Highlights:

  • ChatGPT grants access to OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 generative AI model, enabling it to mimic human conversations, respond to inquiries, compose poetry, and analyze documents of various lengths.
  • OpenAI emphasized that when individuals interact with the ChatGPT open access initiative, their messages might be utilized to refine and train the model further.

OpenAI recently announced that its highly popular artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, is now accessible without logging in.

With over 100 million users in 185 countries, the firm announced that it will start implementing the feature gradually with the “aim to make AI accessible to anyone curious about its capabilities.”

In its basic form, ChatGPT grants access to OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 generative AI model, enabling it to mimic human conversations, respond to inquiries, compose poetry, and analyze documents of various lengths. To unlock access to GPT-4, a significantly more sophisticated and potent model, users must subscribe to the ChatGPT Plus service, which also grants access to web search functionality.

OpenAI emphasized that when individuals interact with the ChatGPT open access initiative, their messages might be utilized to refine and train the model further. However, users who prefer not to contribute to the model’s training can opt out of the settings, even without needing to log in.

In the release, the business said, “We’ve also introduced additional content safeguards for this experience, such as blocking prompts and generations in a wider range of categories.”

Indeed, without an account, users may miss out on some of the newer and more intriguing features that OpenAI has recently integrated into its AI chatbot. These include features like saving chat history for future reference and engaging in voice conversations. Users without accounts can also not utilize custom instructions, which enable users to tailor how ChatGPT responds to their queries or retains basic information about them across different chat sessions.

Users without an account visit chat.openai.com will encounter the same interface as logged-in users, albeit in a significantly simplified version. Users can also not upgrade to the subscription version, ChatGPT Plus, which offers additional perks for USD 20 a month, without registering for an account.