ChatGPT can now connect to Outlook, Teams, Gmail, Google Drive, and other services

Apart from regular consumers, ChatGPT is also growing fast among business users. In fact, OpenAI now has 3 million paying (Enterprise, Team, and Edu) business users, up from 2 million in February.

During a live stream today targeted toward business users, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT can now connect to more external services to pull in real-time context and provide more useful responses for users.

The following are some of the external connectors available in ChatGPT Deep Research for Plus, Pro, Team, Enterprise, and Edu users:

• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Teams
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Dropbox
• Box
• Google Drive
• Gmail
• Liner

In addition to the above, IT admins in organizations can now build custom ChatGPT connectors using the popular Model Context Protocol (MCP). These custom connectors will allow organizations to make use of the data available inside their proprietary systems and other apps within ChatGPT, alongside pre-built connectors.

Today, the ChatGPT team also announced a new feature called record mode for ChatGPT Team users on macOS. The record mode feature will allow users to capture meeting audio and get meeting transcriptions, meeting action items, summaries, etc. ChatGPT record mode will also be available to Plus, Pro, Enterprise, and Edu users in the future.

Kevin Weil, Chief Product Officer at OpenAI, tweeted the following regarding today’s launch:

"These launch first to our B2B customers and to everyone else ASAP. The Deep Research connectors are additionally rolling out to Plus and Pro users starting today, and MCP support will be available to Pro users. Can't wait to hear what you think!"

While ChatGPT's new connectors and features mark significant progress, it faces a formidable challenge in the enterprise market against Microsoft 365 Copilot, which enjoys native integration within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

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