The change could lead to improvements in ChatGPT, but it raises concerns as well.
As of April 1, anyone can visit chat.openai.com and begin interacting with ChatGPT 3.5.
OpenAI is rolling out the access gradually, the company said in a blog post.
ChatGPT also offers a subscription tier.
(GPT-4 is also available for freevia Microsoft Copilot.)
The upsides are numerous for both OpenAI and the public.
For starters, you’ve got the option to immediately try out what ChatGPT has to offer.
“We wouldn’t want Google to require accounts for search, for example,” Mir said.
That includes blocking prompts and outputs in a wider range of categories.
Gartner’s Frank said letting anyone dive right into using an AI chatbot is not without its dangers.
“We’ve certainly learned that on the internet anonymity has its risks,” he said.
But he questioned whether OpenAI is the right body to be regulating itself.
