I recently put together an article digging into what you really get when you sign up for an OpenAI login. I kept seeing people ask if there’s any point to making an account, so I figured I’d share what I found for anyone on the fence.

Here are the main takeaways:

• Access to advanced tools: With an OpenAI login, you get more than just the basic chatbot. You can use models like GPT-4o, try out image and video generation, and tap into API integrations if you’re building something more technical.

• Personalized experience: The platform remembers your past activity, so it can offer better recommendations and let you pick up where you left off. If you’re working on longer projects or just want a more tailored experience, this is actually pretty handy.

• Better security and privacy: You can set up multi-factor authentication, and there are options for managing how your data is used. Team and business accounts get even more control over privacy settings.

• Collaboration features: If you’re part of a team, you can share workspaces, manage permissions, and get admin tools that make it easier to work together.

• Early access to new features: OpenAI tends to roll out new stuff (like source citations in ChatGPT answers) to logged-in users first, so you’re not waiting around for updates.

If you want a deeper look, I laid out more details in the article here: https://aigptjournal.com/explore-ai/ai-guides/openai-login-breakdown/

I’m interested—has anyone here found the login perks actually useful, or do you mostly stick with the free/basic access? What features would make you consider signing up if you haven’t already?

I tried Agent to classify certain gmail emails and create draft emails as responses.

I logged chatgpt into gmail using "Sources" and then surprisingly, agent wanted to use the browser to login into chatgpt additionally which did not work due to gmail error "couldn't log you in, your browser may not be secure".

the end of it is that chatgpt worked for 10 minutes twice and said it classified a bunch of emails and saved a lot of drafts, but when I look inside my gmail, I see non of this.

Anyone figure this out?