Update: July 14, 2023 12:30 PM PDT

ChatGPT’s Code Interpreter appears to be down.

The plugin should be down only temporarily.

Just unavailable temporarily while the team fixes stuff.

This is why we do Beta’s!

— Logan.GPT (@OfficialLoganK) July 14, 2023

Reports of the red lightning bolt symbol have been reported on Twitter and in the OpenAI community forum.

Looks like ChatGPT Code Interpreter is down ? pic.twitter.com/eedCdfJN5K

— Min Choi (@minchoi) July 14, 2023

Some users can see that Code Interpreter is disabled.

Code Interpreter has been disabled for all ChatGPT users ? pic.twitter.com/HeBLwyW2Q1

— Gavriel Cohen (@Gavriel_Cohen) July 14, 2023

OpenAI’s status indicator does not show any issues at this time. It will not show any incidents when the OpenAI team is intentionally working on a beta feature.

There have, however, been a few performance issues with ChatGPT over the past few days.

Code Interpreter Launched In Beta

OpenAI announced on Twitter that all ChatGPT Plus users will have access to Code Interpreter.

Code Interpreter will be available to all ChatGPT Plus users over the next week.

It lets ChatGPT run code, optionally with access to files you’ve uploaded. You can ask ChatGPT to analyze data, create charts, edit files, perform math, etc.

Plus users can opt in via settings. pic.twitter.com/IjH5JBqe5B

— OpenAI (@OpenAI) July 6, 2023

Code Interpreter is an official ChatGPT plugin for data analytics, image conversions, editing code, and more. It recently went from the Alpha to Beta experimental stage.

Screenshot from ChatGPT, July 2023

ChatGPT Plus users can enable access to Code Interpreter and other experimental new features in their account settings.

Screenshot from ChatGPT, July 2023

Code Interpreter For SEO

Digital marketing professionals have found unique ways to use Code Interpreter for search engine optimization (SEO).

Welcome to SEO 2.0:

Code Interpreter revolutionizes SEO by analyzing search engine algorithms & user behavior, generating data-driven insights for content optimization, & boosting site rankings with tailor-made strategies

Millions will be made as new companies hit new rankings

— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg) May 4, 2023

Simply imagine it as a new way to analyze any exportable marketing data.

Step 4: Campaign Analysis
Open AI’s Code Interpreter is a data analytics genius.

Feed your campaign and ad data into ChatGPT. 

Ask it to analyze the data and report on key performance metrics.

It will identify your weak spots, strengths, and areas for testing.

— Micheal O’Neill (@heymikeoneill) June 18, 2023

Using Code Interpreter with Google Search Console data seems to be a popular use so far.

I got access to the ChatGPT Code Interpreter model. I fed it a queries GSC export with the prompt “Classify each query for seo intent and then sum each classification bucket’s clicks and display in a bar graph”. It’s essentially a fine tuned agent. It simply writes/runs python. pic.twitter.com/RmGGLy7UoW

— Greg Bernhardt ?? (@GregBernhardt4) May 9, 2023

Code interpreter?

Uploaded a CSV of GSC date and click data. It created a trendline and compared it against a second CSV I uploaded with known and suspected Google updates.

It’s messy, but I can improve it over time. This was what I made with about 20 mins of playing around.… pic.twitter.com/47STMpgrQ5

— Dr. Marie Haynes? (@Marie_Haynes) July 7, 2023

It worked!

ChatGPT Code Interpreter talked me through all the steps in connecting with the GSC API.

We then wrote a program to get a website’s clicks and display it.

Because of the limits on GPT-4 use, I need to work on this in small chunks at a time. (Good thing, as I’ve… https://t.co/Cq2nhdT8dx pic.twitter.com/Fm1YWmXxEp

— Dr. Marie Haynes? (@Marie_Haynes) July 10, 2023

As the access to Code Interpreter increases, so should examples of new ways to use it and other ChatGPT plugins for marketing and SEO.

Playing with the Code Interpreter for ChatGPT w/ Local SEO Data.

I was looking at firm names in Atlanta and found the most common words in PI law firm names.

Not surprisingly there are no “creative” names. Just partner names in firms.#localseo #seo #chatgpt pic.twitter.com/UtiOaOEjrw

— Casey Meraz (@CaseyMeraz) July 10, 2023

OpenAI Legal Troubles And Privacy Concerns

The announcement comes a few days after OpenAI had to disable Browse with Bing, the official ChatGPT plugin for browsing the web. OpenAI is working on a fix to protect content creators and publishers from Browse with Bing, allowing users to bypass paywalls.

OpenAI recently experienced a massive breach of user credentials and faced legal action over using copyrighted books and users’ personal data to train its models.

The ChatGPT app addresses privacy practices on the OpenAI website, in privacy disclaimers, and on the app’s opening screen.

Screenshot from ChatGPT, July 2023

Despite these concerns, App Store users have ranked ChatGPT as #1 in the productivity category, averaging 4.4 stars from over 10.1k users.

Screenshot from App Store, July 2023

While the app is doing well, SimilarWeb reports show traffic has slightly declined to the ChatGPT website over the past 28 days.

Screenshot from Similarweb, July 2023

New Feature Releases Amidst Controversy

OpenAI’s announcement of the Code Interpreter as an official plugin for ChatGPT Plus users marks a significant step in enhancing the capabilities of the AI language model.

However, this launch comes at a time when OpenAI is grappling with privacy concerns and legal issues.

OpenAI must address and alleviate the concerns surrounding data protection and copyright issues, especially considering the sensitive nature of executing code and uploading files using Code Interpreter or other ChatGPT plugins.

Otherwise, users concerned with privacy and generative AI content quality will turn to ChatGPT alternatives that outperform the leading AI chatbots.

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