ChatGPT Anywhere – Why pay for ChatGPT’s API when it’s free in the browser?

I've noticed that when using ChatGPT, I often copy and paste information from external sources to ask questions about it. This could be anything from seeking clarification on a complex topic to handling repetitive inquiries. While this is manageable for occasional queries, it becomes tedious if done frequently. Imagine how convenient it would be to right-click a sentence on a technical blog that you don't understand and select "Ask ChatGPT" for an instant explanation.

Let's take another use case: having ChatGPT summarize a YouTube video. I tried making a Google Chrome extension to summarize YouTube videos, but quickly realized the impracticality due to the cost associated with summarizing lengthy YouTube transcripts using ChatGPT API. The ChatGPT API calls accumulate rapidly, leading to significant expenses. When I built this, I spent $20 on ChatGPT calls in just one day.

These ideas are cool, but I wouldn't want to pay for them. On the other hand, ChatGPT in the browser is free, so I thought why not use that instead of the paid API? . That's how I came up with the idea of "ChatGPT Anywhere". "ChatGPT Anywhere" is browser extension that uses ChatGPT's browser version and lets developers build their own extensions on top of it without paying for APIs.

"ChatGPT Anywhere" provides a convenient API for interfacing with ChatGPT, and it also supports ChatGPT Plus subscriptions. This means if the user has purchased ChatGPT Plus, they can use GPT-4 for making ChatGPT calls instead. It also includes a convenient options menu in the extension popup, allowing users to select between different versions of ChatGPT.

Checkout "ChatGPT Anywhere": https://github.com/AkashKarnatak/chatgpt-anywhere

As a proof of concept, I built "YTGPT," an extension based on "ChatGPT Anywhere", which summarizes YouTube videos without incurring any ChatGPT API costs.

Here's a little demo:

YTGPT - https://github.com/akashKarnatak/ytgpt

GitHub link: https://github.com/akashKarnatak/ytgpt

I have published YTGPT on both firefox and chrome extension store.

YTGPT on chrome store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ytgpt/pdeifibppjecphohonmiipejifejcgnp

YTGPT on firefox addons store: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ytgpt/

There are so many use cases for this, and I think the community will benefit from this extension, allowing them to build cool stuff without worrying about the cost.

What do you guys think of this?

P.S. If you build something cool using "ChatGPT Anywhere", please let me know about your project in this issue! I'd love to feature your extension in the "ChatGPT Anywhere" README.