ChatGPT Comes to Microsoft Word With New Ghostwriter Add-in

OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot is now available in Microsoft Word via an add-in. Ghostwriter, a new third-party add-in from Creative Data Studios is now available from the Office add-in store, and it lets Word users use ChatGPT as a writing assistant.

Just like ChatGPT on the web, the Ghostwriter add-in will allow Word users to create AI-generated text from a specific query. The add-in appears in Word as a sidebar, and it also includes a built-in thesaurus, grammar checker, and dictionary all in one place.

While Ghostwriter is free to download from the Office add-in store, the tool is not free to use: There is a $10 Basic Edition of Ghostwriter that can only generate two paragraphs, and the $25 Pro Edition supports all OpenAI models and also lets users configure the response length.

Ghostwriter is the work of data modeler Patrick Husting. In an interview with GeekWire earlier this week, Husting admitted that he wasn’t sure if Microsoft would allow Ghostwriter on its Office add-in store forever. “They might kill it off in a year or two, when they add something to Office, and I’m cool with that, too,” Husting said.

While Microsoft is planning to integrate OpenAI’s technologies into its consumer and enterprise products, Husting is already working on ChatGPT add-ins for Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook. An “Office bundle” that includes all the add-ins is coming soon, and customers who already purchased the Word version will be eligible for a discount.