Check out my new AI writer!

Pet Tale Crafter: Upload pics of your adoptable pets to craft heartwarming narratives to find forever homes.

Note: You’ll have to be logged into your ChatGPT account. It may be easier to start here and search for Pet Tale Crafter.

Today I was writing a blog post about award-winning sites and tools that use AI and technology for good. And I got way of track, which lead to an amazing rabbit hole, a new app, new nerd skills and a warm/fuzzy feeling that is keeping a smile on my face.

First I found a broken charity site

Petsmart Charities created Rescue Writer, a simple site that lets pet adoption charities use AI to create compelling stories and animal bios to attract adopters.

Great idea, right? Except the site doesn’t work. I tried it about 20 times on different browsers and with various configurations. It worked maybe one time, but most of the time I got this:

Even though it won all kinds of awards, I didn’t want to send y’all to a broken site. So I searched for a similar tool and came up empty.

So I decided to make my own

I’ve written before about the GPT Marketplace, a collection of (probably) tens of thousands of GPTs that do specific things. And if you have the pro version of ChatGPT, you can make your own.

So of course I had the brilliant idea of throwing together a quick replica of Rescue Writer’s functionality. It took longer than I thought it would (what doesn’t, right?), but in about 70 minutes I created a tool that lets you upload a picture of a pet, put in a few details and push a button for a cute pet bio that is sure to attract the attention of future adopters.

How to Create Your Own GPT

D’oh! I was going to write out the steps I took to create this Custom GPT, but it’s already 2pm Eastern, and I have to get Friday NerdWords out (the newsletter) before it’s no longer Friday!

So stay tuned. I’ll follow up with step-by-step instructions or maybe even a free webinar to teach you how to make your own.