CodeGen2 vs ChatGPT Plugins

Salesforce's GitHub repository "CodeGen2" presents their latest program synthesis models, detailed in their official research release. Geared towards helping developers with code generation, CodeGen2 offers models of various capacities, starting from 1B up to 16B parameters. Hosted on GitHub, users are encouraged to create an account to contribute to the ongoing development of these models. Additionally, the repository is integrated with Hugging Face, a widely recognized hub for open-source model sharing and collaboration, providing accessible checkpoints for each of the models. The models, specifically featured at the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2023, are designed for both causal and infill sampling, offering a glimpse into the future of programming and the functionalities of large language models (LLMs) in the natural language processing domain.

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.