Accordingly, the application, based on OpenAI's open-source Whisper speech recognition model, is completely free and can synchronize web chat history and voice input features.
The app works on both iPhone and iPad. Users can download it from Apple's official App Store. OpenAI says it is rolling it out in the US first and will expand to other countries "in the coming weeks".
OpenAI has never mentioned launching a mobile app, but the move is consistent with the popularity of ChatGPT. Statistics up to January show that the chatbot has attracted over 100 million users, just two months after its launch.
Although ChatGPT was initially released as a test, it quickly gained traction in a wide range of tasks, from cheating on college essays to business applications. In February, OpenAI launched a $20/month paid subscription service – ChatGPT Plus – offering priority access and the use of GPT-4, the company's latest language model.
Until now, the best way to access OpenAI's language models on mobile devices has been through Microsoft's Bing tool. The release of an official mobile app could potentially draw some users away from the Windows giant's service – a company that has invested tens of billions of dollars in OpenAI hoping chatbots could help Bing and Edge regain market share.
With ChatGPT officially available on mobile devices, users no longer have to risk installing fake apps and spam spreading on the internet. However, this chatbot still suffers from the same issues regarding fake news and privacy as the web version.
Only recently has OpenAI added the option to set conversations to private and to set warnings against sharing "sensitive information" with the app.
(According to TheVerge)
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