Michał Stekla
ChatGPT is today something more than a bot. In just two years, it has become one of the most widely used AI tools in the world. But OpenAI has much bigger ambitions for it — and specific plans have just leaked.
From a document created in 2024, which emerged during the Google antitrust case, we learn that OpenAI doesn't want ChatGPT to simply be helpful. It aims to be Your primary interface to the internet. A kind of assistant that not only answers questions but understands you, anticipates needs, and acts on its own — like an intelligent, empathetic person with a laptop at hand.
“We want ChatGPT to assist you throughout your life — wherever you are,” — we read in the document.
This means one thing: ChatGPT is to take notes from your meetings, manage presentations, check in on friends, and suggest where to eat along the way. And this isn't a futuristic vision — the first such features are set to roll out as early as 2025.
T-shaped artificial intelligence?
OpenAI describes ChatGPT as a "T-shaped" model. What does this mean? Broad competencies in everyday matters and very deep knowledge in complex topics — those that are beyond the reach of the average person. Learning to code? Game development? Financial analysis? No problem.
Plans for 2025? First development, then monetisation
The first half of 2025 is about building a "super assistant". The second half? Creating new business models that will allow it to sustain and grow. OpenAI is also not hiding the fact that one of the biggest challenges will be infrastructure — because a growing number of users = huge demand for computing power. That’s why Altman is betting everything on building its own data centres.
Competition? Meta in the crosshairs
There’s an interesting passage in the document: the biggest threat to OpenAI is said to be an entity that “can integrate assistant functions throughout its ecosystem without the risk of profit cannibalisation.” Google has a problem with this; Meta – not so much. And while the name was redacted, all signs point to Meta.
And finally, an important piece of information: OpenAI supports regulations that will allow users to set ChatGPT as their default assistant – instead of, for example, the one built into their phone or operating system.
It started with a chat with a bot. Now it looks like ChatGPT will soon manage our meetings, talk to people on our behalf, and be… something like a digital alter ego.
