You can now message ChatGPT on WhatsApp or call it on your landline (if you still have one)

Date:
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:01:25 +0000

Description:
OpenAI releases ChatGPT phone number and WhatsApp bot.

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Day 10 of the 12 Days of OpenAI went a little retro to make ChatGPT far more accessible than before. OpenAI has introduced new ways to interact with ChatGPT using a much older form of communication technology: a phone number. Specifically, you can text with ChatGPT through WhatsApp and by calling a toll-free phone number. AI by landline has arrived. Naturally, the number to call or message is 1-800-CHATGPT.

You can start a conversation with ChatGPT on WhatsApp by texting 1-800-242-8478 on the app. You can message ChatGPT like any other WhatsApp chatbot but get responses matching those from the free tier of ChatGPT on the mobile app or website. Not every ChatGPT feature is available on WhatsApp either. You cant ask the AI to search for things online or analyze images, at least for now.

If youd rather have your AI answers by audio, you can pick up your phone to dial 1-800-CHATGPT (thats 1-800-242-8478), and a very friendly, very human-like female voice will answer all the same queries you might type out
to send to ChatGPT. The experience is pretty much like ChatGPTs Advanced
Voice Mode, where you ask questions, and the AI responds in real-time. It can help you translate a sentence, give recommendations, or chat about whatevers on your mind. Even if you still you have a phone like this, you can call ChatGPT. (Image credit: Future) Search AI

There are obvious accessibility benefits to OpenAI in making ChatGPT far more globally available, even with all of the limits and caveats. Its the same reason Google set up a phone number for Google Assistant that people could call to interact with the voice assistant. But, it also points to how OpenAI and its rivals want to see AI integrated into more communication channels. Thats why both OpenAI and Apple were keen to add ChatGPT capabilities to
Siri, augmenting the iOS assistant with the AI model.

There are also limits to ChatGPT on WhatsApp and by phone. You can only message ChatGPT on WhatsApp a limited amount a day, though OpenAI is vague about what that limit actually is. Youll get a warning when you approach the limit, so youre not surprised by the cutoff. Similarly, ChatGPT phone conversations aren't unlimited. Instead of a message cap, you get 15 minutes
a month for verbal interactions with the AI. And the phone number only works in the U.S. for now. An automated phone number was certainly a surprise for OpenAIs latest present, akin to finding an old wooden train under the
wrapping paper. I'd expect that OpenAI will probably take a more
future-facing approach to the final two gifts before the event ends. You
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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/you-can-now-messag e-chatgpt-on-whatsapp-or-call-it-on-your-landline-if-you-still-have-one


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