#ChatGPT App requires internet connection?
shut oasis
Chatgpt requires internet to work
mighty moth
Chatgpt requires internet to work
Is that a new policy?
shut oasis
Is that a new policy?
It’s hallucinating, that never was a thing
ChatGPT always required internet to work, the processing is on the server side.
I know there are some chatbots that can be run locally, there was a guy that made one for iOS.
torpid ferry
Never ask chatgpt about itself, it has notoriously unreliable metacognition
woven whale
An AI as powerful as ChatGPT requires thousands of dollars worth of hardware to run on. It cannot run on a home computer, let alone a phone
It's always been processed server side from OpenAI, as the other person mentioned
For AI capabilities and specs, ChatGPT doesn't know anything about itself. Don't ask it for that
mighty moth
An AI as powerful as ChatGPT requires thousands of dollars worth of hardware to ...
Was that the case during last March to October as well when they said they removed internet access?
woven whale
Was that the case during last March to October as well when they said they remov...
"internet access" in this context refers to something different entirely
meaning ChatGPT's ability to browse the web on its own, and pull information for you
it doesn't have anything to do with whether you have an internet connection or not (you must always have it regardless of what ChatGPT features you're using)
mighty moth
"internet access" in this context refers to something different entirely
Right, that is what I was inclined to think happened. The computing power seems to obviously need a large amount of hardware but ChatGPT "hallucinated" and told me it was all done on the phone.
woven whale
Right, that is what I was inclined to think happened. The computing power seems ...
Yeah it's obviously mistaken about that
OpenAI doesn't give its AI models any information about their own capabilities and limitations
they just only know enough so they can answer, when you ask it "what are you?"
but you'll always want to refer to official OpenAI releases for specs
mighty moth
It seems to pretend that it doesn't have internet access as a defense to users asking about its privacy policy. It's a pain since it keeps pretending to be offline for a long while afterwards even in new conversations.