AI Solutions — September 29, 2026

💡 This Week: Custom GPTs move on. Here's what to do.

This issue covers what's changing with custom GPTs ahead of the December 11 retirement, how to keep an AI setup from depending on one provider, and a new security log worth a check as Q4 planning ramps up.

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September 29, 2026

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THE STORY

Your custom GPTs are moving. Here's what to do before December 11.

If a custom GPT is running somewhere in the business — a version of ChatGPT trained on the menu, the policies, the FAQ — that setup is changing. OpenAI is retiring custom GPTs on December 11, and whatever got built inside that format needs a new home before then.

This is worth treating as a nudge, not a fire drill. The bigger lesson sitting underneath it: anything built entirely inside one vendor's format can move, get renamed, or disappear on their timeline, not yours. A little documentation now — what the GPT actually does, what instructions it runs, what files it reads — turns the next move, whenever it comes, into a copy-paste job instead of a rebuild.

"The safest AI setup is the one that could be rebuilt somewhere else in an afternoon."

Dec 11

date custom GPTs retire

73 days

runway from late September to move what's built

cost to self-host a provider-agnostic chat tool

Do this → One thing to look at this week: open any custom GPT still in use, and copy its instructions and knowledge files into a plain document somewhere safe.

📰 AI NEWS, PLAIN-ENGLISH

OpenAI is retiring custom GPTs on December 11. Here is what happens to yours

OpenAI is winding down custom GPTs on December 11. Twister Hub AI News breaks down what happens to the ones already built and what to do before the date.

What this means for you: Anyone running a custom GPT for FAQs, onboarding or internal reference now has a firm date to plan around, not a surprise to react to later.

How Do I Avoid Getting Locked Into One AI Provider?

A look at what it actually takes to keep an AI setup portable, so a change on one company's end doesn't mean starting from scratch.

What this means for you: Worth reading alongside the GPT retirement news — it's the same problem, just in a bigger frame.

ChatGPT Adds a Security History Log to Every Account

Every ChatGPT account now has a log showing sign-ins and account activity, similar to what banks and email providers already show.

What this means for you: A two-minute check worth building into a regular routine, especially on accounts shared across a team.

More AI news for small business at Twister Hub AI News →

🛠️ TOOL OF THE WEEK

LibreChat · open-source AI chat interface · free to self-host

A self-hosted chat interface that connects to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and other AI providers from one place.

What's new: Worth a look given the provider-lock-in question raised by the custom GPT retirement — it's built specifically so switching the underlying AI model doesn't mean rebuilding everything around it.

Use it for: A shop that built a custom GPT for staff training could recreate that same assistant in LibreChat, then point it at whichever AI provider makes sense later without starting over.

Do this → If portability is a concern, worth a slow look before December — no pressure to switch anything today. Try it →

🔧 THE HOW-TO

Move a custom GPT before December 11

1. Open each custom GPT currently in use and copy its full instructions into a plain text document.

2. Download or copy any knowledge files it references — PDFs, FAQs, policy docs — and save them outside of ChatGPT.

3. Ask ChatGPT to summarize what the GPT does in plain language, so anyone else on the team could pick it up later.

4. Put a date on the calendar before December 11 to rebuild it in ChatGPT's newer format or an alternative tool.

✍️ RUN THIS PROMPT

Copy this into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini

PROMPT

Here are the instructions and files from a custom GPT I built for [purpose]. Summarize in plain language what this GPT does, what questions it answers, and what would need to happen to recreate it somewhere else.

Works with: ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini · Copilot

Do this → If only one thing gets done this week, let it be exporting the instructions — everything else can wait.

PARTNER

Worth a look before renewing anything

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WORK WITH SKEETER

Need a hand moving off a custom GPT?

If December 11 is more than one person can sort through alone, we go through what's built, what's worth keeping, and where it lands next.

Book a free strategy call →

Nothing here is urgent today. December 11 gives plenty of runway. Still, a quiet afternoon copying instructions out of ChatGPT beats a scramble once the fall rush picks up.

With Your Success in Mind,
Skeeter
Founder, Twister Hub AI

P.S. December 11 sounds far off from late September. It isn't, once the season gets busy. A slow afternoon now beats a scramble later.

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