How to use GPT-4 APIs and other LLM APIs to create chatbots

Although ChatGPT, Bard, and the Claude playground are chatbots, for the most interesting applications, you need to have your own chatbots that are tailored to help your users accomplish the tasks related to your business.

Here are some key reasons why it is advantageous to build a chatbot while utilizing GPT or Claude APIs rather than just interacting directly with ChatGPT or Claude playground:

• Hide instructions/prompts: With an API chatbot, you can hide all the prompts, instructions, context, and more that are fed to the LLM behind the scenes. The user only sees the final natural response, creating a smoother experience.
• Integrate with data sources: A custom chatbot can connect to external databases, proprietary knowledge bases, and other internal data sources to allow the LLM to incorporate these in generating responses. This isn’t possible within the playground.
• Manage conversation state: The chatbot...