The intelligence built into ChatGPT may be artificial, but the creators of the wildly popular chatbot hope it can do something people have been striving for all along: make money.
OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, will soon launch a paid version of the service in a pilot project where people willing to spend $20 per month will get a premium version of the product.
Starting soon, US customers who sign up for the program will get preferential access to the service, even during peak demand times when many users are currently locked out.
They’ll also get faster response times to their requests and priority access to new features and improvements as they roll out.
For now, the subscription service will only be available to users in the US.
The hugely popular service has its critics
The service has taken the world by storm since its launch in November, becoming the first mass-market AI viral tool.
But ChatGPT is not without its critics. Detractors have already raised red flags about the service’s potential to lead to job losses as well as being a haven for plagiarism and fraud.
In a blog post, the California-based company said it is also exploring other options for its business, including lower-cost plans, general subscriptions for enterprise customers and data bundles.
But the free version is here to stay, they say.
“We love our free users and will continue to offer free access to ChatGPT,” the company said. “By offering this subscription pricing, we’ll be able to help keep free access to as many people as possible.”
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