OpenAI has introduced in a tweet that the official ChatGPT cell app is now obtainable in additional international locations. When OpenAI first unveiled its mobile app final week, the app was only obtainable on iOS and in the U.S. Now, many people living in Europe, South Korea, New Zealand and extra will have the flexibility to obtain the app from the App Store.
The ChatGPT app is a free app with none adverts. People who’re already conversant in ChatGPT will feel right at home as it’s principally only a way to interact with the chatbot — nothing more, nothing less.
Here’s the full record of nations the place the ChatGPT is now available: Albania, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, South Korea, the U.K. and the U.S. Once once more, the app is only available on iOS for now. In its unique announcement, OpenAI also promised that an Android app was “coming soon.”
When you open the app, you can begin typing textual content in a textual content field at the bottom of the display. It works identical to sending a message in any messenger app. While you presumably can dictate textual content using Apple’s built-in speech recognition characteristic, you can even leverage OpenAI’s open supply speech recognition system Whisper for voice input.
After you hit the send button, OpenAI processes your request and returns an AI-generated answer. You can comply with up with more data or ask for a special answer. The app supports code blocks and customers can copy and paste answers.
By default, ChatGPT saves your chat historical past and uses it for mannequin training. When this feature is enabled, additionally, you will be succesful of find your conversations on desktop. It’s worth noting that there’s no method to disable information sharing with out disabling chat history too.
If you’re a ChatGPT Plus subscriber, it is feasible for you to to access GPT-4’s capabilities via the mobile app. Users should also discover sooner response instances. ChatGPT Plus prices $20 per month on desktop and can be available as an in-app purchase in your native foreign money (€22.99 per 30 days in Europe, £19.99 in the U.K., etc.).
The timing of this growth, which includes a quantity of European international locations, is interesting as OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman is meeting European heads of states this week, such as France’s Emmanuel Macron, Spain’s Pedro Sánchez and the U.K.’s Rishi Sunak. Altman has expressed criticisms towards rushed AI regulatory coverage. And now, ChatGPT will be much more accessible in Europe as individuals will be able to say “just download the app.”
Image Credits: OpenAI (App Store screenshot)
