ChatGPT parent OpenAI has announced the launch of its iOS app, allowing users to access its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on the go. OpenAI will start the app rollout in the U.S. and then expand to additional countries in the coming weeks. The AI company says that ChatGPT will come to Android devices soon.

"Since the release of ChatGPT, we've heard from users that they love using ChatGPT on the go. Today, we're launching the ChatGPT app for iOS," the Microsoft-backed company says in a statement.

The ChatGPT app will be free to use and without any ads. It will sync user history across devices and integrate Whisper, OpenAI's open-source speech-recognition system, enabling voice input.

ChatGPT Plus subscribers get exclusive access to GPT-4's capabilities, early access to features and faster response times, all on iOS, the company says.

OpenAI says ChatGPT users will get "precise information without sifting through ads or multiple results" on their mobile phones.

The company says users can seek "guidance on cooking, travel plans, or crafting thoughtful messages."

ChatGPT users can generate gift ideas, outline presentations, write a poem, boost productivity with idea feedback, note summarisation, and technical topic assistance, the company says.

"We're eager to see how you use the app. As we gather user feedback, we’re committed to continuous feature and safety improvements for ChatGPT," says OpenAI

"With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we're taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people, while continuously making them more accessible," it adds.

The announcement comes days after India's cybersecurity watchdog said artificial intelligence language-based models like ChatGPT, Bard and Bing AI among others can be used by 'threat actors' to target individuals and organisations. Someone could use the application to write malicious codes, exploit the vulnerability, and conduct scanning to construct malware or ransomware for a targeted system, warned the cybersecurity watchdog.

"AI based applications can generate output in the form of text as written by human. This can be used to disseminate fake news, scams, generate misinformation, create phishing messages, or produce deep fake texts," cautioned CERT-In.

GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) architecture-based applications are gaining popularity in the cyber world. The applications are designed for understanding and generating human-like natural languages, codes, and embedding.

In January, Microsoft Corp had announced a multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT owner OpenAI in an effort to commercialise the advanced AI technologies across its consumer and enterprise products.

Microsoft had said this is the third phase of its long-term partnership with OpenAI. "This agreement follows our previous investments in 2019 and 2021. It extends our ongoing collaboration across AI supercomputing and research and enables each of us to independently commercialize the resulting advanced AI technologies," the Redmond, Washington-based company said.

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