December 18th 2024.
Great news for WhatsApp users! OpenAI has announced that their popular chatbot, ChatGPT, will soon be integrated into the messaging platform. This means that not only can you exchange messages with the chatbot, but you can also speak to it directly on the phone. This exciting update will make it easier for anyone with a smartphone to access ChatGPT through a familiar and convenient channel.
With over two billion monthly active users, WhatsApp is the perfect platform for OpenAI to reach a wider audience. They hope that by making ChatGPT more accessible, even those who are not as tech-savvy will be more inclined to engage with the chatbot. And with its own dedicated phone number, anyone can now have a conversation with ChatGPT, no matter where they are.
OpenAI is determined to bring ChatGPT to as many users as possible. As the demand for computing power to run their AI models continues to skyrocket, they need to keep their investors happy. That's why this integration with WhatsApp is just one of the many exciting developments they have planned. In fact, they recently announced a new top-tier subscription priced at $200 a month, giving subscribers access to their most powerful AI models.
During a recent announcement livestream, OpenAI revealed that this integration with WhatsApp was actually a "hack week project" and was built in just a few weeks. It's part of their '12 days of Christmas' series of updates, which also includes a new AI text-to-video generator called Sora. However, they also mentioned that this WhatsApp version of ChatGPT is still experimental, so availability and limits may change in the future.
If you're thinking this sounds familiar, you're not mistaken. Apple has already been experimenting with integrating AI into their smartphones. But this initiative by OpenAI bears a striking resemblance to a project launched by Google back in 2007 called GOOG-411. It offered free directory assistance by voice, but was discontinued in 2010. While the official reason for its discontinuation was never given, some speculated that it was a way for Google to gather voice samples to improve their speech recognition software.
However, OpenAI has assured users that they will not be using data from the calls to train their large language models. So, there's no need to worry about your privacy being compromised. Currently, only US-based users will be able to call ChatGPT, but the text-based service will be available to WhatsApp users worldwide. This is just the beginning of what OpenAI has in store for their chatbot, and we can't wait to see what other amazing developments they have planned.
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