OpenAI’s new hotline: Chat with ChatGPT anytime, anywhere

For the tenth day of OpenAIAt the 12 Days of Shipmas event, the company decided to go a bit old school by launching a phone number for people to call and talk to ChatGPT.

US-based users can dial 1-800-ChatGPT (1-800-242-8478) on any device that can make calls — including a rotary phone — as OpenAI demonstrated in the live stream. If you have an international number, you can send a message to ChatGPT using WhatsApp.

It may seem strange that ChatGPT, which has a web version, Mobile applications On iOS and Android, and desktop apps for macOS and Windows, you’ll need a phone number to ask a question on ChatGPT. But OpenAI explained that the feature is ideal for those who don’t have consistent data connections.

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OpenAI said the feature allows broader access to ChatGPT. After all, calling a phone number is usually free and accessible to people who may not have unlimited data or who aren’t close to a Wi-Fi connection.

However, anyone who wants to connect to ChatGPT can only do so for 15 minutes per month.

This is not the first time a company has used calling or texting technology to expand its user base. In countries like the Philippines, Facebook It offers a way for people to use SMS Post on social media platform. This has been a boon in expanding Facebook’s reach in the Philippines, where most people own a mobile phone, although not necessarily a smartphone. Filipinos are now some of the social network’s biggest users.

This does not mean that ChatGPT harms users. It remains one of the most widely used AI platforms, even with more competition in the market. OpenAI said its business offerings, ChatGPT Enterprise, Team and Edu alone, More than 1 million users registered As of September. A month ago, the same ChatGPT Reached 200 million users.

OpenAI offers ChatGPT for free, but offers its most advanced models and other powerful features to subscribers at the Plus, Teams, Pro, Enterprise, and Edu tiers.

“This is an experimental way to talk to ChatGPT, so availability and limits may change,” the company said. “For a fuller experience with more tools, higher limits, and more customization, existing users should continue to use ChatGPT directly through their accounts.”

Disadvantages

Connecting to ChatGPT is similar to using OpenAI voice and Advanced audio model. I contacted ChatGPT and asked for ideas on what to do during a stopover in Tokyo. As expected, he gave me some suggestions.

But the difference is that I didn’t get a read of my conversation with ChatGPT. If I use advanced voice mode, anything we discussed will be converted into a written conversation that I can refer to when I log into my account.

I also highly doubt that any developer would call ChatGPT and ask them to code anything.

But the feature is interesting and actually works. Not bad for something the OpenAI developers created just a few weeks ago at Hack Week.

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