ChatGPT still has limited information about recent events after its training knowledge cutoff date. That includes products recently released.
We can enhance the ChatGPT Plus prompt to ensure it doesn’t solely rely on its own knowledge, though.
You (prompt):
For recent information, be sure to use browser, persistently searching (with inclusion of the number of days field) and clicking until high confidence is reached. GPT refers to a new product released Nov 2023.
I made a GPT for my students and uploaded books that I have assigned to the class. Many of the student find the material challenging and I wanted to provide a different way to learn. I put the link on the website of the course, but when my students click it a screen appears telling them they must have GPT Plus access. What is going on here? How can I give my students access to the GPT I created without additional cost?
ChatGPT Plus (after researching with Bing):
The requirement for GPT Plus access for your students to use the custom GPT you created is consistent with OpenAI’s current policy for custom GPTs. According to discussions in the OpenAI Developer Forum, custom GPTs are intended for use within ChatGPT Plus, which is exclusive to subscribers of the service【source】【source】. This means that in order for your students to access and use the custom GPT you’ve created, they would need to be ChatGPT Plus subscribers.
There are discussions and inquiries within the OpenAI community about the possibility of making custom GPTs accessible without the ChatGPT Plus paywall, suggesting alternatives like developers prepaying for credits to allow free access for their users【source】. However, as of the information available, there hasn’t been an implementation that allows custom GPTs to be used by non-Plus subscribers without additional cost.
If your objective is to provide your students with access to the custom GPT without incurring additional costs, one potential workaround could be to explore the OpenAI API and develop a solution that integrates the GPT functionalities you need directly into your course’s website or a dedicated application. This approach would involve using the API to create interactions with the GPT model, which might bypass the need for individual Plus subscriptions. However, this would require development resources and might incur API usage costs, depending on the volume of usage.
For more details and potential updates on this topic, keeping an eye on OpenAI’s official forums and announcements could be beneficial, as policies and features around custom GPTs and access requirements may evolve over time.
The first source ChatGPT cites? Me!