OpenAI is testing a new feature that would let people use their ChatGPT credentials to log in to third-party apps. The goal is to make user authentication easier across various systems using ChatGPT’s rapidly increasing user group which has reached more than 600 million users each month.
The feature is being developed and OpenAI wants input from developers willing to use it in their products. A developer interest form is available now for companies of all sizes, from those with very few weekly users to those used by hundreds of millions. The form also asks for details on how current AI features are being monetized and where OpenAI’s API is used.
Pending its official release, early users of the Codex CLI have been able to experience the sign-in feature which OpenAI introduced earlier in the month. Through the preview, developers were able to connect their ChatGPT Free, Plus or Pro accounts to their API accounts. To get more people using the new system, OpenAI gave Plus users $5 and Pro users $50 worth of API credits if they tried out the new sign-in option.
With ChatGPT-based sign-in, OpenAI now faces competition against Google, Apple and Microsoft, all companies that operate single sign-on alternatives. To support simpler sign-in and ensure easier use, OpenAI is focused on increasing user convenience and enabling AI to play a bigger role in everyone’s digital life.
While the specific date for opening “Sign in with ChatGPT” to everyone hasn’t been announced yet, it shows that OpenAI is expanding in the world of consumer technology. Simplifying login credentials with ChatGPT allows OpenAI to boost user convenience and also claim a key role in the ongoing development of AI-based digital identity.
Since the company is still getting feedback and improving the feature, many in the tech community are eagerly awaiting more information about when the feature will be released and what it will bring to applications.
