Claire Vo · 2 min read · Gen AI Tools
How OpenAI uses ChatGPT Sites (live at DevDay!) | Kath Korevec (Product Lead)
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Kath Korevec, OpenAI Product Lead working on Codex, shares her experience building and using ChatGPT Sites internally for over a year before its public launch. She discusses real-world applications including an incident command site with live Slack and Notion connectors, a community dungeon crawler game, and how Plugin Insights is expanding accessibility. The conversation covers the infrastructure layer behind Sites and the evolving connector ecosystem with around 60 integrations.
Key Takeaways
- ChatGPT Sites was tested internally for over a year before launch, with real use cases like incident command dashboards using live Slack and Notion connectors
- Plugin Insights changes who can effectively use a Site by surfacing actionable data about how plugins are being used
- The connector ecosystem now includes ~60 integrations, and Codex can automatically wire up connectors with a single prompt
- Model speed is a key creative enabler—faster inference directly impacts how experimentally users engage with AI tools
- Kath draws a clear boundary around AI acting autonomously in her name, highlighting ongoing tension between AI agency and personal accountability
Excerpt
Kath Korevec is a member of the Product staff at OpenAI working on Codex, and she spent over a year building and using ChatGPT Sites internally before its public launch. She’s been on the front lines of shipping Plugin Insights, MCP plugin hosting, and the connector ecosystem, which now includes around 60 integrations. Listen or watch on YouTube , Spotify , or Apple Podcasts What you’ll learn: What Plugin Insights actually does, and why it changes who can use a site The incident command site Kath built for her OpenAI team, and how it uses live Slack and Notion connectors…