May 01, 2023 12:05:00

'gpt4free', which made it possible to use paid 'GPT-4' for free, is threatened by OpenAI to 'appeal if it is not deleted'

In the chat AI “ChatGPT”, by subscribing to the paid plan “

ChatGPT Plus ”, the chat function using the high-performance language model “ GPT-4 ” announced in 2023 will be available. It became clear that the open source project `` gpt4free '', which allows you to use this GPT-4 chat function for free, has been requested to be deleted by OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT.

GitHub - xtekky/gpt4free: decentralizing the Ai Industry, just some language model api's...
https://github.com/xtekky/gpt4free

OpenAI Threatens Popular GitHub Project With Lawsuit Over API Use | Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/openai-sends-shutdown-letter-to-gpt4free

At the time of writing the article, ChatGPT's free plan allows you to use the chat function by 'GPT-3.5', and to use the chat function by 'GPT-4', which has greatly improved performance, subscribe to the paid plan ChatGPT Plus is needed. gpt4free is an open source project that makes GPT-4 chat functions available for free, and has attracted more than 18,000 stars on GitHub.

In order to use GPT-4 on ChatGPT, it is essential to subscribe to a paid plan, but the search engine 'Bing'

allows you to use the chat function by GPT-4 for free . Also, on the Internet, there are multiple websites that provide free chat functions with GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 like Bing. With gpt4free, you can use the chat function for free by accessing ``a website that provides free chat functions by GPT-4 or GPT-3.5'' without accessing ChatGPT. The list of websites accessed by gpt4free is as follows.

While gpt4free is attracting a lot of attention, xtekky , the developer of gpt4free, received a notice from OpenAI stating, ``Please stop publishing gpt4free within 5 days, otherwise we will file a lawsuit.'' About. However, since gpt4free does not access ChatGPT, OpenAI's service, xtekky said, ``I can understand if the operating company of the website you are accessing will file a lawsuit, but OpenAI will file a lawsuit. I don't know why,' questioning the notice.

Mr. xtekky said that he is obediently responding when asked to stop access from 'the administrator of the website accessed from gpt4free'. In fact, we have responded to requests to stop access from websites such as 'phind.com', 'ora.sh' and 'writesonic.com' by the time of article creation.

In addition, gpt4free's official Discord server has an announcement that 'We will break away from the conventional method and build a seamless and legal system. We are also planning to change the brand name.' Therefore, it seems that the gpt4free system and name change will be implemented in the near future.