ChatGPT, one of the most popular AI chat programs with over 180 million users, is facing increasing competition from Google’s Bard and Anthropic’s Claude 2. OpenAI has recently expanded its scope, partnering with startup Humane to launch a physical AI device, AI pin, a wearable AI virtual assistant. The pause in new sign-ups could lead to a temporary decrease in new users of GPTs, which are only available to Plus subscribers.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI has temporarily halted new sign-ups for the premium version of its AI tool, ChatGPT Plus, due to a surge in usage and capacity issues.
- The decision follows a week of outages related to high demand and DDoS attacks on OpenAI services, including ChatGPT and the API.
- Despite the pause, users can still check in within the app to be notified when subscriptions reopen.
- OpenAI has recently expanded its scope, partnering with startup Humane to launch a physical AI device, AI pin, a wearable AI virtual assistant.