Show HN: ChatGPT, No Login Needed, Made with Official OpenAI API (opens in new tab)

You would miss out on trying one of the most significant innovations in a decade because of a phone number? What do you think is going to happen if you share your phone number? Your phone number is certainly readily tired to your name across dozens of public and private databases.

All it takes is someone who has you in their contacts downloading an app that requests contacts permissions. Totally out of your control. It's best to assume your phone number is already public and move your privacy shields somewhere more effective.

I don't remember giving my phone number to OpenAI. (they never asked)

OpenAI is hardly “some random company”. It’s 49% owned by Microsoft, and has an exclusive commercial license with them.

Its cofounders and original investors are all Silicon Valley luminaries, plus Elon Musk who’s since sold his stake. Cofounders and major investors include Sam Altman (former Y Combinator president and now OpenAI CEO), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn cofounder), Jessica Livingston (Y Combinator), Peter Thiel (Palantir), Amazon Web Services, Infosys, and OpenResearch (formerly YC Research).

Btw I’m not sure if you need a phone number if you sign up with a social media account like Google.

Can confirm from India here .. It didn't ask me phone number.

They don’t require a phone number when you create an account. And they have a social login using gmail or Microsoft.