My "explore GPTs" option is gone to access the GPT store, and I can no longer create a custom GPT.

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I created 2 custom GPTs, one a while ago and one today. A few hours later I notice that my option to create is missing as well as the button that allowed me to access the GPT store search.

For anyone with the same issue, it seems that you can still access the store and create GPTs via the url: https://chat.openai.com/gpts But there's no way to access this directly from the main landing page. No button, link, or option.