[HN Gopher] Show HN: A package manager for AI plugins
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       Show HN: A package manager for AI plugins
        
       Author : maccaw
       Score  : 72 points
       Date   : 2023-06-23 14:56 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | AHOHA wrote:
       | Would appreciate openAI stops monopolizing the word AI, few years
       | later they might get like Apple suing everyone with take down
       | notices for everyone who's using it.. also not impressed by
       | anything open AI, as long as it's isn't open source and always
       | under their mercy for pricing, restrictions, etc., I would rather
       | use something else that's community based.
        
         | avarun wrote:
         | This website is not created by OpenAI and has nothing to do
         | with them monopolizing the term AI...
         | 
         | Are you sure you're not confusing OpenAPI and OpenAI? OpenAPI
         | is a spec for HTTP APIs. Many AI applications are giving
         | language models the capability to interact with OpenAPI
         | documented APIs.
        
           | AHOHA wrote:
           | I know what OpenAPI is.. but now you mentioned the confusion
           | part, I think I was confused as the domain is openpm.ai
           | similar to openai. However, my point still there about how
           | openAI tries to monopolize anything about AI.
           | 
           | Thanks for the heads up by the way!
        
         | mirekrusin wrote:
         | Their direction is clear:
         | 
         | * closed
         | 
         | * pay per usage api to make money and have ability to shut down
         | users
         | 
         | * hide their research results
         | 
         | * quickly build up data
         | 
         | * quickly advance with Microsoft in bed
         | 
         | * lobby law makers to regulate it
         | 
         | * ...so entry barrier is higher for competition
         | 
         | * ...so they secure as much pie for themselves as possible
         | 
         | * exploit any other means to increase their dominant position
         | and keep throwing rocks at others if possible
         | 
         | They're open-for-business, not open-source.
         | 
         | The best we can do is ignore them and support alternatives.
        
           | AHOHA wrote:
           | Exactly why I personally never used their API
        
           | troupo wrote:
           | > exploit any other means to increase their dominant position
           | and keep throwing rocks at others if possible
           | 
           | Aka:
           | 
           | OpenAI: we welcome regulation
           | 
           | EU: https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/the-truth-about-the-
           | eu-ac...
           | 
           | OpenAI: no-no-no, not like that
        
       | Blahah wrote:
       | This looks like it works with Chatgpt. Any plans to make it work
       | with the rest of the LLM landscape? Langchain integration for
       | example would be great for adoption.
        
         | maccaw wrote:
         | We've made it pretty abstract, so it should play nicely with
         | langchain etc. We're all open-source and using open protocols
         | like OpenAPI.
         | 
         | You make a good point though. We should write a langchain
         | plugin to our API.
        
           | lionkor wrote:
           | In what way is OpenAI an "open protocol"?
        
             | thomc wrote:
             | They said OpenAPI is an open protocol, not OpenAI.
        
       | mcmcmc wrote:
       | So this is just an API hub right? Nothing seems particularly AI
       | other than the marketing. There are more non-AI APIs than AI
       | related ones in the search preview
        
       | maccman wrote:
       | We have also published two packages to help you get started.
       | 
       | Cloudflare worker for building AI plugins.
       | https://github.com/team-openpm/cloudflare-basics-ai-plugin
       | 
       | WorkGPT - framework for working with GPT functions.
       | https://github.com/team-openpm/workgpt
       | 
       | Everything is open source.
        
       | croes wrote:
       | Is there any kind of security review or is it a new kind of npm
       | that is open to supply chain attacks.
       | 
       | Considering what kind of data people are giving to AI, security
       | is an important issue
        
       | andybak wrote:
       | Can you clarify what an "AI plugin" is?
        
         | spencerchubb wrote:
         | I am wondering the same thing
        
         | Wingy wrote:
         | Looks to me that by AI they mean ChatGPT.
        
           | andybak wrote:
           | Yes but these are APIs - not specifically ones with GPT
           | plugins?
           | 
           | I'm really not sure...
           | 
           | EDIT - they are APIs with the neccesary metadata to be used
           | as GPT plugins.
           | 
           | I was confused by the fact they aren't listed in GPT when
           | you're in plugin mode - but that's just the officially vetted
           | list.
           | 
           | (Before that I was confused by the interchangable use of
           | "plugin" and "api" and the the use of "AI" when OP
           | specifically seems to mean "ChatGPT"...)
        
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