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ChatGPT Debuts Premium Version With Enhanced Users Experience
The new service aims to provide users with a premium experience that includes faster response times, priority access to new features and improvements, and access to ChatGPT during peak times.
American artificial intelligence company OpenAI, makers of AI chatbot ChatGPT, have rolled out a premium version “ChatGPT plus” which comes with an enhanced user experience.
The new service aims to provide users with a premium experience that includes faster response times, priority access to new features and improvements, and access to ChatGPT during peak times.
The ChatGPT plus comes with a subscription plan of $20 per month which is launching only in the United States for now. Meanwhile, Open AI is starting to invite people on its waiting list to use the ChatGPT plus and intends to expand access and support to other countries and regions shortly.
The company wrote in a blog post,
“We launched ChatGPT as a research preview so we could learn more about the system’s strengths and weaknesses and gather user feedback to help us improve upon its limitations,
“Since then, millions of people have given us feedback, we’ve made several important updates and we’ve seen users find value across a range of professional use cases including drafting and editing content, brainstorming ideas, programming help, and learning new topics.”
Investors King understands that the newly launched “ChatGPT Plus” which comes with a monthly subscription fee will not in any way affect the free usage of the chatbot after the company noted that it values its free users.
Open AI disclosed that it will continue to offer free access to ChatGPT while noting that the subscription pricing model will help ensure free access remains broadly available. The company also disclosed its plan to refine and expand this offering based on users’ feedback and needs.
The launch of ChatGPT plus which comes with a subscription fee of $20 per month shouldn’t come as a surprise after the CEO last year hinted at possible monetization plans.
Recall that last year December, the company’s CEO Sam Altam took to Twitter to announce that ChatGPT had crossed 1 million users. Under the tweet, a user asked if the service will remain free forever. He responded by saying that there are possible plans to monetize it at some point, noting that the compute costs are eye-watering.
Meanwhile, the evolution toward paid versions is often a common playbook for newer technologies, where companies at first release free or very low-cost versions to attract users and then monetize it later.