BIG-bench vs ChatGPT Plugins

The Google BIG-bench project, available on GitHub, provides a pioneering benchmark system named Beyond the Imitation Game (BIG-bench), dedicated to assessing and understanding the current and potential future capabilities of language models. BIG-bench is an open collaborative initiative that includes over 200 diverse tasks catering to various aspects of language understanding and cognitive abilities.

The tasks are organized and can be explored by keyword or task name. A scientific preprint discussing the benchmark and its evaluation on prominent language models is publicly accessible for those interested. The benchmark serves as a vital resource for researchers and developers aiming to gauge the performance of language models and extrapolate their development trajectory. For further details on the benchmark, including instructions on task creation, model evaluation, and FAQs, one can refer to the project's extensive documentation available on the GitHub repository.

OpenAI follows an iterative deployment philosophy, and as part of this approach, it is gradually releasing plugins for ChatGPT. The purpose of this gradual release is to study the real-world use of the plugins, assess their impact, and identify any safety and alignment challenges that may arise. Getting these aspects right is essential for OpenAI to achieve its mission.

Since the launch of ChatGPT, users have expressed interest in having access to plugins, and many developers are experimenting with similar ideas. OpenAI is initially rolling out plugins to a small set of users and plans to gradually increase access as it learns more. After an alpha period, API users who want to integrate plugins into their products will also have access. OpenAI is excited to build a community that will help shape the future of the human-AI interaction paradigm.

Developers who have been invited off the waitlist can use OpenAI's documentation to build a plugin for ChatGPT. Once the plugin is created, it is listed in the prompt shown to the language model, along with documentation that instructs the model on how to use each one. The first set of plugins has been created by Expedia, FiscalNote, Instacart, KAYAK, Klarna, Milo, OpenTable, Shopify, Slack, Speak, Wolfram, and Zapier.