ChatGPT is an amazing tool, available for free online. But free has a price and the maintenance of the software costs millions of dollars per month to the creator of OpenAI, which launches a paid subscription, called ChatGPT Professional.
ChatGPT is a huge global success, there is no doubt. But AI is also burning the OpenAI creator’s pocket, with the company being forced to pay millions of dollars a month to keep the chatbot free. It’s no surprise, then, that as OpenAI seeks billions in funding from its close partner Microsoft, the company eis experimenting with ways to monetize its software.
ChatGPT is experimenting with a Pro, paid version
In the official AI Discord chat, OpenAI shared a waiting list for what the company is calling ChatGPT Professional, a paid and experimental version of ChatGPT, with all the advantages you expect. OpenAI says ChatGPT Professional will offer quick answers, without limitation and will always be available. It will give users at least double the daily number of replies compared to the free version.
“ We’re starting to think about how to monetize ChatGPT (early thinking, nothing official to share yet) ,” the company said in a post on Discord. ” Our goal is to continue to improve and maintain the service, and monetization is one of the ways we are looking to ensure its long-term viability. »
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While Google is worried about ChatGPT and Microsoft is studying OpenAI’s GPT for Word, Outlook and PowerPoint, anyone can sign up for the ChatGPT Professional pilot project. Note that you can set a free price.
Although a number of companies have worked on AI chatbots similar to (and most likely superior to) ChatGPT, OpenAI’s decision to make the tool free for anyone to access online has proven to be a good one. This created a huge buzz around the chatbot, internet users experimenting with the software in different ways, from writing academic papers to creating chat lines for dating apps.
