You'll Be Able to Buy and Sell Through PayPal Using ChatGPT Next Year

Next year, people using ChatGPT will be able to make purchases on the platform through PayPal, which is bringing what the company calls "tens of millions of merchants" to OpenAI's popular chatbot.

The deal between PayPal and OpenAI was first reported by CNBC, which said that PayPal will be enabled on ChatGPT some time next year and that merchants will be able to make their inventories available to buy directly on ChatGPT.

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In a video from PayPal showing how PayPal integration might work in ChatGPT, a customer asks the chatbot for advice on running shoes, writing: "Help me buy running shoes for Maya, size 7.5. She likes bold colors and city runs. Budget $120."  

The prompt brings up a suggestion for Reebok running shoes and ...