A major update to ChatGPT was released by OpenAI, enabling users to analyze data straight from OneDrive and Google Drive without having to download and upload. Over the following few weeks, this new feature—which is only available to ChatGPT subscribers who have paid—will be gradually added to the service with the goal of streamlining data analysis and saving customers time and trouble.
According to a blog post by OpenAI, “ChatGPT is now more connected to your data than ever before.” “With the integration of Google Drive and OneDrive, you can directly access and analyse your files – from Excel spreadsheets to PowerPoint presentations – within the chatbot.”
According to OpenAI, ChatGPT can analyze files “more quickly” because to this direct access, which is available to ChatGPT Plus, Enterprise, and Teams users. However, GPT-4o, the improved version of GPT-4 that powers ChatGPT’s premium tiers, is presently the only way to access the additional data analytics tools.
OpenAI has enhanced ChatGPT’s comprehension and manipulation of data, going beyond simple file access. Now, a variety of data-related operations may be carried out by users using natural language commands, such as:
- Executing analytics-related Python code
- Combining and streamlining datasets
- Producing graphs with data from files
Additionally, ChatGPT’s charting capabilities have improved significantly. Now, users may expand their views, engage with the created tables and charts, and personalize the visualisations by altering the colors, posing queries about particular cells, and more. With the exception of several chart types, the chatbot can now create static versions of interactive bar, line, pie, and scatter plot charts.
Additionally, OpenAI emphasized the security of user data. Users of ChatGPT Teams and Enterprise will not have their data used to train AI models, and ChatGPT Plus members have the option to disable this capability.