ChatGPT

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence-based chatbot developed by OpenAI and introduced in November 2022. It leverages the power of OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 foundational large language models (LLMs), enhanced through supervised and reinforcement learning techniques. ChatGPT can carry out various tasks, including writing code, creating music and screenplays, answering quiz questions, translating and summarizing text, and even mimicking a Linux system or simulating entire chat rooms. The initial release of ChatGPT utilized GPT-3.5, while a subsequent version based on GPT-4 was made available to paid subscribers.

Although ChatGPT has garnered praise for its remarkable ability to generate detailed and human-like text compositions, it has faced criticism for offering factually inaccurate answers. Referred to as “hallucination,” this behavior leads ChatGPT to sometimes produce compelling but incorrect or nonsensical information. Furthermore, the training data used for ChatGPT contains algorithmic bias that may result in harmful or deceptive responses.

OpenAI presents a premium subscription known as ChatGPT Plus, granting access to the GPT-4 powered version of ChatGPT. In addition to this service, OpenAI introduced APIs for both the ChatGPT and Whisper models—allowing developers to utilize AI-driven language processing and speech-to-text capabilities in their applications. Nevertheless, OpenAI recognizes the potential misuse of its technology and is working on a digital watermarking tool to counter malicious use in cases like academic plagiarism or spamming.

The emergence of ChatGPT has intensified competition within the AI chatbot industry — prompting entities such as Google’s Bard and Meta’s LLaMA into existence. Moreover, concerns about the potential dangers associated with increasingly advanced AI systems like OpenAI’s GPT-4 continue to grow among experts due to risks related to superhuman intelligence surpassing human capabilities, misaligned objectives, and existential threats to humankind.