Several apps attempt to impersonate OpenAI’s ChatGPT tool on the App Store. Of course, they require a subscription.
It didn’t take long before ill-intentioned people were riding the wave of ChatGPT’s success. Shameless copies of OpenAI’s intelligent chatbot are flourishing on the App Store and trapping many users. Often less efficient, these applications also require a subscription.
“Chat GPT – AI Chat GPT 3 Bot”, “ChatGPT – Open AI GPT Chat Bot”, or even “ChatGPT: AI Chat with GPT-3”, most use the name of the official service. In addition, responsible developers mention very discreetly that their application “is not affiliated with OpenAI”, to protect themselves. When they don’t just gloss over that fact. In parallel, the ChatGPT logo is copied and slightly modified to deceive the user. In other words, everything is done to hide the fact that it is a third-party and unofficial application.
Top Productivity apps
In practice, the operation of these counterfeits is simple. The AI used provides answers in the same way as ChatGPT would, except that these are generally less relevant. However, access is frequently conditioned. Some applications provide a limited number of queries, but others prefer to skip this step. For example, the application “ChatGPT – Open AI GPT Chat Bot” directly imposes a subscription of 10 dollars per month in exchange for its services.
At first glance, these crude copies should not fool more than a few people. However, several of them are found in the top applications in the “Productivity” category. Be careful, therefore, not to be fooled. As a reminder, the official OpenAI ChatGPT tool does not have any app on any store. Whether on iOS or Android. The chatbot, on the other hand, is available for free on the company’s website.