Re: ChatGPT comes to WhatsApp

Andrew wrote on Thu, 19 Dec 2024 02:31:25 -0000 (UTC) :

ChatGPT comes to WhatsApp
 <https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt/chatgpt-comes-to-whatsapp-heres-how-to-message-the-ai-chatbot-for-free>
 WhatsApp will allow 1-800-CHATGPT (1-800-242-8478) as a contact in WhatsApp
from anywhere in the world. This is a way to let people engage with AI even
if they're on a low-data mobile connection.
 Users in the U.S. can call ChatGPT and have a voice conversation with the
AI. This uses the same technology behind Realtime API.
 This is especially important for iOS because an iPhone is basically a dumb
terminal, devoid of almost all "walled-garden" functionality without
constant and forever 24/7/365 logging into Apple's Cupertino main frame
tracking servers on the Internet.
 With ChatGPT on WhatsApp users will be able to ask questions like they were
talking to a human, and do so without all the web overheads of the ChatGPT
app.
 It uses the same GPT-4o-mini model that comes with the free version of
ChatGPT.

I had forgotten to mention that, in addition to the world-wide WhatsApp
chatgpt contact, you can also just call that same number directly using
your normal cellular connection, even if you have zero data - and the
ChatGPT AI will "talk" to you verbally.
It's the same number for cellular calls as for the WhatsApp chatgpt
connection. 1-800-CHATGPT (1-800-242-8478) but it may only work for USA and
Canadian phone numbers according to this site I just checked for details.
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10193193-1-800-chatgpt-calling-and-messaging-chatgpt-with-your-phone
But the WhatsApp connection is said to be world wide. It worked for me but I'm in the USA. Does it work for you in the UK?