ChatGPT 4 (sometimes written ChatGPT4) is the latest update to the chatbot OpenAI which uses the GPT-4, and is without a doubt the most effective tool for testing the potential of a new and revolutionary linguistic model.
The limitation of this solution is that it necessarily requires you to subscribe to ChatGPT Plus: il piano for payment which allows you to test the most recent features of the OpenAI tool in advance.
Luckily, however, there are many alternative gratis: tools, browser extensions and even websites that allow you to enjoy the advantages ofgenerative artificial intelligence without paying a single cent.
And Bing a Perplexitypassing through Merlyn, Nat.dev e Hugging Face. Software that guarantees free use of the GPT-4. But which they also present some limitations: both in terms of operation and available functions.
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1. What are ChatGPT and GPT-4 respectively
Users new to the world of generative artificial intelligence probably don’t know that there are several ways to free use of GPT-4: the linguistic model underlying the famous ChatGPT tool.
Before even getting into the merits of the alternatives to ChatGPT, it is certainly useful to clarify the correct terminology to use. Also because not everyone knows about it difference between ChatGPT 4 e GPT-4.
When it comes to ChatGPT 4 o ChatGPT4 reference is made to the fourth major update of the tool created by OpenAI. And chatbot able to interpret human requests and respond with specific actions.
GPT-4 it is instead the acronym used to refer to the fourth generation of a multimodal linguistic model. In both cases the acronym GPT stands for Generative Pre-Trained: an algorithm capable of creating or generate new contentstarting from inputs known as prompts.
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2. What are the main alternatives to ChatGPT 4
As previously mentioned, ChatGPT 4 it is certainly the best known tool that allows you to use it the latest generation of GPT. But he is certainly not the only one.
A first valid alternative is certainly Bing Chatil chatbot developed by Microsoft (which at the same time began to collaborate with OpenAI).
At the time of writing this article, Bing Chat AI he actually used the GPT-4 language model, but not only. Unlike ChatGPT 4 in fact, Bing can be tested for free. As long as the limit is not exceeded 300 daily chats.
The collaboration between OpenAI and Microsoft made Bing integrate also the capabilities of DALL-E: another generative artificial intelligence tool, specialized in conversion of textual input into images.
Another AI tool that allows you to enjoy GPT-4 for free is Perplexity: and search engine very promising, which has already convinced stakeholders of the caliber of to invest Amazon e Shopify.
Perplexity’s challenge is very ambitious: reduce connection activities to external sites and summaries of existing content, for example increase the amount of direct responses to user questions.
Perplexity can be used in freemium mode: on the one hand basic versionon the other thePro subscription, which unlocks advanced features. In both cases, at the time of writing this article, the linguistic model available to the user was the GPT-4.
To unlock the GPT-4 on the the free version of Perplexityyou need to select the mode named Copilot. They still remain gods limits: both with regards to potential of GPT-4 available. Both with regards to opportunities to use the tool.
In fact, the user cannot go beyond the five questions every four hours. The Pro subscription cancels all the above limitations, increasing the available functions and also unlocking the use of Claude 2 model.
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3. More ways to use GPT-4 for free
This short journey through the best free alternatives to ChatGPT 4 continues with Merlyn: l’generative artificial intelligence which calls into question none other than the famous wizard Merlin.
Merlyn’s main advantage is the easy to useconsidering that it is possible to use the tool as Google Chrome browser extension.
To install it, simply visit the Chrome Web Store and perform a search using the keyword “Merlyn”. At this point all you have to do is click entry named Add.
The number one limit is thesmall number of prompts or requests available to the user. The free questions that the user can do to GPT-4 everyday in fact they are alone Three.
Another AI tool that allows access to GPT-4 is Nat.dev: and tool developed by Open Playgroundwhich offers several models and parameters to choose from.
Although users less familiar with this type of software would do well to ask questions without changing the default parametersso as not to risk compromising the user experience.
Il main advantage of Nat.dev is that it allows you to use the free GPT-4 template. The limitation most felt by users is performance: the tool in fact employs long time to answer even to seemingly simple questions.
Finally space for Hugging Face, which presents some differences compared to the other names mentioned so far. Hugging Face is a website created specifically for machine learning. One open source spacein which thousands of users, developers and otherwise, contribute to the growth of an artificial intelligence.
To use Hugging Face it is enough log in and register. Or alternatively access the site with a Google account. At the time of writing the article, the portal presents several limitations.
On the one hand the slowness considerable, which sometimes turns into an inability to answer a user’s question. On the other hand, a problem that leads toservice interruption. And to the request to insert one chiave API ChatGPT.
To know more:
- Artificial Intelligence: what it is and what it can do for us
- ChatGPT, what it is, how it works, what it is for, how to use it for free