On Thursday, OpenAI launched an early Home windows model of its first ChatGPT app for Home windows, following a Mac model that launched in Could. Presently, it is solely obtainable to subscribers of Plus, Crew, Enterprise, and Edu variations of ChatGPT, and customers can obtain it free of charge within the Microsoft Retailer for Home windows.
OpenAI is positioning the discharge as a beta check. “That is an early model, and we plan to convey the total expertise to all customers later this 12 months,” OpenAI writes on the Microsoft Retailer entry for the app. (Apparently, ChatGPT exhibits up as being rated “T for Teen” by the ESRB within the Home windows retailer, regardless of not being a online game.)
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A screenshot of the brand new Home windows ChatGPT app captured on October 18, 2024.
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Upon opening the app, OpenAI requires customers to log right into a paying ChatGPT account, and from there, the app is mainly an identical to the online browser model of ChatGPT. You may presently use it to entry a number of fashions: GPT-4o, GPT-4o with Canvas, 01-preview, 01-mini, GPT-4o mini, and GPT-4. Additionally, it might probably generate photos utilizing DALL-E 3 or analyze uploaded information and pictures.
When you’re operating Home windows 11, you possibly can immediately name up a small ChatGPT window when the app is open utilizing an Alt+House shortcut (it didn’t work in Home windows 10 once we tried). That could possibly be helpful for asking ChatGPT a fast query at any time.
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A screenshot of the brand new Home windows ChatGPT app itemizing within the Microsoft Retailer captured on October 18, 2024.
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Benj Edwards
And similar to the online model, all of the AI processing takes place within the cloud on OpenAI’s servers, which implies an Web connection is required.
In order normal, chat like someone’s watching, and do not depend on ChatGPT as a factual reference for necessary selections—GPT-4o specifically is nice at telling you what you wish to hear, whether or not it is right or not. As OpenAI says in a small disclaimer on the backside of the app window: “ChatGPT could make errors.”
