Apple users feeling left-out during the ChatGPT craze can rejoice: There’s now a free version of ChatGPT that runs on an iPhone — and iPad.
ChatGPT’s maker OpenAI says its iPhone version is already available in the U.S. and will be rolled-out to other countries in coming weeks.
Even better: Users of Android smartphones and computers should also get their own version of ChatGPT “soon,” according to writer Farooq Gessa Mousal.
In other AI-generated writing news:
*In-Depth Review: Google’s New ‘Help Me Write:’ Wired writer Paresh Dave offers an extremely helpful and detailed review of ‘Help Me Write’ in this piece.
The upshot: While not perfect, Help Me Write offers the same sort of automated writing currently available with ChatGPT, according to Dave.
You can activate Help Me Write by clicking the pencil-and-star icon at the bottom of the ‘Compose’ window in Gmail — or in the left margin of a Google Docs page.
Observes Dave: “Frustrations aside, the system will undoubtedly be widely adopted among the 2 billion people using Gmail and the 3 billion using Google productivity software such as Docs.”
*”Boilerplate” Be Damned: Next Gen Sudowrite Promises Authentic AI-Fiction: Pioneering AI Writer Sudowrite has launched a new module — dubbed ‘Story Engine’ — that promises to help write long-form stories and novels.
Observes writer Nikki Main: “The company’s site shares numerous tutorials about how Sudowrite can create the so-called author’s plot points, character arcs and themes in one ‘magic AI canvas.’
“It will even go so far as to name the characters and create descriptions ‘to help your readers connect to your characters and feel like they’re really ‘there.'”
Proof of concept will, of course, be in the test-drive reports from numerous writers in coming weeks.
Even so, Sudowrite founder James Yu is confident: “These aren’t just boilerplate novels — these stories are true to the author’s vision.”
*Rumoredly ‘Plugtastic:’ ChatGPT Premium Users Now Have Access to 70+ Plugins: ChatGPT users who pay $20/month for the ‘Plus’ version now have access to 70+ third-party plugins for the tool.
Observes writer Pahi Mehra: “OpenAI says this upgrade will enable ChatGPT to access up-to-date information, run computations and use third-party services.
“The company has also hired ChatGPT plugin developers from a waiting list to construct these additional capabilities.”
*Wordplay Now Child’s Play: Grammarly Business Gets An AI Refresh: Grammarly Business — an enhanced version of the popular consumer editing and proofing tool — has some new AI tricks.
Key among those is GrammarlyGO, an AI writer that can compose or rewrite text — and create auto-replies to emails.
Companies often opt for the business version of Grammarly for its ability to establish a standardized brand writing style.
They also like the software for the enhanced security features onboard that help protect business data.
*Writer: ChatGPT Could “Infantilize” Movie and TV Writing: TV writer David Simon — known for classics like “The Wire” and “Homicide: Life on the Street” has a decidedly jaundiced view of studio hopes for AI.
Ultimately, the suits are angling to use the tech to auto-generate first-draft scripts — which flesh-and-blood writers would then be reduced to polishing-up.
Observes Simon: “If that’s where this industry is going, it’s going to infantilize itself.
“We’re all going to be watching stuff we watched before — only worse.”
*Ink Versus Silicon: CNET Writers Join WGA Fight Against AI: Writers at CNET– one of the first publications to publicly acknowledge it’s using AI-generated writing — have joined WGA East to protest the unchecked use of AI in writing.
According to the new union: “There has been a lack of transparency and accountability from management around key issues — including the use of AI tools that affect workloads, bylines and careers.”
The new group’s moniker: ‘CNET Media Workers Union.’
*LexisNexis Raises Legal IQ With AI: Longtime legal info-clearinghouse Lexis is offering a new product to select subscribers, dubbed ‘Lexis+ AI.’
The new AI tool uses GPT-4 — used by ChatGPT and similar AI — to:
~Answer legal research questions
~Summarize legal issues
~Generate drafts of documents such as demand letters or client emails
Competitor Westlaw plans to counter LexisNexis’ move with its own AI upgrade later this year.
*Pitch Perfect: Real Estate Property Listings — at Silicon Speed: Realty agents who sometimes spend an hour or more writing a property listing now have a tool that will auto-write that property listing in a fraction of the time.
Dubbed ‘ListingArchitect,’ the tool also offers-up images that can be used along with the listing.
The spin from Addressable, the company that just rolled-out ‘ListingArchitect:’ “What makes ListingArchitect unique is that it does not present the user with a text box or chat-style interface to enter a prompt — as is common with generative AI tools.
“Instead, the system collects details of the property in a structured way and provides settings to fine-tune the word choice and style.
“This approach is designed to improve ease-of-use — and ultimately lead to better AI output.”
*AI Big Picture: From Here to Eternity: For Some, AI May Guarantee Immortality: Actor Tom Hanks believes AI’s ability to repurpose content and mimic style may mean he and other actors will be starring in movies long after their deaths.
Observes Hanks: “Anybody can now recreate themselves at any age they are by way of AI or deepfake technology.
“I could be hit by a bus tomorrow and that’s it — but performances can go on and on.
“Outside the understanding of AI and deepfake, there’ll be nothing to tell you that it’s not me and me alone.
“And it’s going to have some degree of life-like quality.
“That’s certainly an artistic challenge — but it’s also a legal one.”
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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.