OpenAI’s GPT-4 Language Model Now Available to All Paid API Users

OpenAI today announced that GPT-4, the newest text generation model, is now generally available to all paid API subscribers. The company previously only gave access to a select group of developers, but it says it is now confident the model is stable and reliable enough for wider use.

GPT-4 is a large model language (LLM) that has been trained on very large datasets of text and code. It can generate text, translate languages, write various types of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. It’s still under development, but has already been used to create an impressive number of apps.

OpenAI says it plans to open access to GPT-4 to developers starting today. The company also says it’s working on making GPT-4 available to a wider range of users, such as students and researchers:

“Currently all existing API developers with successful payment history can access GPT-4 APIs with 8K context. We plan to open access to new developers by the end of this month, and then begin raising the cap thereafter depending on computing availability.”

OpenAI claims that GPT-4 is the most advanced language model ever created, but also acknowledges that there are ethical and social challenges. This organization has implement safeguards and policies to prevent misuse and misuse of GPT-4, such as filtering harmful or biased content, requiring human oversight and review, and enforcing terms of service and acceptable use. OpenAI also encourages users to report any issues or issues they encounter with GPT-4.

Microsoft Uses GPT-4

GPT-4 was released in February 2023, and offers 175 billion parameters, making it four times larger than GPT-3. This is a large language model (LLM) that Microsoft also uses as part of its Bing Chat AI search bot. However, OpenAI does not currently use GPT-4 in its ChatGPT bot.

Apart from Bing Chat, Microsoft has increased its investment by $10 billion+ in OpenAI to bring GPT-4 to services. This model is now available on Bing Image Creator, Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and other Microsoft products. However, it was revealed this month that OpenAI advised Microsoft against using GPT-4.

However, GPT-4 has some limitations and challenges. It has no intrinsic understanding of the world or the facts it generates. This can result in inaccurate, misleading or even harmful information if not properly guided or verified. It can also reflect and reinforce existing biases and prejudices in its training data, such as sexism, racism, or hate speech.

OpenAI is aware of this issue and has taken steps to ensure the responsible and ethical use of GPT-4. It previously limited access to the full model and only released a smaller version called GPT-4 Playgrounds for selected researchers and developers. It has also implemented safeguards such as filters, human monitoring, and feedback mechanisms to monitor and control GPT-4 output.

Microsoft, which is one of OpenAI’s main investors and partners, has reportedly bypassed these restrictions and gained access to the full model. It has integrated GPT-4 into its Bing chat mode, which allows users to interact with the search engine in a conversational way. Microsoft claims that this feature can improve the user experience and provide more engaging and informative responses.