The sale of access to OpenAI's ChatGPT services through unofficial channels on platforms like FunPay is a thriving, albeit risky, market. Buyers can choose from three main methods: purchasing access to a shared account, buying a pre-made account, or using a temporary invite to a business workspace. These methods often circumvent OpenAI's official pricing and terms of service, with prices significantly lower than the official $20 per month for ChatGPT Plus. Despite OpenAI's terms prohibiting the resale or rental of account access, and new Russian administrative and criminal penalties for data transfer, these unofficial sales persist with numerous listings and positive seller reviews. AI
IMPACT Unofficial access markets highlight user demand and potential circumvention of official distribution channels, indicating areas for platform policy adjustment or alternative service offerings.
RANK_REASON The article discusses unofficial marketplaces for accessing a commercial AI product, which falls under the 'tool' category as it pertains to the distribution and use of AI services.
- Anton Gorelkin
- application programming interface
- Belarus
- business
- ChatGPT
- FunPay
- generative pre-trained transformer
- OpenAI
- Russia
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