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<p lang="en-US">OpenAI launched its GPT Store on Wednesday (Jan 10), which is a unique kind of marketplace where users of paid ChatGPT will be able to buy and sell customised chatbot agents based on the language models of the company.<br />
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The company, which is majorly popular for creating ChatGPT which brought a boom in the AI industry, has already started offering customised bots through its paid service called ChatGPT Plus. This new store will permit users to offer as well as monetise a varied range of tools.</p>

<h2 lang="en-US"><strong>More than 3 million custom versions of ChatGPT</strong></h2>

<p lang="en-US">Using the new models, the users can develop chatbot agents with their own personalities or themes, which include models for negotiating salary, developing recipes and creating lesson plans.<br />
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Announcing the launch of the GPT Store in a blog post, OpenAI said that users have already created&nbsp;more than 3 million custom versions of ChatGPT's. It added that it has been planning to highlight useful GPT tools inside the newly launched store every week.</p>

<p lang="en-US"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/openai-microsoft-sued-by-new-york-times-for-use-of-stories-to-train-chatbots-674120">OpenAI, Microsoft sued by New York Times for use of its stories to train their chatbots</a></p>

<p lang="en-US">The GPT store has been compared to the App store of Apple and is said to be leading new development in the AI space with the assistance of a wide range of users. In a similar kind of offering, Meta has been providing chatbots with differing personalities.<br />
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Originally, the GPT store was slated to open in November last year, however, an internal upheaval in the company which led to OpenAI’s board firing Sam Altman as CEO, delayed its launch.<br />
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In a blog post, the company said that it will launch a revenue-sharing programme in the year's first quarter through which it will pay the builders on the basis of user engagement with their GPTs.<br />
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In an email sent to the platform's developers, OpenAI informed the users to ensure that the chatbots customised by them fulfil usage policies and GPT brand guidelines.</p>

<p lang="en-US"><strong>Watch:&nbsp;Sam Altman to launch new AI firm?</strong></p>

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<p lang="en-US">In a press release, accompanied by the launch, the company emphasised various products are already on offer which included ones from the hiking app AllTrails and the design app Canva.<br />
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In its inaugural demo day for developers, Altman said that the developers' legal costs will be covered, if they run afoul of copyright law while creating products on the basis of ChatGPT and OpenAI’s technology.<br />
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OpenAI has also been sued numerous times for alleged copyright infringement and for making use of copyrighted text to train the company's large language models.</p>

<p lang="en-US"><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


OpenAI launched its GPT Store on Wednesday (Jan 10), which is a unique kind of marketplace where users of paid ChatGPT will be able to buy and sell customised chatbot agents based on the language models of the company.

OpenAI launched its GPT Store on Wednesday (Jan 10), which is a unique kind of marketplace where users of paid ChatGPT will be able to buy and sell customised chatbot agents based on the language models of the company. The company, which is majorly popular for creating ChatGPT which brought a boom in the AI industry, has already started offering customised bots through its paid service called ChatGPT Plus. This new store will permit users to offer as well as monetise a varied range of tools. More than 3 million custom versions of ChatGPT Using the new models, the users can develop chatbot agents with their own personalities or themes, which include models for negotiating salary, developing recipes and creating lesson plans. Announcing the launch of the GPT Store in a blog post, OpenAI said that users have already created more than 3 million custom versions of ChatGPT's. It added that it has been planning to highlight useful GPT tools inside the newly launched store every week. Also read: OpenAI, Microsoft sued by New York Times for use of its stories to train their chatbots The GPT store has been compared to the App store of Apple and is said to be leading new development in the AI space with the assistance of a wide range of users. In a similar kind of offering, Meta has been providing chatbots with differing personalities. Originally, the GPT store was slated to open in November last year, however, an internal upheaval in the company which led to OpenAI’s board firing Sam Altman as CEO, delayed its launch. In a blog post, the company said that it will launch a revenue-sharing programme in the year's first quarter through which it will pay the builders on the basis of user engagement with their GPTs. In an email sent to the platform's developers, OpenAI informed the users to ensure that the chatbots customised by them fulfil usage policies and GPT brand guidelines. Watch: Sam Altman to launch new AI firm? In a press release, accompanied by the launch, the company emphasised various products are already on offer which included ones from the hiking app AllTrails and the design app Canva. In its inaugural demo day for developers, Altman said that the developers' legal costs will be covered, if they run afoul of copyright law while creating products on the basis of ChatGPT and OpenAI’s technology. OpenAI has also been sued numerous times for alleged copyright infringement and for making use of copyrighted text to train the company's large language models. (With inputs from agencies)

An AI marketplace? OpenAI launches GPT Store for buying and selling customised chatbots

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/amazon-working-on-internet-serving-satellite-network-208049">Amazon announced</a> last Thursday that it will shut its China online store by July 18 and will no longer operate a marketplace, nor provide seller services on Amazon.cn.</p>

<p>The Amazon spokeswoman said that the company would continue to invest and grow in China through its Amazon Global Store, Global Selling, Kindle e-readers, and online content. Amazon Web Services, the company's cloud computing unit that sells data storage and computing power to enterprises, will also remain.</p>

<p>Amazon entered the Chinese market in 2004 by merging with China's e-commerce platform Joyo. In the first few years, it's operations included providing a platform for Chinese businesses to open online stores aimed at international buyers, along with selling paper books, e-books and its e-reader Kindle, and its AWS cloud computing services.</p>

<p>With the rise of China's local e-commerce companies, Amazon's market share in China's business to consumer (B2C) online retail platform has been continuously diluted.</p>

<p>"Can you fight with the equal tenacity and methods as local competitors? Are you incentivizing your team the same way that a Chinese company is? Or is there a glass ceiling for the heads of the groups? There are all these complex issues that any American companies would have a hard time in China," said Li Kaifu, the founder and CEO of Sinovation Ventures about some of the issues American companies face in China.</p>

<p>Ker Zheng, marketing specialist at Shenzhen-based e-commerce consultancy Azoya, told Reuters that Amazon had no major competitive advantage in China over its domestic rivals. Unless someone is searching for a very specific imported good that can't be found elsewhere, "there's no reason for a consumer to pick Amazon because they're not going to be able to ship things as fast as Tmall or JD," he said.</p>

<p>While Amazon's moving on, other foreign brands seem to be adapting well to the Chinese market.</p>

<p>Though Apple suffered a slump in its earnings report for the first quarter of 2019, it remained competent in China's high-tech market. Apple CEO Tim Cook said he is grateful for China's opening-up policy as it allows more companies to become a part of this market at the annual China Development Forum (CDF) in Beijing on March 23, 2019.</p>

<p>KFC, the American fast-food restaurant chain giant, has won Chinese consumers' hearts since it entered the market in the 1980s. In 30 years, the brand has opened over 6,000 stores in the Chinese mainland, making up nearly 25 per cent of the fast-food industry market share in 2015, reported China Business Network.</p>

<p>Dyson's founder and chief engineer, James Dyson became the richest person in the UK thanks to his company's record-high revenue in 2018, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index released in January. The Asia market, led by China, which made up about 50 per cent of its profit, was a great contributor in boosting its business.<br />
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Amazon announced last Thursday that it will shut its China online store by July 18 and will no longer operate a marketplace, nor provide seller services on Amazon.

Amazon announced last Thursday that it will shut its China online store by July 18 and will no longer operate a marketplace, nor provide seller services on Amazon.cn. The Amazon spokeswoman said that the company would continue to invest and grow in China through its Amazon Global Store, Global Selling, Kindle e-readers, and online content. Amazon Web Services, the company's cloud computing unit that sells data storage and computing power to enterprises, will also remain. Amazon entered the Chinese market in 2004 by merging with China's e-commerce platform Joyo. In the first few years, it's operations included providing a platform for Chinese businesses to open online stores aimed at international buyers, along with selling paper books, e-books and its e-reader Kindle, and its AWS cloud computing services. With the rise of China's local e-commerce companies, Amazon's market share in China's business to consumer (B2C) online retail platform has been continuously diluted. "Can you fight with the equal tenacity and methods as local competitors? Are you incentivizing your team the same way that a Chinese company is? Or is there a glass ceiling for the heads of the groups? There are all these complex issues that any American companies would have a hard time in China," said Li Kaifu, the founder and CEO of Sinovation Ventures about some of the issues American companies face in China. Ker Zheng, marketing specialist at Shenzhen-based e-commerce consultancy Azoya, told Reuters that Amazon had no major competitive advantage in China over its domestic rivals. Unless someone is searching for a very specific imported good that can't be found elsewhere, "there's no reason for a consumer to pick Amazon because they're not going to be able to ship things as fast as Tmall or JD," he said. While Amazon's moving on, other foreign brands seem to be adapting well to the Chinese market. Though Apple suffered a slump in its earnings report for the first quarter of 2019, it remained competent in China's high-tech market. Apple CEO Tim Cook said he is grateful for China's opening-up policy as it allows more companies to become a part of this market at the annual China Development Forum (CDF) in Beijing on March 23, 2019. KFC, the American fast-food restaurant chain giant, has won Chinese consumers' hearts since it entered the market in the 1980s. In 30 years, the brand has opened over 6,000 stores in the Chinese mainland, making up nearly 25 per cent of the fast-food industry market share in 2015, reported China Business Network. Dyson's founder and chief engineer, James Dyson became the richest person in the UK thanks to his company's record-high revenue in 2018, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index released in January. The Asia market, led by China, which made up about 50 per cent of its profit, was a great contributor in boosting its business.

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<p>Facebook has decided to test &quot;Marketplace&quot;, a facility will link&nbsp;buyers and sellers in India, reports say.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&quot;Marketplace&quot;&nbsp;is a service which connects buyers and sellers, without charging anything&nbsp;and it makes reselling goods via mobiles or computers a&nbsp;seamless affair.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Indian users mostly engage in selling or buying jewellery and accessories, household goods, electronics, and apparel, a media report said. Facebook has decided not to create any particular categories as yet, hoping that once people start listing their products the categories will be formed.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Karandeep Anand, director,&nbsp;product management, Facebook, said that most Indians use social media platforms to &quot;buy or sell products&quot;. With the use of marketplace, Facebook aims to create an easier &quot;user experience, motivate people to engage&quot;&nbsp;and add &quot;economic activity locally.&quot;</p>

<p>Over 550 million Facebook users visit different groups on the page - which sell or buy items, globally. Thus, making up for a quarter of its 2 billion active monthly users. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Anand asserts that sellers are common people like students, artisans or NGOs. Therefore, instead of building a full-fledged e-commerce environment, Facebook aims to target its users and further present better tools.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Facebook also intends to provide&nbsp;tools related to privacy in order to limit information given by users, and also introduce&nbsp;machine learning which prohibits users from listing products like guns, cigarettes, alcohol and such items. Users will also be able to report fake accounts or ban items.</p>


Facebook is looking into new grounds and has decided to test Marketplace, a facility linking buyers and sellers in India, reports say.?

Facebook has decided to test "Marketplace", a facility will link buyers and sellers in India, reports say. "Marketplace" is a service which connects buyers and sellers, without charging anything and it makes reselling goods via mobiles or computers a seamless affair. Indian users mostly engage in selling or buying jewellery and accessories, household goods, electronics, and apparel, a media report said. Facebook has decided not to create any particular categories as yet, hoping that once people start listing their products the categories will be formed. Karandeep Anand, director, product management, Facebook, said that most Indians use social media platforms to "buy or sell products". With the use of marketplace, Facebook aims to create an easier "user experience, motivate people to engage" and add "economic activity locally." Over 550 million Facebook users visit different groups on the page - which sell or buy items, globally. Thus, making up for a quarter of its 2 billion active monthly users. Anand asserts that sellers are common people like students, artisans or NGOs. Therefore, instead of building a full-fledged e-commerce environment, Facebook aims to target its users and further present better tools. Facebook also intends to provide tools related to privacy in order to limit information given by users, and also introduce machine learning which prohibits users from listing products like guns, cigarettes, alcohol and such items. Users will also be able to report fake accounts or ban items.

Facebook may compete with Olx, Quikr: Report

<p>Hollywood actor and political activist Danny Glover joined online rental marketplace <a href="http://www.wionews.com/business-economy/airbnb-new-york-in-talks-to-resolve-rental-law-lawsuit-8174">Airbnb as an adviser to engage communities</a> of color to help the website turn around its image of discrimination against non-white guests.</p>

<p>&quot;Airbnb has had its own share of challenges in this arena,&quot; Glover said on Wednesday in a post.</p>

<p>San Francisco-based Airbnb commissioned a report last year saying it will revamp its anti-discrimination policy.</p>

<p>Last month, an Airbnb host was penalized for racial discrimination under an agreement between the rental website and the California department of fair employment and housing (DFEH).</p>

<p>The host, who was later banned by Airbnb, had canceled a woman&#39;s reservation making a racist remark and was ordered to pay $5,000 in damages.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Airbnb launched a partnership with civil rights group National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to expand its services to minority groups.&nbsp;</p>


Danny Glover joined Airbnb as an adviser to engage communities of color to help the website turn around its image of discrimination against non-white guests

Hollywood actor and political activist Danny Glover joined online rental marketplace Airbnb as an adviser to engage communities of color to help the website turn around its image of discrimination against non-white guests. "Airbnb has had its own share of challenges in this arena," Glover said on Wednesday in a post. San Francisco-based Airbnb commissioned a report last year saying it will revamp its anti-discrimination policy. Last month, an Airbnb host was penalized for racial discrimination under an agreement between the rental website and the California department of fair employment and housing (DFEH). The host, who was later banned by Airbnb, had canceled a woman's reservation making a racist remark and was ordered to pay $5,000 in damages. Airbnb launched a partnership with civil rights group National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to expand its services to minority groups.

Danny Glover, actor and political activist, joins Airbnb as advisor

<p>One look at this market in the heart of Imphal, the capital of the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, and you would know that it&rsquo;s a one-of-a-kind place. As a shopper at Asia&rsquo;s largest all-women market, you will be greeted by colourfully-draped women in their phaneks and innaphis (traditional wear) every morning.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>This is the world&#39;s largest all-women market (Twitter)</p>
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<p>There are more than 5,000 stalls in the market that are owned and operated by women exclusively. The market called Ima Keithal, meaning &lsquo;Mother&rsquo;s Market&rsquo; has a history of 500 years. Scholars believe that the market has existed since the 16th century. Interestingly, only married women are allowed to trade and run the stalls. The tradition is passed on from one generation to the next. These women pay around ?40 per month for their shops, which deal in ethnic handlooms, handicrafts and locally produced goods. The women traders also have a union that manages the market and runs a credit system. The women can borrow money to purchase goods and pay it back to the union later.</p>

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<p>Serving as a trading hub and an important meeting ground, the market prides itself on being women-friendly in more than one way. According to studies, the market&rsquo;s female-only workforce is a result of an ancient forced labour system in the region. Called Lallup-Kaba, the tradition saw men of the Meitei community being sent away to cultivate lands and fight wars. In the meanwhile, the women stayed back and worked in their paddy fields, took care of households and sold the farm produce in nearby markets. As a result, markets with women selling their home-produce grew as a concept, and thus Ima Keithal was born.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Going back in history, these women also fought against British colonial rule. In one particular case, women of the region stood up against Nupi Lan (Women&rsquo;s War) that forced them to export large amounts of locally grown rice to British battalions in the country. Women traders of Ima Keithel came out together against this regressive move as this market was seen as a symbol for their cultural identity.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Ima Keithal&rsquo;s women play an important role in Imphal&rsquo;s local economy and has progressed from just being a market, to one that is globally recognised as a movement for liberty, equality and women&rsquo;s rights.</p>

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Going back 500 years, the Ima Keithal market is found in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur

One look at this market in the heart of Imphal, the capital of the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, and you would know that it’s a one-of-a-kind place. As a shopper at Asia’s largest all-women market, you will be greeted by colourfully-draped women in their phaneks and innaphis (traditional wear) every morning. This is the world's largest all-women market (Twitter) × There are more than 5,000 stalls in the market that are owned and operated by women exclusively. The market called Ima Keithal, meaning ‘Mother’s Market’ has a history of 500 years. Scholars believe that the market has existed since the 16th century. Interestingly, only married women are allowed to trade and run the stalls. The tradition is passed on from one generation to the next. These women pay around ?40 per month for their shops, which deal in ethnic handlooms, handicrafts and locally produced goods. The women traders also have a union that manages the market and runs a credit system. The women can borrow money to purchase goods and pay it back to the union later. Women selling traditional wear (Twitter) × Serving as a trading hub and an important meeting ground, the market prides itself on being women-friendly in more than one way. According to studies, the market’s female-only workforce is a result of an ancient forced labour system in the region. Called Lallup-Kaba, the tradition saw men of the Meitei community being sent away to cultivate lands and fight wars. In the meanwhile, the women stayed back and worked in their paddy fields, took care of households and sold the farm produce in nearby markets. As a result, markets with women selling their home-produce grew as a concept, and thus Ima Keithal was born. Ima Keithal, an all-women market in India (Twitter) × Going back in history, these women also fought against British colonial rule. In one particular case, women of the region stood up against Nupi Lan (Women’s War) that forced them to export large amounts of locally grown rice to British battalions in the country. Women traders of Ima Keithel came out together against this regressive move as this market was seen as a symbol for their cultural identity. The market has an all-female workforce (Twitter) × Ima Keithal’s women play an important role in Imphal’s local economy and has progressed from just being a market, to one that is globally recognised as a movement for liberty, equality and women’s rights.

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