How to Access ChatGPT From Your Mac's Menu Bar

[MacRumors]

OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot offers a new generation of conversational AI functionality that promises to fundamentally change the technological landscape and the way people work. Here's how to access it directly from your Mac's menu bar.

ChatGPT is a next-generation language model that's designed to understand and generate human-like response to natural language input. Using a form of AI called deep learning, ChatGPT generates text that's similar to what a human might say.

ChatGPT is trained on a large corpus of text corralled from the internet, which allows it to answer a wide variety of questions and generate coherent responses to many different types of prompts.

That's why Microsoft has added its Bing GPT chatbot to the Taskbar with the latest Windows 11 update, and why Google plans to integrate its Bard experimental conversational AI service to Google Search.

Sadly, Apple doesn't have a chatbot service similar to ChatGPT, and there's no indication that the company will launch one soon, so macOS integration is likely some ways off. However, thanks to one developer, it is possible to interact with ChatGPT right from your Mac's menu bar.

Developed by Jordi Bruin, MacGPT is a free download that reproduces all of the options found on the ChatGPT website and makes them accessible inside a tidy little Mac app. From within the MacGPT interface you can start new conversations with the chatbot and resume old ones.

In the app's settings, there's an option to make the MacGPT window always on top, so it floats over other windows. You can also record a keyboard shortcut that launches the chat window.

The app even adds a convenient brain icon to your Mac's menu bar, so you can have another app in fullscreen mode and still be able to access ChatGPT, ensuring the rich information resource remains just a click away, whatever you're doing.

MacGPT and the ChatGPT website aren't the only ways to access conversational AI chatbots on your Apple devices. Microsoft recently rolled out new Bing, Skype, and Edge apps for the iPhone and the iPad, all of which feature the chat-based AI-powered search capabilities. However, as of writing, these apps are available only in a preview capacity for those who are on the Bing preview experience, and there is a waitlist.

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[nwcs]

I must be the odd one who has no real interest in AI chat bots, document writers, etc. I’m even learning NLP right now after doing some CNN last year but these things just aren‘t all that appealing to me. That said, I wouldn’t mind if some aspects of this were integrated into Siri so it would have a better idea of meaning and context and be able to do more potentially.

 

[sw1tcher]

Sadly, Apple doesn't have a chatbot service similar to ChatGPT, and there's no indication that the company will launch one soon, so macOS integration is likely some ways off. However, thanks to one developer, it is possible to interact with ChatGPT right from your Mac's menu bar.

Developed by Jordi Bruin, MacGPT is a free download that reproduces all of the options found on the ChatGPT website and makes them accessible inside a tidy little Mac app

Is MacGPT rated for ages 17+? 😁

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

No interest! Zero! Is anyone here scared/terrified to use this thing?

 

[turbineseaplane]

I'm finally really feeling old

I'm so profoundly uninterested in this and most all things related to AI also

 

[and 1989 others]

Nah thanks.

 

[Think|Different]

I must be the odd one who has no real interest in AI chat bots, document writers, etc. I’m even learning NLP right now after doing some CNN last year but these things just aren‘t all that appealing to me. That said, I wouldn’t mind if some aspects of this were integrated into Siri so it would have a better idea of meaning and context and be able to do more potentially.

Ok, so you do have real interest...

 

[Seanm87]

Will break the negativity here and say yes this is going to be helpful for me and will download immediately.

 

[Think|Different]

No interest! Zero! Is anyone here scared/terrified to use this thing?

Amazing thought! Thank you! Why would one be "scared" to use this...?

 

[mrfunnypenguin]

Tried ChatGPT and it does not feel any diffrent from Siri and Google Assistant (except that ChatGPT can write code). I don't really have much interest in it.

 

[icanhazmac]

Can't think of a single reason to use this or any of the AI chats. These will probably help evolve, or become, the assistants for devices but I just see it as another tracker selling all of your questions and conversations.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Amazing thought! Thank you! Why would one be "scared" to use this...?

Because using ChatGPT, my iPhone may end up looking like this.

 

[meaning-matters]

ChatGPT is wrong: Eggs should be put in pan once water boils and water should be kept boiling.

 

[ScottishDuck]

No thanks I’d like to see this blight purged ASAP.

 

[james2538]

Lots of negativity in here. I find ChatGPT to be pretty cool and unlike the internet-based AI attempts last decade it seems people haven’t managed to immediately turn it into a racist fascist.

It’s a hell of a lot better at answering complicated questions than Siri is.

 

[Choco Taco]

[...] it seems people haven’t managed to immediately turn it into a racist fascist.

Actually, it is ... lol. Microsoft is having some issues with it calling people Nazis and telling them to die ... among other things. It's had instances of absolutely blowing up at people when they question its answers.

 

[Analog Kid]

ChatGPT is wrong: Eggs should be put in pan once water boils and water should be kept boiling.

Please don't tell it it's wrong. It gets angry when you tell it it's wrong...

 

[AppleMad98004]

Lots of negativity in here. I find ChatGPT to be pretty cool and unlike the internet-based AI attempts last decade it seems people haven’t managed to immediately turn it into a racist fascist.

It’s a hell of a lot better at answering complicated questions than Siri is.

Actually it can, has, and will. It's told people to kill themselves and also used the n word using clues from slang.

 

[and 1989 others]

Please don't tell it's wrong. It gets angry when you tell it it's wrong...

You have angered it. Better move to the middle of woods, live by candlelight and hope that it does not evolve into a humanoid soldier. Because you will be on the hit list.

 

[vicviper789]

"Hey siri, use ChatGpt to google how to bing"

 

[meaning-matters]

Lots of negativity in here. I find ChatGPT to be pretty cool and unlike the internet-based AI attempts last decade it seems people haven’t managed to immediately turn it into a racist fascist.

It’s a hell of a lot better at answering complicated questions than Siri is.

There is however no guarantee the answer is correct or makes sense.

 

[dbwie]

I believe the "chat" aspect of chat GPT will be a passing fad. My interest in this technology has waned quickly. I have realized that I want an emotionally aware response, thus need to speak with humans.

 

[enterthemerdaverse]

Can just abuse the chat bot in my web browser.

Today I made it accept that ketchup is a fruit jam.

At first it tried to fight me, but I managed to trick the stupid machine into saying yes.

 

[james2538]

There is however no guarantee the answer is correct or makes sense.

Same goes for Siri lol

 

[woolypants]

Why would you want to do this? It's like asking an erudite five year old that wants to please you. Half the time it just makes up the answers.

This is why I'm baffled people think it can replace search engines. When I google something, I don't want just any answer. I look for answers from authoritative sources. If I'm looking up symptoms of an illness, for example, I value John Hopkins more than some dude's blog.