By Héctor Borrás, on 24 July 2024
ChatGPT 4 is the latest version of the Artificial Intelligence from OpenAI. It is now available in the Plus and Team packages of ChatGPT, as well as in a limited form in the free plan, which you can access by registering here.
Generative AI ChatGPT has gone through various phases. Version 2 was released in 2019, version 3 in 2020, and version 3.5 (which works unlimitedly in the free version of the tool) in 2022. Now, it's time for version 4.
In this article, we want to introduce you to the differences between ChatGPT 4 and its previous version and explain how you can use this latest model.
New Features of ChatGPT 4
The best way to understand ChatGPT 4 is to know all the things it can do compared to its previous versions.
- Analyze images: Although it cannot generate images, it can interpret them. Therefore, it can answer questions we ask about them. However, the image creation tool DALL-E (also developed by OpenAI) uses this latest version of ChatGPT to operate. In fact, if you pay for the Plus version of ChatGPT, you will have access to it.
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- Access the internet: Besides providing more up-to-date information, this latest version can also read specific URLs and offer them to users.
- Create GPTs: ChatGPT 4 allows creating your own versions of its Artificial Intelligence. This means you can adapt this technology to your own business or workflow. In other words, you can include customized instructions so that the responses are oriented towards a specific purpose. We will discuss this more later so you know how to do it if you're interested.
Differences Between ChatGPT 4 and ChatGPT 3.5
ChatGPT 4 is not only characterized by its new functionalities but also has improved many aspects compared to its previous version. Here we detail all the advancements.
- Better interactivity: Conversations with this new version are more dynamic. Additionally, the tool can maintain longer conversational threads, better understand the context, and remember previous messages with greater precision. It can also understand more complex questions and offer more useful and relevant solutions.
- Greater creativity: Due to its improved linguistic capabilities, this new version can offer superior imaginative content. For example, it can generate much higher quality scripts, as well as essays or blog articles. Both this feature and the previous one are due to the size of the new model, which has a total of 1.5 trillion parameters compared to ChatGPT 3.5’s 175 billion.
- Faster responses: The new version of this AI is quicker in its responses.
- More accurate code generation: This allows it to tackle more diverse coding challenges.
- More up-to-date information: While ChatGPT 3.5 can only access information or events published online until September 2021, ChatGPT 4 has access to information up to September 2023. These dates can change, and this AI increasingly covers more up-to-date information. However, ChatGPT 4 is a step ahead of version 3.5 in this regard.
But Then, What Is GPT-4o?
When accessing ChatGPT and viewing the different plans the tool offers, we see that the Plus version indicates that, in addition to having access to versions 4 and 3.5, we can also use version 4o. This is also the case in the free version, but it indicates that access is limited. What exactly is that? Here we explain it.
Artificial Intelligence is constantly evolving. Therefore, it is not surprising that improvements and evolutions of a model are released from time to time. In this case, although we told you that version 4 of ChatGPT is the latest model, the reality is there is one above it called 4o. However, it is a sort of additional evolution of what version 4 already entails, so it is considered to belong to the same model.
Differences Between Version 4 and Version 4o of ChatGPT
One of the main differences between version 4 and version 4o is that the latter offers almost instant responses. While version 4 may take around 5 seconds to respond, version 4o takes just a few milliseconds.
Furthermore, in addition to audio and image, it can also understand content in video and audio formats. Therefore, the possibilities of interaction with this version are much greater. It can even respond with voice, offering different tones, laughs, various moods, and even singing.
But that’s not all; the goal is for the 4o model to also be capable of interpreting facial expressions.
How to Start Using ChatGPT 4
There are different ways you can use version 4 of ChatGPT. To begin with, we want to talk about the free options.
In the ChatGPT tool itself, you can use, although with limitations, versions 4 and 4o in the free plan. This means that users who opt for the free package can have a certain number of interactions with the latest version of ChatGPT. Once the daily limit is reached, only version 3.5 can be used.
Then, there are other Artificial Intelligence tools that operate with the latest GPT technology and therefore will allow you to use it for free. The best option is Copilot (Microsoft's chat), which also allows unlimited access. This is because it is a partner and investor of OpenAI. However, if you do not opt for the Copilot Premium version (22 euros per month), the performance may be poorer during peak hours as the paid version users have priority.
There are also other conversational AI tools that use this technology and will allow you to use it, albeit in a limited form. This is the case with Poe (Quora's AI), Merlin (a Chrome extension for AI-related tasks on the website you are on), Perplexity, and Ora, among others.
Lastly, you can access the unlimited version 4 of this technology by paying for the Plus version of ChatGPT, which costs $20 per month.
How to Customize Your Own ChatGPT
Earlier, we talked about GPTs, which are your own versions of Artificial Intelligence that you can create from ChatGPT version 4. In other words, ChatGPT 4 personalization allows you to flexibly adapt this technology to your needs. This is designed with businesses and professionals in mind. However, if you want to use this option as a regular user, you can do so perfectly well.
To understand better, GPTs allow you to combine your own instructions with the specific skills already integrated into ChatGPT 4. This way, you can adapt it to the activity you want, creating a kind of specialized ChatGPT for that function and achieving a specific purpose.
For now, this option is only available to paid users subscribed to the Plus or Team version of the tool. If you already have it, all you need to do is go to the creation section and give clear instructions on what you want to achieve.
