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First examples of using the OpenAI API

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2025 4:56 am
by Bappy10
OpenAI has announced an API for its ChatGPT modeland its Whisper technology , its application of speech-to-text technology. This API will cost $0.002 for 1,000 tokens , which by some estimates would equate to about 750 words.

The company claims that this chosen price is ten times lower than that of the full GP 3.5 model . Moreover, OpenAI advertised itself as a non-profit company , written on its platform. Now, in 2023, this description has disappeared.

Greg Brockman , the president of OpenAI, said in a chat with TechCrunch that offering an API was always in the company's plans. And the business is proving to be a success. ChatGPT had approximately more than 100 million monthly active users as of December. But, being such a big business, they needed to monetize it somehow.

That's why they launched ChatGPT Plus and now their new API. bulgaria number data The initial motivation behind the development of gpt-3.5-turbo might have been to reduce ChatGPT's gigantic computing costs, they say in the statement.

OpenAI has also announced another new API for Whisper , its speech-to-text model. The company says you can use it to transcribe or translate audio at a cost of $0.006 per minute.
A few days ago, OpenAI showed how its API can be used for more than just a chat interface. The example was Snap , who announced My AI for Snapchat+ , a customizable chatbot that offers fun recommendations.


On the other hand, there is Quizlet , a global learning platform with more than 60 million students. “Quizlet has been working with OpenAI for the past three years, leveraging GPT-3 in multiple use cases, including vocabulary learning and practice tests,” they say on their website. Thanks to this API, Quizlet now introduces Q-Chat , a fully adaptive AI tutor that engages students with adaptive questions based on their studies.

Finally, there’s Shop , Shopify ’s consumer app . The ChatGPT API powers Shop’s groundbreaking shopping assistant that delivers personalized recommendations to shoppers based on their searches. Powered by AI, the assistant scans millions of products to help shoppers quickly find what they’re looking for or discover new options, streamlining shopping in the Shop app.