The #1 scam. A fake "cracked launcher" asks for your OpenAI or Google login. The attacker now owns your account. They will:
Instead of $20/month for ChatGPT Plus, use OpenAI’s API with a pay-as-you-go plan. GPT-3.5-Turbo costs $0.001 per 1,000 tokens. You can send (each ~1,000 words) for about $10. That’s cheaper than a cracked version’s potential ransom. chatgpt cracked version
A "crack" would require breaking into OpenAI’s server cluster, stealing the model weights (hundreds of gigabytes), and rewriting their authentication system. That is nation-state level hacking. No teenager with a YouTube channel is doing that. The #1 scam