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ChatGPT app for iOS

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Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by aloer »

For people outside the US: use a second apple account with Region set to US.

I have used this many times for country specific public transport or delivery apps but same thing works here. You do not lose access to other apps, sync features or subscriptions.

Go into the App Store app, not your phone settings, click your profile and scroll all the way down to log out. Then log in with a US account, download the app and switch again.

You can continue using the US only apps after switching back

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by waboremo »

NikolaNovak wrote: post #93

I clicked on the link on my PC. Noted the name of the app ("Openai ChatGP") and the description ("The official app by OpenAI") I opened App Store on my iPhone and typed the name of the app, verbatim . The official/correct app was not in the first 20 entries (which is as far as I was willing to scroll). Which, to me: 1. Shows why an official app is needed even though the web version works perfectly fine on iPhone and…

To #3, to users the benefit is absolutely nothing. There are still so many garbage apps.

To Apple, the benefit is enormous. What happens when garbage apps get better ranking? Companies pay for that sponsored position. Once they do, Apple then starts ranking them better and gets to claim they "monitor quality" when it was never about quality on the App Store.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by williamstein »

glitchc wrote: post #82
williamstein wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The in-app purchase to upgrade to plus is very smooth…

Is the cancellation process just as smooth?

YES. It's extremely clear and easy, in multiple ways, both through the ChatGPT app and through the Subscriptions Tab in settings in iOS. This is one of those things that Apple does reasonable well, compared to some vendors.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by williamstein »

enraged_camel wrote: post #95
clnq wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is probably no other reason to bring this app to iOS and Android. ChatGPT works very well as a PWA added to home screens.

How does that work with voice input? I assume dictation?

I'm not answering your question, but I just tried voice input on the ChatGPT iOS app. They integrate their whisper model to directly do speech recognition, and it is always broken for me, with "There was an unexpected error (API.API.APIError, 0)" on any input. Of course, I can also just type the mic and use the normal iOS text-to-speech in the input box, and that works fine.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by golergka »

nozzlegear wrote: post #101
golergka wrote: post #34

Just this week, GPT-4 helped me: * Find new artists to listen that combine techno with psytrance * Navigate a tricky personal communication situation * Debug a LOT of different issues * Write new code in a language I'm not really familiar with * Explore political ideas through simulated debate * Search current visa requirements * Find answers to some random history questions * Calculate whether my tent would be blown…

(Disclaimer, I’m using gpt 3.5 or whatever is publicly available.) This week I used ChatGPT to help “diagnose” a medical issue my senior dog has developed with his eye. We noticed he very suddenly started walking into furniture, and his left eye has become sunken and half covered by his third eyelid. Our small town’s farm vet wasn’t equipped to deal with eye issues, and the second vet we saw was understaffed so they…

I've tried GPT-3 and GPT-3.5 since it's release. GPT-4 is such a fantastic improvement in terms of getting the facts right that I can't remember when was the last time it had misremembered things.

And just a couple of days ago they released the version with web search, and now I always ask it to search for information instead of trying to remember it, or at least to search to confirm that it remembers things right.

Sadly, search seems pretty unstable for now. But it's still a completely unique, once in a lifetime technology. I can't compare it to anything less than internet in terms of potential impact.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by [deleted] »

NikolaNovak wrote: post #93

I clicked on the link on my PC. Noted the name of the app ("Openai ChatGP") and the description ("The official app by OpenAI") I opened App Store on my iPhone and typed the name of the app, verbatim . The official/correct app was not in the first 20 entries (which is as far as I was willing to scroll). Which, to me: 1. Shows why an official app is needed even though the web version works perfectly fine on iPhone and…

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Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by stevanl »

ShamelessC wrote: post #110
notShabu wrote: post #104

Using "Add to Home Screen" for the chat.openai.com URL actually is better for now IMO. It has more features like selecting GPT-4 sub-models with browsing, plugins, etc... Kudos to the responsive CSS

> It has more features like selecting GPT-4 sub-models with browsing, plugins, etc... Well yeah, if you have early access to those features. Most do not.

FYI they're now available for everyone. Just need to enable them in ChatGPT settings.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by kposehn »

NikolaNovak wrote: post #93

I clicked on the link on my PC. Noted the name of the app ("Openai ChatGP") and the description ("The official app by OpenAI") I opened App Store on my iPhone and typed the name of the app, verbatim . The official/correct app was not in the first 20 entries (which is as far as I was willing to scroll). Which, to me: 1. Shows why an official app is needed even though the web version works perfectly fine on iPhone and…

> 1. Shows why an official app is needed even though the web version works perfectly fine on iPhone and is probably easier

Agreed that an official app is needed, clearly.

> 2. Doesn't actually seem to solve the problem

For now. Eventually it'll get sorted.

> 3. Puts to shame all the touted benefits of a "walled garden/closed ecosystem".

Despite having the same experience, I disagree with your conclusion.

It has nothing do with the "walled garden" and everything to do with Apple and OpenAI not paying attention to a rapidly emerging use case. The problem arose because OpenAI did not prioritize the initiative to make their own early enough, allowing hundreds of other developers to fill the void and muddy the waters, while Apple allowed these copycats into the App Store without really considering the customer experience.

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