I called ChatGPT’s new phone number it’s free to dial and feels like chatting to a human but there’s a big downside [Video]

I JUST picked up the phone and called ChatGPT.

No, not the company, but the chatbot itself – in a bizarre blend of old and new technologies.

The AI-powered chatbot has been available in text form for ages – and even as a voice bot inside the app – but it’s now at the end of a phone line.

It’s part of what OpenAI calls an “experimental new launch” that gives ChatGPT a regular old phone number.

Just dial 1-800-ChatGPT (or 1-800-242-8478) in the United States and you’ll be put right through to an artificial intelligence with a strikingly human voice. No luck for Brits yet, sorry.

It feels a little bit like one of those automated call systems has come to life.

But very quickly, it seems as though you’re chatting with a real person. The main giveaway …