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This news item is part of the weekly top 5 news bulletin (from Week 3, Aug 2023) specially packaged for leaders of Nonprofits, Churches, and Faith-based Social Ventures.

In a big announcement OpenAI says that custom instructions feature within ChatGPT is now available to all users including users in the free plan. Now this is a major announcement because custom instructions are a very powerful set of features which lets you customize your ChatGPT experience by giving certain inputs, which can work across all the outputs that come from the chatbot. So it’s basically your way of having additional information given to the bot so that when it generates content for you, it is custom made for you. This announcement from OpenAI shows how the competition is heating up in this space and everyone wants to provide the best of service to their users. Good for us.
Here is the full list of the Top 5 News Items from Week 3, Aug 2023 with source links from ChatGPT, OpenAI, YouTube, WhatsApp, Google, LinkedIn.
🗞️ News 1: YouTube Is Removing Clickable Links in Shorts & Desktop Channel Banners
Source: YouTube
🗞️ News 2: WhatsApp Launches Screen-Sharing Feature Within the App for Video Calls
Source: WhatsApp
🗞️ News 3: Google Releases Tips for Bard AI Usage as it Becomes Available Globally
Source: Google
🗞️ News 4: LinkedIn Releases Useful Upgrades to the ‘Skills’ Feature on the Platform
Source: LinkedIn
🗞️ News 5: OpenAI Adds ‘Custom Instructions’ to Users on the Free Plan of ChatGPT
Source: OpenAI
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