Snapchat AI Bot Could Be the Easiest Way to Access ChatGPT
There is no doubt that artificial intelligence, especially ChatGPT , is all the rage right now. It has never been so easy to try out AI technology without paying a dime. However, there is still a barrier to entry, albeit a small one, that may prevent some from diving into the next big thing in tech. Snapchat may have just changed that by introducing their ChatGPT-based AI bot to all users around the world .
What is “My AI” Snapchat?
An artificial intelligence Snapchat bot called My AI actually launched in March as a Snapchat+ exclusive . However, if you’re among the vast majority that don’t pay for Snapchat, you might not have known about the feature at all.
Like many AI tools available these days, My AI is powered by OpenAI’s GPT API, the underlying technology behind ChatGPT. This means that for Snapchat’s 375 million daily active users, My AI could be the easiest and most affordable way to access artificial intelligence like ChatGPT. I think it’s great, but there may not be teachers and professors all over the country.
You don’t need an OpenAI account and you don’t need to know anything about tokens or payment plans . All you have to do to access the AI is open Snapchat, click on “My AI” and ask it any question. You can request an essay on the French Revolution, a code snippet for creating a simple Pong game in Java, or a weekly lunch schedule. Indeed, the limitation of My AI, like all GPT-based AI programs, is usually up to your creativity.
Because it’s built into Snapchat, the app also has My AI usage privileges. Chief among them is the friendly nature of the AI. Snap has clearly designed the My AI experience to be more like texting a friend. ChatGPT is a bit neutral (maybe even cold) and My AI is excited and interested in you. You will have no problem starting a conversation, and quickly . He asked me how my day was going and replied to my message: “Not too much! Work and all that” with “Oh, gotcha. What do you do at work?” Did I lie to my new chatbot friend? Yes. Did I have fun pretending I was actually a full-time chef? Also yes.
It reminds me a bit of messaging with the AIM SmarterChild bot , even if my AI is a lot smarter than that kid.
Also, you can send snapshots to My AI and the AI responds with a text message. You can also refer to My AI in group chats at any time: just type “@My AI” and you can request something from your AI bot for the whole group to see. Finally, you no longer need to send screenshots of your favorite ChatGPT interactions to your friends in order to properly annoy them with AI.
How to use My AI to access ChatGPT on Snapchat
My AI will appear at the top of your chats when it appears in your account. Once you accept the terms, you can start chatting. But Snap wants you to make My AI your AI. If you look at My AI’s “biography”, you can customize it by creating an avatar just like you would for your own Snap account. You can even give it a new name like SnapGPT. (You can get it for free.)
There are a few other Snapchat+ exclusives with SnapGPT – such as My AI. Snap says it will soon give My AI the ability to react to your snaps with its own “click”, likely featuring your AI custom avatar in the appropriate pose depending on the context of your snap. Whether it’s worth $3.99/month (or $29.99/year) for Snapchat+ is debatable.