ChatGPT was initially obtainable solely on browsers, however since then, OpenAI has expanded entry to cellular and desktop apps. In December, OpenAI took it a step additional by including a toll-free 1-800-CHATGPT quantity, the place customers can entry the chatbot with a fast dial and even textual content it on WhatsApp. The expertise has simply acquired an improve.
New ChatGPT expertise in WhatsApp
On Monday, OpenAI introduced that customers might now add photographs within the WhatsApp chat, identical to they’d when utilizing the chatbot on the browser or app. This characteristic is useful for multimodal help, the place referencing a photograph provides helpful context that higher informs ChatGPT's response.
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For instance, if you wish to know the identify of a plant or vegetable, you possibly can merely add the picture and ask ChatGPT instantly in WhatsApp. Extra elaborate duties of that nature embrace taking a photograph of an indication to ask for a translation or displaying it fridge substances and asking for a recipe.
To reinforce ChatGPT's multimodal help in WhatsApp even additional, customers can now ship it audio messages within the chat and obtain textual content responses, identical to the common Voice Mode expertise obtainable in ChatGPT.
Find out how to get began
The ChatGPT in WhatsApp expertise is free, and to get began, all you must do is obtain the app and message ChatGPT as you’ll another contact. You can too scan the QR code beneath, which can stroll you thru the sign-up course of.
Sometimes, when accessing ChatGPT by WhatsApp, customers had been topic to the messaging limits of non-logged-in, free accounts, which included a restrict of 15-minute ChatGPT calls per 30 days. Nevertheless, beginning in the present day, OpenAI is rolling out the power for customers to hyperlink their ChatGPT Plus, Free, or Professional accounts on WhatsApp, leading to expanded entry for all customers throughout the app.
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Some benefits of utilizing WhatsApp to entry ChatGPT as a substitute of different strategies embrace not having to obtain an extra app or change contexts from the platform you employ to textual content your loved ones and buddies to message ChatGPT.