‘Chat GPT’ can now be used over the phone fairly than the web. Like ARS, it is a technique of getting a voice conversation with ChatGPT using the ‘call’ function of mobile phones and landlines.
On the 18th (local time), on the tenth day of the announcement event on the twelfth, OpenAI announced which you can seek advice from ChatGPT by calling ‘1-800-242-8478 (1-800-CHATGPT)’ in the USA. It was stated that the intention is to permit it for use even in situations where there isn’t a web connection.
“Our mission is to learn all of humanity through artificial general intelligence (AGI), and to make a few of it accessible to as many individuals as possible,” OpenAI Chief Product Officer (CPO) Kevin Weil said in a live stream that day. “Starting today, we’re taking our development to the subsequent level and bringing ChatGPT to your phones,” he said.
This function utilizes the ‘Advanced Voice Mode (AVM)’ of ‘GPT-4o’. AVM is currently available to paid ChatGPT users.
Since it is an easy call method, functions corresponding to understanding video or uploading files don’t work. As a substitute, it handles tasks corresponding to answering user questions and translating them into other languages.
US users could make free calls for quarter-hour. After that, the decision ends. The telecommunication company’s standard rates apply, and no separate usage fees are charged. It was not revealed whether it could expand outside the USA.
ChatGPT was also applied to Meta’s SNS platform ‘WhatsApp’, which is utilized by 2 billion people world wide. Built-in to WhatsApp, there isn’t a must log in individually. This feature applies to all users world wide.
There may be also a every day usage limit here. You’ll receive a notification if you approach the limit. Also, like phone calls, only basic chat is feasible, and multimodal or web search just isn’t supported. OpenAI announced that it plans so as to add various features to the WhatsApp version, but didn’t disclose after they shall be applied.
The launch of phone calls and WhatsApp is a measure to extend user accessibility. CEO Sam Altman said that ChatGPT currently has 300 million weekly energetic users, and the goal is to extend this to 1 billion next yr.
“The team created a phone version a couple of weeks ago, and we loved it,” said CPO Weil. “We’re working hard to make ChatGPT easy for anyone to make use of.”
Meanwhile, there at the moment are two days left until OpenAI’s announcement event on the twelfth. To this point, the next announcements have been made: ▲o1-Pro and ChatGPT Pro plans launched ▲Sora launched ▲video recognition added ▲canvas and search released totally free ▲project launch ▲o1 fine-tuning and API update ▲Siri integration, etc.
Reporter Lim Da-jun ydj@aitimes.com
