OpenAI will soon allow users to use its AI chatbot, ChatGPT, for free, even if they don't have an account. Since ChatGPT's launch in late 2022, users have had to sign up for the platform to use the generative AI chatbot. Some of OpenAI's higher-end products, including GPT-4 Turbo and DALL-E 3, now need a subscription.

Highlights:

• OpenAI will offer ChatGPT for free without requiring account signup.
• GPT-4 Turbo access still requires registration and payment.
• Move aims to increase accessibility and compete with rivals like Google's Gemini.

While the trial version of ChatGPT based on GPT-3.5 is capable of being used without an account, users must pay money and register an OpenAI account to utilize the more powerful version of the chatbot based on GPT-4 Turbo. GPT-3.5, in instance, is significantly more likely to make mistakes or offer incorrect information than its higher-end counterpart.

Users must also register an account in order to save and check their chat history, exchange messages, and use advanced features like voice conversations and custom instructions. The Sam Altman-led company is also permitting some further 'content controls' for unregistered users, such as rejecting requests for a 'wider range of categories'.

ChatGPT has become the most popular artificial intelligence provider in the world, with nearly 1.6 billion visits in February, in line with SimilarWeb facts. 

However, ChatGPT is below competition from Google's Gemini and Amazon-backed Anthropic, both of which have lately unveiled AI models able to match with OpenAI's brand new technologies. With the launch of the new login-free expertise, OpenAI may be hoping to increase visitors to its website.

OpenAI also hinted to this reason in a blog post, noting, "It is central to our goal to make tools like ChatGPT widely available so that everyone can reap the benefits of AI." More than 100 million individuals in 185 countries use ChatGPT every week to learn something new, discover new ideas, and get answers to their issues. Beginning today, you can make use of ChatGPT without having to join up. We're introducing this gradually, with the goal of making AI available for everyone inquisitive about its capabilities."