Investors and founders will soon find out.