Make Sure You Are Not Using ChatGPT Scam
It’s been six months since ChatGPT hit the scene , and the world has changed since then. From its ability to do seemingly anything you ask of it , to its launch of the AI revolution in big tech, the OpenAI gem is one of the most important tech releases in recent memory. In addition, now this application is forced to coexist in the App Store alongside fakes and fraudulent imitators. So make sure you are using the real one.
ChatGPT has an official app
While ChatGPT seems like the perfect mobile app, OpenAI didn’t set you free in the first six months of the bot’s life. If you want to use ChatGPT on the go, you’ll need to access it from the OpenAI website, which, while usable, by no means offers a perfect mobile experience.
Now, those of us using iOS can use the official app instead. OpenAI quietly launched the app on the iOS App Store on May 18 for US users only. A week later , they opened it to 11 more countries , including Albania, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Jamaica, Korea, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria and the UK.
I have to commend the OpenAI team for such a great use of haptic feedback in the iOS app. When you first launch it, its introductory messages are perfectly in sync with tactile vibrations, as are all ChatGPT responses. It’s not necessarily important, but I love that level of attention to detail.
In addition, this is the already familiar ChatGPT interface, optimized for iOS. If you subscribe to ChatGPT Plus for $20/month, you will get access to perks such as GPT-4, ChatGPT priority access, access to beta features, and faster speeds.
The two omissions at the moment are plugin support , which can be tricky for a mobile app anyway, and the Android version, which OpenAI vaguely says is “next”. You can download the official ChatGPT iOS app here . Just make sure it’s the one you’re downloading.
There are many fake ChatGPT applications out there.
Whether you’re looking for ChatGPT on the App Store or Play Store, you’ll find an endless sea of options vying for your attention. But there is only one official ChatGPT app, and it’s only on the iPhone.
As you probably guessed, 99% of these apps are third-party junk. We reviewed one earlier this year, based on a MacRumors report. “ChatGPT Chat GPT AI With GPT-3” (nothing suspicious there) attracted curious customers with a free download, as well as branding that at first glance made it look like an official OpenAI app. Of course, it wasn’t like that at all. .
In short, the app was offering you access to ChatGPT on their own terms, which meant they could put up barriers that didn’t exist in the real deal, including limiting the number of requests you could make and also showing you ads. He charged $7.99 a week or $49.99 a year for a service that was free.
The app was removed from the iOS App Store and Google Play Store back in January, but the original App Store link now leads to a similarly branded “AI Chat – Chatbot AI Assistant” app. It comes with a three-day free trial and then costs $69.99 per year. (I think even fraud is not immune to inflation.)
This is just one example of what BS users have to deal with when looking for a ChatGPT application. While the OpenAI app now ranks #1 in searches for “ChatGPT”, it still lags behind one of Apple’s ads , which usually promotes another fake ChatGPT app.
Ignore the garbage: you can download the OpenAI ChatGPT app right now and find out what the AI buzz is all about. If you’re willing to pay for it, you can and you’ll get great perks for your money. But you can also get the full AI experience without paying OpenAI (or the scammers) a dime.