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OpenAI has expanded the supply of its ChatGPT app for iOS customers in India and 32 different international locations — only a week after its launching it in the U.S.

The listing of recent international locations embrace Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Estonia, Ghana, India, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Slovenia, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.

Earlier this week, OpenAI expanded the ChatGPT app to 11 additional countries after the U.S. Those embrace European nations corresponding to France, Germany and Ireland in addition to New Zealand, Nigeria, South Korea and the U.Okay.

In the primary six days since its preliminary availability within the U.S. final Thursday (May 18), the ChatGPT cellular app has crossed the mark of half a million downloads, in keeping with the information shared by app intelligence agency information.ai. This achievement makes it one of many highest-performing new apps. The app additionally outperformed different AI and chatbot apps in addition to Microsoft Edge and Bing apps within the U.S. when it comes to downloads since its launch, per information.ai.

The ChatGPT app, which is available for free obtain and excludes advertisements, lets customers work together with the generative AI-based chatbot utilizing their iPhone. It additionally helps voice enter via OpenAI’s speech recognition system Whisper and lets ChatGPT Plus customers entry superior options via GPT-4. Further, customers may subscribe to the ChatGPT Plus service, which costs $20 per month within the U.S., straight via the iOS app.

OpenAI has the ChatGPT app just for iOS in the meanwhile. However, the startup, backed by Microsoft and marquee VC companies corresponding to Tiger Global and a16z, additionally has an Android model within the plans, which it has promised to convey quickly to the market.

The growth of the ChatGPT app comes at a time when OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman is touring a number of international locations to higher join with international policymakers and perceive their considerations about AI. The govt met with some European state heads this week. He can also be visiting India early subsequent month.