Custom ChatGPT assistants are being retired Dec. 11. If your work depends on one, it could stop working unless you move it first.
Custom GPTs, the personalized ChatGPT helpers that people build for one specific job, are being retired on Dec. 11. Anyone who uses one for daily work should plan a move now. TechRepublic has published a guide on how to migrate them before the cutoff.
A custom GPT is a version of ChatGPT set up for a single task. Some people build one to answer customer questions. Others use one to draft emails or follow a company style. The retirement sets a firm date: Dec. 11. After that, the assistants are not expected to keep working as they do today.
Anyone who built a custom GPT or relies on one is affected. That includes small businesses and teams that have folded these helpers into their routine. If you only use the regular ChatGPT chat and never opened a custom helper, there is nothing here you need to do.
The steps are in the alert box above. In short, take stock of what you use, save the instructions and files behind each helper, and test the new version well before the deadline. Starting early leaves time to fix problems.
The material available does not say where each assistant can be moved, what will happen to saved chats, or whether anything will be offered after Dec. 11. The TechRepublic guide is the place to look for those details. Check it, and the official notices in your ChatGPT account, before you decide on a new home for your helpers.
If your team uses a custom ChatGPT helper, save its instructions and files now and test a moved copy well before Dec. 11.
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