On Wednesday, OpenAI launched a 1-800-CHATGPT (1-800-242-8478) telephone number that anyone in the US can call to talk to ChatGPT via voice chat for up to 15 minutes for free. The company also says that people outside the US can send text messages to the same number for free using WhatsApp. Upon calling, users hear… Read More »
Getty Images reader comments 52 with 38 posters participating Share this story In a major outage yesterday, Facebook, along with its sibling sites, WhatsApp and Instagram, became unreachable for hours. Real-time website status tracker DownDetector received over 14 million reports from users who couldn’t use the social media giant’s apps and services. But beyond the obvious… Read More »
Enlarge / The security of Facebook’s popular messaging app leaves several rather important devils in its details. reader comments 88 with 64 posters participating, including story author Share this story Yesterday, independent newsroom ProPublica published a detailed piece examining the popular WhatsApp messaging platform’s privacy claims. The service famously offers “end-to-end encryption,” which most users interpret… Read More »
Enlarge / Experts in the region said shutting down the WhatsApp numbers was “absurd” and “unhelpful.” SOPA Images | Getty Images reader comments 115 with 61 posters participating Share this story WhatsApp has shut down a complaints helpline set up by the Taliban when it took control of Kabul, after the messaging app came under… Read More »