


I’m likely to keep my subscription even with that in mind, because using a chatbot to comb through the internet is enthralling and useful in multiple ways. So far, the web browsing features are slow to load and the answers still contain fake information at times. Curious about the new features, I eschewed an evening of takeout, ate some gross leftovers, and spent money on finally upgrading my personal ChatGPT account.

On May 12, OpenAI announced that users who pay for ChatGPT Plus would be able to access beta versions of its chatbot with web browsing and plugins. I’m not a software developer who needs a deft coding assistant I’m a nerd who uses chatbots to have entertaining conversations with artificial intelligence and brainstorm a little. While it was quite fun to test the upgraded chatbot powered by GPT-4, the free version seemed good enough for most prompts. During my initial interactions with ChatGPT Plus, I was not fully convinced that OpenAI’s $20-a-month subscription was worth it.
