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Snapchat, a widely used social media platform, has launched its own chatbot called "My AI," using the latest version of OpenAI's rapidly growing generative text tool, ChatGPT. My AI is only available to Snapchat+ users who pay $3.99 per month for access to exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features.
Snapchat bills My AI as a "fun and experimental sidekick," capable of recommending birthday presents, helping users plan weekend trips, suggesting dinner recipes, and even writing haikus. Users can also name the chatbot, but Snapchat has advised against sharing personal information or sensitive details with the AI chatbot.
At launch, My AI is a mobile-friendly version of ChatGPT with some restrictions on what it can answer. Snap's employees have trained it to adhere to the company's trust and safety guidelines and not give responses that include swearing, violence, sexually explicit content, or opinions about dicey topics like politics. Additionally, Snap plans to keep tuning My AI as more people use it and report inappropriate answers.
Snap is one of the first clients of OpenAI's new enterprise tier called Foundry, which lets companies run its latest GPT-3.5 model with dedicated computing designed for large workloads. The company plans to use the data gathered from My AI to inform its broader AI efforts.
My AI is the beginning of what Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sees as a major investment area for the company and a future where people talk to AI like it's a person. In the short term, My AI is likely to boost the company's paid subscriber numbers and eventually open up new ways for Snap to make money, though Spiegel is cagey about his plans.
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