Why the ChatGPT iPhone App Mattered

When OpenAI launched the ChatGPT app for iPhone, it was easy to see it as a simple mobile companion to a popular web product. It turned out to matter much more than that. The release was one of the clearest signals that large language models were moving from a novelty on desktops into an everyday computing layer people could carry in their pocket. In One Sentence The app mattered because it moved AI from a destination you visited on a laptop to a tool you could reach for in the middle of ordinary life. ...

May 18, 2023 · 3 min · James M