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by subzero06 1022 days ago
does not count the people using API calls.
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This probably does make a difference but I strongly suspect that the average user has no idea what an API is nor how to use it
True but those average users might be using chatbots and other services with nice UIs they can understand that are making those API calls behind the scenes. So the average users are indeed using the API, just indirectly.

With so many AI products being launched these days, it could be that the user traffic is still rapidly increasing but just being spread out amongst all the interfaces becoming available.

Indeed. Anecdotally, I use ChatGPT through Raycast so that I get pulled out of whatever context I'm working in then.
Swapping to API and desktop app has saved me alot of cash over the paid web plan for the amount of use I am doing.
Is GPT-4 available as an API? that’s the only reason I still pay for it. Also we’re developing a plugin so we need the plus subscription.
Yep, several different context lengths can be used via API as well.