{"id":2054,"date":"2024-02-17T16:58:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T00:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/?p=2054"},"modified":"2024-02-24T16:54:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T00:54:52","slug":"ai-chatbot-subscriptions-worth-20-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2024\/02\/17\/ai-chatbot-subscriptions-worth-20-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"AI chatbot subscriptions \u2013 worth $20 a month?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/chatbot_20_a_month.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/chatbot_20_a_month.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/chatbot_20_a_month.png 720w, https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/chatbot_20_a_month-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite all the reality checks and cautions about AI chatbots, general discussion &amp; development continues to move ahead, discounting worst-case scenarios. Particularly big tech rollouts of new versions \u2013 with some new names \u2013 for public-facing chatbots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And AI startups even pitching the promise of <a href=\"https:\/\/sierra.ai\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sierra.ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">empathetic-like AI customer-facing agents<\/a> to businesses (delivering at least better conversations than with many outsourced customer support services, eh).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, new choices, as this Wired article reminded me, for AI chatbot subscriptions \u2013 versus the lesser but free versions. What do you get for $20 a month, eh? Better stochastic parrots? Less hallucination?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And what about all that private data being collected in interactions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stock market continues to bet heavily on AI profitability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Wired > &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/chatgpt-vs-gemini-ai-chatbot-comparison\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/chatgpt-vs-gemini-ai-chatbot-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ChatGPT vs. Gemini: Which AI Chatbot Subscription Is Right for You?<\/a>&#8221; by Reece Rogers (Feb 15, 2024) \u2013 While everyone wants your $20 per month for access to their best AI chatbot, is the free option okay for most people?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most people are fine with the free option.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don&#8217;t immediately trust the output.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yes, there are privacy trade-offs (check the opt-in \/ out default settings, eh).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>English is prioritized for interactions in most cases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The underlying technology is likely to be foundational to the next wave of web browsers, search engines, and operating systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Google is the latest company to offer one of its best AI chatbots as a subscription product. In early February, the company began offering access to <strong>Gemini Advanced<\/strong> for $20 a month. In doing so, Google was following the precedent set by OpenAI, which sells access to its <strong>GPT-4<\/strong>-powered chatbot for $20 a month. Additionally, Microsoft sells subscriptions to its top tool, <strong>Copilot Pro<\/strong> (which is also powered by ChatGPT-4), for the same price. But, do you really need to factor another pricey subscription into your budget?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The article provides an overview of what&#8217;s included and the outputs, as for office applications: summarizing transcripts of meetings and interviews, crafting email correspondence, captioning photos, composing invitations, assisting short-form creative writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gemini Advanced from Google<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ChatGPT Plus from OpenAI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copilot Pro from Microsoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite all the reality checks and cautions about AI chatbots, general discussion &amp; development continues to move ahead, discounting worst-case scenarios. Particularly big tech rollouts of new versions \u2013 with some new names \u2013 for public-facing chatbots. 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