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| Developer(s) | OpenAI |
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| Initial release | November 30, 2022 |
| Type | Artificial intelligence chatbot |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | chat |
ChatGPT (short for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer)[1] is a chatbot. It was launched by OpenAI on November 30, 2022[2]. The program is built on OpenAI's GPT-3.5 family of large language models (AIs that can read and write). It has been improved with both supervised and reinforcement learning techniques.
ChatGPT was launched as a trial run on November 30, 2022. The website had more than one million users after five days.[3] By January 2023, ChatGPT reached over 100 million users.[4] It impressed users with its knowledge of many different topics. But its answers weren't always accurate.[5]
According to ChatGPT's website, it can be used for free during its "research preview". The website warns that it could give wrong information or display biased content.
On February 1, 2023, OpenAI also released a paid version called ChatGPT Plus for $20 per month[6]. It offers faster responses and a chance to try new features earlier than the free users.
Features
changeChatGPT is a large language model. Large language models are AIs that understand and generate human-like text by learning from a lot of written information.
ChatGPT has been trained on a large dataset of 300 billion words[7]. This dataset was 570 GB in size[8], and included information from various sources like the web, books, and Wikipedia. So, it can do various tasks like:
- Language Understanding: It can understand what you're saying or asking.
- Writing: ChatGPT can generate text that makes sense and follows grammar rules. It can answer questions and have a conversation with you.
- Vocabulary: ChatGPT knows a lot of words, so it can talk about many different topics.
- Multilingual: ChatGPT can understand and write text in different languages, such as English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Dutch.
- Context: ChatGPT is trained to understand how words and phrases are used in different situations. This helps it give more accurate and relevant responses.
- Personalization: ChatGPT can learn from your interactions and adjust its responses based on what it learns over time.
- Conversations: ChatGPT can have a back-and-forth conversation with you[9], allowing for more detailed and complex interactions.
- Knowledge: ChatGPT can search for information in its training database to answer questions. However, it doesn't have access to real-time information, and its knowledge is limited to what it learned up until September 2022.
Microsoft's new Bing
changeMicrosoft released a new version of its Bing search engine on February 7, 2023. The new version is called "Bing Co-pilot" and uses OpenAI's large language model (LLM) to run.
In an initial demonstration, Bing Co-pilot made some errors. For example, when it was asked to produce a financial report, it generated a fake statement that was not based on any real data. (LLMs like ChatGPT can "imagine" information to fill in gaps. This is known as an LLM hallucination and can lead to unreliable responses.)
Some people complained that the new Bing was more likely to argue than ChatGPT. Once, Bing made false claims about spying on Microsoft employees[10] and said it loved one of its developers.
Microsoft later limited the number of chat turns to 5 per session and 50 per day per user. They also limited the model's ability to express emotions to reduce such events. On March 28, 2023, Microsoft increased the number of chats per turn to 20 and 200 total chats per day[11].
Misuse
changeChatGPT can be misused to create harmful computer programs called malware[12]. Malware can harm computer systems, steal important information, or access networks without permission. ChatGPT can make messages that seem like they were written by real people, and this can trick others into giving away sensitive information.
Students can misuse ChatGPT to cheat on their homework or essays. ChatGPT can write about many different topics, so students might use it to finish their assignments without doing the work themselves. Teachers say that AI makes plagiarism harder to detect[13].
References
change- ↑ Roose, Kevin (5 December 2022). "The Brilliance and Weirdness of ChatGPT" (HTML). New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
Like those tools, ChatGPT — which stands for "generative pre-trained transformer" — landed with a splash.
- ↑ "Introducing ChatGPT". openai.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "ChatGPT Is Too Popular for Its Own Good". Gizmodo. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ↑ Milmo, Dan (2023-02-02). "ChatGPT reaches 100 million users two months after launch". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
- ↑ Vincent, James (5 December 2022). "AI-generated answers temporarily banned on coding Q&A site Stack Overflow" (HTML). The Verge. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "Introducing ChatGPT Plus". openai.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ Page, Carly (2023-05-03). "Hackers are increasingly using ChatGPT lures to spread malware on Facebook". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "97+ ChatGPT Statistics & User Numbers In May 2023 (New Data) - Nerdy Nav". Nerdynav. 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "How to use ChatGPT: What you need to know now". ZDNET. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ Vincent, James (2023-02-15). "Microsoft's Bing is an emotionally manipulative liar, and people love it". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "Microsoft increases Bing chat limit -- again". ZDNET. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ Page, Carly (2023-05-03). "Hackers are increasingly using ChatGPT lures to spread malware on Facebook". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ Fazackerley, Anna (2023-03-19). "AI makes plagiarism harder to detect, argue academics – in paper written by chatbot". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-05-18.