Do not click suspicious links in emails or elsewhere on the web.

ChatGPTis the most sophisticated chatbot ever made—so far.

Read the website address carefully to confirm it’s the real deal.

Close-up of ChatGPT discussing How-To Geek on a Google Pixel 7 Pro

Justin Duino / How-To Geek

For example, our website address at How-To Geek is “howtogeek.com”.

Carefully read the email address to see if it is spelled correctly.

OpenAI has emailed us announcements from noreply@email.openai.com.

A cybersecurity analyst tweeting about a fake ChatGPT website.

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Avoid replying to suspicious emails, too.

You’re better off visiting the website directly to check for official information.

On these fake pages, you may be asked to input personal information.

A ChatGPT scam purchase form.

Be sure to go directly to the official ChatGPT website athttps://chat.openai.com/.

This is something that’s not featured on the real ChatGPT website.

While these fakes can be somewhat convincing, there are also some poorly cobbled-together attempts to scam you.

Screenshot of OpenAI’s official ChatGPT page with a red arrow pointing to the website address at the top of the screen.

For example, here’s a ChatGPT scam we found.

This is a purchase page for nothing.

There are no products or services mentioned—it’s just a window to key in your personal information.

This looks more like a gamer tag than a legitimate website address.

Point and laugh, friends.

However, OpenAI has created a premium version of this chatbot called ChatGPT Plus.

ChatGPT Plus comes at a subscription cost of $20 per month.

you could learn more onChatGPT Plus’s official webpage.

Does ChatGPT Have an App?

No,ChatGPT does not have an app.

However, it’s possible for you to install it as an “app” with some browsers.

For example, you’re able to useMicrosoft Edgeto download the website as an “app”.

This will let you open ChatGPT’s official webpage from your desktop.

There arelots of ChatGPT-like chatbotsout there.

None of these clones are created by OpenAI.

With that said, clones are different from scams.

Many of them are not explicitly trying to steal your personal information.

Conversely, some of them can be scams, so you should always be careful when downloading apps!

These are the ones most likely to be scams.

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