Open Assistant (OA) is a chat-based and open-source assistant that aims to make a large language model that can run on a single high-end consumer GPU⁴. It is a community project organized by LAION, a non-profit with the goal of creating “truly open AI”. The project is still in its early stages of development.

On the other hand, ChatGPT is a language model developed by OpenAI that is optimized for conversational interfaces. It accepts a prompt string and returns a completion to append to the prompt.

One advantage of Open Assistant over ChatGPT is its open-source nature, which allows for more transparency and open access. Additionally, Open Assistant aims to be runnable on consumer hardware.

Source:
1. Introduction | Open Assistant. https://projects.laion.ai/Open-Assistant/docs/intro
2. How to Use Open Assistant: Open-Source Alternative to ChatGPT. https://approachableai.com/how-to-use-open-assistant/
3. Open Assistant. https://open-assistant.io/
4. 7 best ChatGPT alternatives I’ve tested | Tom's Guide. https://www.tomsguide.com/features/chatgpt-alternatives
5. Sign Up - Open Assistant. https://open-assistant.io/auth/signin
6. Open Assistant Online. https://open-assistant.en.softonic.com/web-apps Accessed
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