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I'm confused, is the gpt-4 model used through the API different to the gpt-4 from ChatGPT Plus? I can't find clear information on their website.

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Kind of.

ChatGPT is a product built on top of gpt-4.

It includes many features that were built on top of the api (not as a a part of it)

So it’s the same model, but the chatgpt product has more features than just text generation

Interesting, do these extra features have an impact on code generation?

yes they do.

And depending on the subject and/or what you're trying to do, it will have a larger impact the just talking to the model

I stopped my ChatGPT Plus subscription and replaced it with pure GPT-4 API calls because the "product" built around the API just got dumber and dumber over time.

- ChatGPT pros:

Has some bells and whistles like code interpreter (which I can easily get via Open Interpreter).

Has plugins (although I found web browsing to be inferior compared to Poe/Perplexity).

- Pure GPT-4 API pros:

Is not dumbed down or forced to "forget" things or be lazy in coding.

I use the API either programmatically or through Poe.

Yes max woolf had a post here last week or two showing the differences

Would you mind providing a link? The only post I found on Algolia when searching for "max woolf" over the past month is yours :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38782678

Thank you. I can't find any clear comparison between ChatGPT Plus and gpt-4 (through the API) on that article though, it seems to be focused on how to improve results with gpt-3.5? I was expecting some benchmarks

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