The discussions about ChatGPT do not seem destined to die down, at least for now. Also because the new chatbox of OpenAI could be used in a series of commercial applications that could change the market of key sectors.
The first of which is the one relating to digital advertising, as a result of theagreement reached between the AI company and Microsoft, which seems to foreshadow an upcoming landing of ChatGPT inside Bing. The new version of the Redmond company's search engine, in fact, could integrate the program in the next version, expected this year. If this were to happen, for Google things would get quite complicated, as can be understood from BigG's attempt to create its own version of a chatbox.
The Pro version of ChatGPT could cost $42 per month
The first effect of the agreement between OpenAI and Microsoft that seems to be looming on the horizon is a cost of the Pro version of ChatGPT equal to $42 monthly. This, according to the rumors circulating after the launch of the press release on the event, would be the cost of the monthly subscription to the most refined version of the program.
Some Reddit users have also confirmed the rumors that are circulating and, on Microsoft's part, if there has not yet been any confirmation on the figure, three advantages have been indicated to justify it:
- priority access to new features
- the guarantee of chatbox availability even in the event of heavy traffic
- the increased speed of response times.
It seems that Microsoft intends to make the most of the collaboration with OpenAI and, above all, to capitalize on the billion dollars in funding granted to the company during 2019.
The Dark Side of ChatGPT
In the meantime, however, after the initial enthusiasm, public opinion seems to be welcoming ChatGPT cool down considerably. The discussion sparked by the use of artificial intelligence has in fact focused over the last few days on its possible repercussions on a world of work that is increasingly problematic for a large number of individuals.
The use of chatbots, unfortunately, seems to be a prelude to the destruction of other jobs, a topic that is becoming increasingly worrying in light of the fact that we are moving towards a massive use of robots in the most varied sectors.
The exception proposed by fans of innovation at all costs is that there will also be the creation of jobs connected to the process of building and managing robots. The story that comes from Kenya, however, seems to go in the opposite direction to this optimistic narrative.
It was published by the periodical Time, with an article in which he revealed how to train ChatGPT it was necessary to use hundreds of workers in Kenya. Their task was in particular to purify the language of the program from violence, sexism and racism. In other words, the sample that is, unfortunately, now usual on the web.
The Kenyan workers were recruited locally by a Californian company that signed an agreement with OpenAI, which provided for the payment of an hourly wage of 12,50 dollars. Of these, however a maximum of two of them entered the pockets of those directly involved. Real starvation wages, at least by Western standards, to which have been added the psychological damage resulting from the confrontation with the many bestialities now common online.
When the story came out, the issue of the exploitation of workers in the so-called Third World became topical again. Yet another confirmation of the fact that technology can also be bent to private interests, unlike what some fans of artificial intelligence theorize. An aspect that must be taken into account in order to try to best govern such a delicate sector.
