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1. Introduction

ChatGPT is likely familiar to most people, sweeping the entire Internet and becoming a hot technology pursued by tech companies and a topic of great interest in the IT industry. ChatGPT is an AI chatbot program developed by OpenAI, launched in November 2022. ChatGPT is a large language model developed and trained by OpenAI, using a large language model based on the GPT-3.5 architecture and trained through reinforcement learning. It can generate high-quality text and performs well in various language tasks such as conversation generation, text summarization, text classification, etc.

Some say it’s a career killer for coders, a firefighter of inspiration for poets, a dream crusher for “town problem solvers”… Give it a simple command, and it can code, write poetry, or research papers. It can even do things you wouldn’t dare to think about. It may render many professions unprofitable, ultimately leading to extinction, just like the advent of digital cameras wiped out the film industry. (Source: here)

Here’s an example of ChatGPT’s excellent text organization skills in a direct introduction:

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According to Google Trends, ChatGPT is gaining momentum, especially in China.

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Google Global Search Trends

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ChatGPT’s advantage lies in its use of extensive training data and state-of-the-art pre-training techniques, enabling it to learn the complexity and richness of language. Another advantage is that it is currently in the promotional phase, during which everyone can register for free and engage in conversations with AI bots using ChatGPT for free upon login. Additionally, ChatGPT supports direct Chinese queries and provides corresponding Chinese answers.

However, ChatGPT also has some limitations. First, it may struggle with abstract and highly specialized topics. Second, as ChatGPT’s training is based on a large amount of text data from the web, it may be influenced by biases and prejudices present online.

During the current free stage, there may be instances of official rate limiting while using the service:

ChatGPT is at capacity right now

2. Direct Experience

As ChatGPT services cannot be directly accessed in China at the moment (registration requires email and SMS verification), if you just want to quickly experience ChatGPT’s functionalities, you can directly use it on the website https://chatgpt.sbaliyun.com/.

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3. Official Account Registration

If you intend to register for an account on the official OpenAI website within China, you will need:

  • Access to a scientific internet connection. You can verify if the current internet exit point is in countries like Japan or South Korea on https://ipinfo.io/.

  • Verify through phone SMS in the service-providing country. Many virtual number platforms for free overseas SMS verification will be recognized and cannot be used for registration.

It is recommended to purchase SMS verification codes from the sms-activate platform after reaching the phone verification phase during account registration to avoid registration failures by OpenAPI caused by possible failures from exit proxy servers.

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3.1 Account Registration

3.2 International SMS Verification

Therefore, the ability to pass international phone SMS verification is crucial during the registration process. Here, I used the numbers provided by the SMS-Activate platform for OpenAI verification. This platform can be switched to Chinese directly, recharged and settled payments can be made using Alipay, making it relatively easy to use. SMS-Activate is a service that sells and rents virtual numbers in more than 170 countries, providing virtual numbers for most countries worldwide so you can receive SMS messages with confirmation codes online. The services provided include long-term rental of virtual numbers, call forwarding connections, phone verifications, etc.

Firstly, you need to register an account on the SMS-Activate platform and add credit. The price for a single SMS verification varies based on the region selected (wholesale and retail price differences), with lower prices currently in regions like England and Malaysia. If the retail price is 10 rubles, it is approximately equivalent to 0.98 yuan (exchange rate 0.098) in Renminbi.

After choosing the country and region for purchase, click on the shopping cart icon for the purchase.

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Here I selected Indonesia, clicked the shopping cart icon on the right (requires sufficient balance), the purchasing window will appear in the main window on the right, as shown below:

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The country code (first one or two digits) in the number needs to be removed during ChatGPT registration. Orders have a 20-minute validity period; if you do not receive the text message during use or do not intend to continue usage, you can click on the cross icon on the right to get an automatic refund to your balance.

3.3 Testing the Effect

Upon successful registration, click the “Try” button at the top of the website to enter question and answer mode for testing, supporting direct input in Chinese.

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As we are currently in the beta testing phase, there may be high customer demand. If the system reaches capacity, you may receive the following prompt:

We’re experiencing exceptionally high demand. Please hang tight as we work on scaling our systems.

We are currently experiencing unusually high demand. Please be patient as we are working on expanding our system.

Usually, trying a few more times should suffice.

Rumor has it that a paid version of ChatGPT is on the way. Compared to the current free version, it will be available at all times, respond faster, and have an increased daily usage limit — at least twice as much as the free version.

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4. Summary

This article mainly introduces how to register ChatGPT in China. ChatGPT is leading the future of AIGC, which may change many industries. Are you ready?

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