Why is OPENAI_API_KEY still necessary?

[razvanab]

Why is OPENAI_API_KEY still necessary if we can use an alternative model like llama?

[crypto-kotha]

I have similar question like you, Open AI subscriptions are not intended for scientific research. It charges a lot of fees.

[yesbroc]

openai is normally faster and better

[shiloh92]

Yeah open source and free is needed to open up this area for everyone.

[yesbroc]

not saying i was against it, just that openai has better models for use, gpt 3.5 is good, fast, and cheap

[francip]

OpenAI key is needed for people that use OpenAI models. It's quite possible there is assertion that checks if the env variable is there even if people are using Llama.cpp, I'll look into fixing this. But it only checks if the variable is there, doesn't use it for anything in that case, so workaround is to set it to some dummy value.

[razvanab]

openai.error.AuthenticationError: Incorrect API key provided: v6j0grklw3. You can find your API key at https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys.