ChatGPT, one of the most popular AI-powered chatbots in the world is free to use, but requires users to sign up for an OpenAI account. However, the company has now announced that users will no longer require an account to use the AI-powered chatbot.
In a blog post, OpenAI said that while users don’t need to sign in to their accounts, the company may use the inputs you ask ChatGPT for to improve its large language model. However, if you don’t want the AI chatbot to use your data to improve itself, users will be able to opt out of it by heading over to the chatbot’s settings and turning off the “Improve the mode for everyone” toggle.
Here’s how to opt out of the setting. (Image Source: OpenAI)
While you can ask ChatGPT about anything without an account, users will have to sign in to their OpenAI account if they want to save and review chat history, get voice responses and share the results generated with others. Another thing to note here is that you will still need to sign in if you want to use the paid version or other OpenAI products like DALL-E 3.
OpenAI also said that it has “introduced additional content safeguards” to block prompts and generations in a wider range of categories, but did not share specifics. Used by more than 100 million people in 185 countries every week, OpenAI says the ability to use the chatbot without an account is gradually rolling out, so if ChatGPT is still asking for an account, you might have to wait a while before the restrictions are removed in your area.