This Day in AI Podcast What did OpenAI Announce at DevDay? Apps SDK, MCP UI & Impact to SaaS - EP99.20-APPS
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Oct 10, 2025 OpenAI's DevDay announcements take center stage, featuring the new Apps SDK and dynamic UI aspects. Hosts debate whether ChatGPT could redefine traditional SaaS UIs. They discuss early experiences with integrated apps like Canva and Spotify, weighing usability and functionality. The conversation also dives into challenges of context loss in app-centric workflows and the potential downsides of tool stability. As they explore GPT-5 Pro's pricing and voice integration hurdles, the excitement for future developments like Gemini 2.5 adds an intriguing layer.
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First ChatGPT App: Philips Hue Demo
- Simon's first ChatGPT app controlled his Philips Hue lights and took a minute to demo turning office lights on.
- Michael Yo found this illustrative of basic physical-world demos developers choose first.
Standardized UI For MCPs
- OpenAI formalized MCP UI rendering using a React-like component protocol so apps can provide input/output components.
- That standard will make integrating custom MCPs into host apps far easier for developers.
Return UI As Resource References
- Return UI components as resource references so the host app can render them automatically.
- Build MCPs around input/output resource references to ensure cross-app compatibility.