I am not entirely clear what you are trying to do.
In your original question you asked if you could access an external source in Chat GPT.
ChatGPT
The answer to this is yes, ChatGPT can access/read external URLs in limited contexts.
ChatGPT will access them kind of like a person reading a webpage, and then doing a reading comprehension afterwards from your queries.
ie it wont be able to tell you exacting details from the page 100% accurately but will be able to summarise it
GPT Builder
You can build ‘Custom GPTs’ which can access external APIs. I haven’t tested the accuracy of these but it is better than the method I showed above for accessing external sources.
API
If you want full interactive access to exact data on webpages and advanced interactions with external sources you would need to use software and OpenAI API.
You have a further question
I take it that you mean the results are not always 100% accurate. This is where you would use logical programming languages and API.
My goal in this example was to show how ChatGPT/GPTs are able to operate and interact with external sources in a basic way as per your original question.
In this case it reads all the issues from a post from the OpenAI forum
The post is describing:
Dall-e image creation best practices
- Handle blocked prompts by rephrasing or simplifying them due to strict content policies.
- If nonsensical text appears, try rephrasing the prompt to avoid DALL-E 3’s text misinterpretation.
- Manually save metadata for prompts, as DALL-E 3 does not auto-save them.
- Address orientation and negation issues with precise wording; avoid overly complex prompts.
- Use caution with common templates like "alien" or "moon" for unique or novel results.
- Simplify prompts to improve output consistency and quality.
- For photo-realistic images, specify “photo style” rather than “realistic.”
- Avoid excessive embellishments to help DALL-E produce clearer visuals.
- Take advantage of DALL-E's landscape generation capabilities and straightforward stylistic requests.
It rolls it into a macro so you can create images simply and avoid common issues
Image("prompt", "size", "style")
Image(“prompt”, “size”, “style”)
{
- Handle blocked prompts by rephrasing or simplifying them due to strict content policies.
- If nonsensical text appears, try rephrasing the prompt to avoid DALL-E 3’s text misinterpretation.
- Manually save metadata for prompts, as DALL-E 3 does not auto-save them.
- Address orientation and negation issues with precise wording; avoid overly complex prompts.
- Use caution with common templates like “alien” or “moon” for unique or novel results.
- Simplify prompts to improve output consistency and quality.
- For photo-realistic images, specify “photo style” rather than “realistic.”
- Avoid excessive embellishments to help DALL-E produce clearer visuals.
- Take advantage of DALL-E’s landscape generation capabilities and straightforward stylistic requests.
}
You could then call this macro when creating images without having to type lots of caveats on generation
Image(“Teddy Bear”, Landscape, “Cave Painting”)
There is a progression in expertise required to develop on the platform
ChatGPT
Custom GPTs
API - Requires some programming knowledge to start
ChatGPT and Custom GPTs are mainly for simple chats but with a little additional functionality.