OpenAI Launches Free ChatGPT App For iOS

An official ChatGPT app is now available for iOS, with an Android version coming "soon." It can be downloaded from the App Store here. The Verge reports: The app is free to use, syncs chat history with the web, and features voice input, supported by OpenAI's open-source speech recognition model Whisper. The app works on both iPhones and iPads and can be downloaded from the App Store. OpenAI says it's rolling out the app in the US first and will expand to other countries "in the coming weeks."

OpenAI didn't previously hint that a mobile app was coming, but it makes sense given the incredible popularity of ChatGPT. The AI chatbot launched last November but rocketed in use. Some outside estimates suggest the app attracted 100 million users by January this year, though OpenAI has never confirmed these figures.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Free because Apple is paying them for the data that is collects.

That's just not the Apple way. As a matter of principle and in accordance with their underlying philosophy Apple always charges us for the products it uses to spy on us and collect our data.

Re:Free because Apple is paying them for the data

[joh]

It's as free as the web site is free. If you want ChatGPT Plus you have to pay for it just as when you use it in your browser. Apple has nothing to do with this data.

Re: Free because Apple is paying them for the data

[Plugh]

Do not feed the troll

Indeed. Do not feed any part of GAFAM.

Income

[michaelmalak]

Seems elitist given that iPhone users earn 40% more than Android users. And there are 3x as many Android users. https://www.comscore.com/ita/Public-Relations/Infographics/iPhone-Users-Earn-Higher-Income-Engage-More-on-Apps-than-Android-Users [comscore.com]

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[wwphx]

Wow! I didn't know I was elite! I know that I'm supposed to get a raise July 1 that brings me up to $15.90! I'm rolling in it!

This is exactly why they needed to make an app

[anonymouscoward52236]

The stupidity of this headline: "The AI chatbot launched last November but rocketed in use. Some outside estimates suggest the app attracted 100 million users by January this year, though OpenAI has never confirmed these figures."

A website is not "an app". OpenAI never had an app. That's the whole point of this article. I guess that's why they need to make an official app. Too much crap in the marketplace pretending to be a ChatGPT app, and not enough users that know how to load a website.

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[nospam007]

"A website is not "an app". OpenAI never had an app. That's the whole point of this article. I guess that's why they need to make an official app. Too much crap in the marketplace pretending to be a ChatGPT app, and not enough users that know how to load a website."

Indeed, just save the ChatGPT page to your home-screen and you have an 'app'.

Not available in Germany

[Moritz Moeller - Her]

Apparently blocked by openai. Not so open after all.

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[knuermpf]

RTFA!