ChatGPT: OpenAI plans to launch its own app; the news should shake up the app industry

In recent years, the OpenAI has been recognized as one of the leading artificial intelligence companies, revolutionizing several sectors with its innovations. The company surprised the world by announcing a radical change in its business model: offering for free what was previously charged by several applications.

This bold move by OpenAI had a profound impact on the industry, shaking up a market that was previously lucrative for many companies. With the arrival of ChatGPT in late 2022, artificial intelligence has become popular as it has a free version for users.

OpenAI stands out among users for offering free services

With ChatGPT, users can interact with the OpenAI-trained language model, asking questions, seeking advice, receiving explanations, and more. The virtual assistant uses its vast knowledge, acquired from a vast dataset, to provide relevant and useful answers to users.

The popularity of OpenAI’s AI website has led to a surge in demand for an app version of the chatbot, which does not yet exist. However, some malicious individuals have seen this search as an opportunity to profit by offering apps disguised as ChatGPT.

Some of them are advertised in smartphone app stores with the ChatGPT image. However, these third-party versions are paid versions. As a result, the exploiters profit financially by charging for a service that, in its original version, is free.

Now, OpenAI is set to launch an app version of its chatbot, following numerous requests from users. This means that the profits from pirated versions of the chatbot are likely to be significantly reduced.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altamn confirmed that the company is developing an app, which will initially be available for iOS smartphones. Android devices will receive the chatbot app shortly after, but the leader did not provide an official release date.