ChatGPT Inline Bot
AI
chatbot
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
4 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 13 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.
Idea: 1 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Easy and useful interface into ChatGPT
From 2 comments
I love this - thanks! Easiest interface into ChatGPT I've found. /setvoice didn't see to work for me. I was looking for a British voice and tried /setvoice Brian Am I doing…
RobinL on HNDoes this also use chatgpt's api? Just tried it, it's very useful.
aero-glide2 on HN
Good choice making it inline
From 1 comment
Good choice for making it inline
farbodsaraf on HN
Objections
Business address and country not given, trust concerns
From 1 comment
>> We, us or our means Sandoche Adittane (Micro Entreprise), company number 79218834400016. They don't provide their business address nor their country or phone number. How can…
novaRom on HN
Privacy policy missing; developer may see chat data
From 2 comments
The developer can see everything that is being sent to the bot, right?
olso on HNThe privacy policy needs to be cristal clear what they do and what they don't with the chat data. How long is it kept, what is it being used for, who has access to it, etc.…
Tepix on HN
Idea is simple enough to self-host or copy as open source
From 3 comments
This seems very useful to me, but is the kind of thing I'd write in an afternoon and release it as OSS. Still, most people won't want to self-host it, so the business model might…
stavros on HNThe idea is great, but it is so simple to build I am just waiting for an open-source self-hostable version to pop up in a few days.
yewenjie on HNIt's not about reliability, it's just that, for things this simple, I'm inclined to write the two Docker Compose lines to deploy this to my Harbormaster server than to pay for…
stavros on HN
1000 message limit seems low
From 1 comment
1000 doesn't sound like a lot...
aldanor on HN
Requests
Open source the code
From 2 comments
Can you share the source code?
tuga on HNIt would be nice if you provided the source code.
favaq on HN
Configurable TTS language and auto language detection
From 2 comments
Hey that's pretty awesome, can you make the TTS output language configurable? Also when i send something to the bot i can only send video, (with the iOS app) it makes more sense…
Tepix on HNor autodetect the output language. Both Whisper and ChatGPT handle multilingual just fine
nielsole on HN
Crypto payments
From 1 comment
Do you accept crypto payments? I have several contacts who will likely pay for this if so
simple-thoughts on HN
Privacy policy
From 1 comment
Hey that's pretty awesome, can you make the TTS output language configurable? Also when i send something to the bot i can only send video, (with the iOS app) it makes more sense…
Tepix on HN
Questions
Does it use the ChatGPT API?
From 1 comment
Does this also use chatgpt's api? Just tried it, it's very useful.
aero-glide2 on HN
Does the developer see chat content?
From 1 comment
The developer can see everything that is being sent to the bot, right?
olso on HN
How much does it cost?
From 1 comment
how much does it cost?
TurkishPoptart on HN
Alternatives named
Self-hosted chatgpt-telegram-bot GitHub repo
From 2 comments
Lol, I just literally deployed an implementation from a GitHub repo[0] for free on Fly.io hours ago. This way I can also check the code and just pay for what I use. Seems like a…
jskherman on HNOr you can roll out your own: https://github.com/h00s/chatgpt-telegram-bot
h00s on HN
MarcBot Telegram voice bot
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch! Made something similar which also uses Whisper to support voice memos (talk to GPT) and TTS (hear GPT’s responses) Not sure it warrants a separate post,…
marckohlbrugge on HN
Magicbuddy Telegram bot
From 1 comment
Great to see you launch! I just finished something similar in Telegram, I added a way to connect to "live data" via system commands, so the bot can get weather updates or…
illyism on HN