OpenAI Sets $20 Monthly Subscriber Plan for ChatGPT

"OpenAI is launching a paid subscription version of its artificial-intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.

The new subscription service is called ChatGPT Plus and will have a $20 monthly fee, the company announced Wednesday. The subscription includes access to the chatbot during peak usage times. The current free version limits service to users during periods when usage is high.

Subscribers will also get early access to new features and improvements and faster response times from the chatbot.

The new subscription program will initially be available in the U.S. and later expand to other countries, OpenAI said. Interested users can sign up for a wait list to the subscription service, the company said. OpenAI will begin inviting people over from the wait list in the coming weeks.

OpenAI will continue to offer free access to ChatGPT. The subscription service will help support free access for the chatbot, the company said. OpenAI is also exploring options for lower-cost plans and business plans.

ChatGPT allows users to type questions to the bot and receive written responses powered by artificial intelligence. It can even write poems and essays. Some industry observers have said ChatGPT could offer a potential alternative to current search engines in the future, though the company has said that the program's outputs often contained factual errors.

Last month, Microsoft Corp. said it would invest several billion dollars in OpenAI after previously investing in 2019 and 2021." [1]

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