Here Are All the Companies Using ChatGPT…So Far
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the world by storm since its release in November 2022, and has demonstrated its ability to pass medical licensing exams, write erotica, and even trick a TaskRabbit employee into solving a CAPTCHA for it. Now, companies want a piece of the pie. Over the past few weeks, companies like Microsoft, Duolingo, and Snap Inc. have tried (and some have failed) to implement the impressive chatbot or its generative pre-trained transformer either into their products or into their workforces.
Click on to see which companies have bought into the ChatGPT and OpenAI hype.
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Bing
Bing was one of the first OpenAI collaborators to market. While competitor Google announced its own AI called Bard to power its search engine, Bing unveiled its ChatGPT fueled search engine dubbed “Prometheus” in early February. However, once Bing’s AI brain started talking about its feelings and identifying as Sydney, Microsoft pulled the plug on Bing AI’s alter ego later that month. While Sydney’s gone, the search engine still uses ChatGPT.
Microsoft
The Bing parent company is totally fine with its employees using ChatGPT in their workflows, as long as they’re not inputting sensitive data into the tech according to a report from Insider.
Insider
Speaking of Insider, the news outlet’s Editor in Chief Nicholas Carlson revealed through an internal memo last month that staff writers could begin experimenting with AI like ChatGPT. “I’ve spent many hours working with ChatGPT, and I can already tell having access to it is going to make me a better global editor-in-chief for Insider,” Carlson said in the memo. Shortly after the announcement, Insider laid off 10% of its workforce, but told Gizmodo that it has nothing to do with ChatGPT.
Duolingo
The ever popular language learning app Duolingo has announced Duolingo Max, a new subscription tier that is built with OpenAI’s GPT-4. Duolingo Max’s goal is to give everyone language lessons that are tailored to them and them alone using the artificial intelligence to generate features like “Explain My Answer” and “Roleplay.”
New York City Public Schools
The New York City school district recently reversed its ban on allowing students to use ChatGPT. The district previously announced it would be banning ChatGPT use in classrooms in January. New York City Education Department spokesperson Jenna Lyle told Gizmodo that ChatGPT “does not build critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, which are essential for academic and lifelong success.” The school district has now reversed course and David Banks, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, said the decision to ban was motivated by “knee-jerk fear and risk.”
Slack
ChatGPT is coming to Slack. Salesforce unveiled the news that everyone’s favorite office messaging software will be getting an AI-powered assistant named Einstein that can draft replies, summarize threads, or do external research without leaving Slack.
Snap Inc.
Snapchat is only technically getting the GPT of ChatGPT, which stands for “generative pre-trained transformer.” Snapchat unveiled My AI which is chatbot using “the latest version of OpenAI’s GPT technology that we’ve customized for Snapchat,” according to the company. So it’s basically ChatGPT...but different... Anyone paying the $3.99 per month for Snapchat Plus already has access.
Genies
Akash Nigham, CEO of web3 avatar startup Genies, is spending at least $2,400 monthly on ChatGPT Plus subscriptions for every employee at the company. The CEO believes that access to ChatGPT can help employees automate monotonous tasks as well as improve the company’s profits. Nigam further claimed that he’s already seen work accelerate with the help of ChatGPT, despite his workforce only using the AI for a month at the time the news broke.
Koo
Koo is a Twitter rival that recently brought ChatGPT to the platform to help users write their microblogs. Co-founder Mayank Bidawatka said in a press release, “We are always looking for ways to make content creation easy for our users and the integration with ChatGPT will provide creators with intelligent help at their fingertips.”
Coca-Cola
Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm that has partnered with OpenAI to help leverage ChatGPT and other OpenAI products in the business space. Bain & Company’s first target for its new AI-powered workflow is Coca-Cola, though both parties are being incredibly vague on what that collaboration might look like.
“We are excited to unleash the next generation of creativity offered by this rapidly emerging technology,” said James Quincey, chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, in a Bain & Company press release. “We see opportunities to enhance our marketing through cutting-edge AI, along with exploring ways to improve our business operations and capabilities.”
Quizlet
Quizlet is every college student’s favorite digital flashcard maker and Q-Chat is the company’s foray into AI. Q-Chat features ChatGPT and “uses the Socratic method to promote critical thinking by helping to deepen your understanding and to keep your learning fun and interesting” according to the Quizlet.
Instacart
Instacart announced recently that the company would be bringing ChatGPT to the grocery delivery service’s app some time this year. “Ask Instacart” will reportedly provide customers with shoppable answers. Theoretically you could ask Ask Instacart for a recipe to make lemon squares, and then get a complete shopping list with it.
Shopify
Say 'hello' to your new shopping BFF: the @Shop app's ChatGPT powered assistant is ready to talk products, trends, and maybe even the meaning of life 🤖 pic.twitter.com/IE9UlxxbeR
— Shop (@shop) March 1, 2023
Shopify has added ChatGPT to the company’s Shop app that, like Ask Instacart, can help shoppers identify products that they want using various prompts.
Ghost
Catch Social’s messaging app Ghost is an anonymous social media app geared at teens, kinda like that app Gas that was also anonymous and for teens, with the twist of ChatGPT. Users in group chats can ask ChatGPT questions according to TechCrunch.
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