Summary of ChatGPT Updates and Features in 2024

Overview

• Significant updates and new features in ChatGPT over the past year.
• Custom Instructions: Immediately improves interaction quality.
• Vision: Adds considerable utility to users.
• Plugins: Decline in relevance. Custom GPTs emerge as superior functionality.
• New feature: Call Custom GPTs within any chat for enhanced flexibility and performance.

Prompting Tips

Importance of Prompting

• Better input leads to better output.
• Meta’s recent guide on prompt engineering is a great starting point.

Key Prompting Techniques

1. Be Specific
   • Adjust prompts to be detailed (e.g., request five bullet points on AI breakthroughs).
2. Stylization
   • Specify simplification level.
   • Use formatting elements such as bullet points and headings.
3. Role Prompting
   • Assign roles to improve context (e.g., “You are a theoretical physicist”).
4. Few-shot Prompting
   • Provide examples of desired format/style to guide outputs.
5. Chain of Thought Prompting
   • Encourage step-by-step reasoning for complex questions.
6. Follow-up Prompts
   • Ask clarifying questions (e.g., "Explain it like I'm five")
   • Steelman Technique: Request opposing viewpoints for balanced understanding.
7. Typos
   • ChatGPT can understand jumbled text; no need to correct every typo.
8. Ask GPT for Help
   • Use ChatGPT to formulate effective prompts.

Advanced Techniques

• For complex reasoning (medical diagnosis, moral dilemmas), explore advanced frameworks (e.g., Tree of Thought).
• HubSpot's free resources for practical applications in various industries.

Useful Features

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Command + Shift + O: Open new chat; Command + Shift + C: Copy last response.
• Archiving Chats: Keep workspace organized; access archived chats through settings.

Sharing and Editing

• Share full chats with others, edit prompts after generation for improved results.
• Voice chat available for questions via mobile.

Custom Instructions

• Access under profile settings.
• Tailor responses by setting context in one box and response style in another.
• Prevent unnecessary verbosity; customize for specific topics.

Vision Feature

• Recognizes images and offers solutions or organizing suggestions based on user images.
• Versatile use from recognizing food dishes to understanding medical images.

Integration of Features

• DALL-E 3: Improved image generation with strong prompt understanding.
• Web Browsing: Retrieve information post-knowledge cut-off.
• Code Interpreter: Data analysis capabilities, able to create visualizations from uploaded data.

Custom GPTs

• Explore GPTs in the sidebar, call and stack functionalities for productivity.
• Building Custom GPTs: Easy to build conversational aids for specific needs, like generating children’s coloring pages.
• APIs for Advanced Users: Connect custom functionalities; useful in personal or business contexts.

Use Cases & Collaboration

1. Building apps by linking GPTs for specific tasks (e.g., web design, research).
2. Use custom GPTs as functional “employees” for business tasks (e.g., marketing).
3. Efficient integration with tools like Zapier for workflow automation.

Conclusion

• Continuous evolution offers amazing possibilities.
• Experiment with features and customize for personal or professional tasks.
• Resources and tools can enhance productivity and effectiveness when using ChatGPT.

Additional Resources

• Free HubSpot ChatGPT resource bundle available for download.

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