You need to add ChatGPT as a US contact. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We love WhatsApp, and it just got even better with the addition of ChatGPT. As a method of staying in touch with loved ones and sharing information in group messages, WhatsApp is second to none, and now the UK's favourite messaging app even lets you chat with OpenAI's chatbot directly from the app.
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As part of ‘12 Days of OpenAI’, OpenAI launched messaging ChatGPT from WhatsApp, giving you a new way to interact with AI without needing to leave your messaging app. This new update means you can chat to ChatGPT just as easily as you would any other contact on your phone: You can ask it for help with the cooking, your kid's homework, or even Christmas shopping.
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You don’t even need to have the ChatGPT app installed on your mobile phone, log in, or even have a subscription. It’s all very simple and easy to use, but there is one catch for UK users, and here's how to bypass it. Currently the service is only available in the US, however, that doesn’t stop you using it from the UK, or anywhere else in the world where you can use WhatsApp. Since all messaging with WhatsApp is free, even to other countries, this won’t cost you anything. Here’s how to set it up:.
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