ChatGPT

ChatGPT
Developer(s)	OpenAI
Initial release	November 30, 2022
Stable release	February 13, 2024
Engine	GPT-3.5; GPT-4 (paid);
Platform	Cloud computing platforms
Type	Chatbot; Large language model; Generative pre-trained transformer;
License	Privative service
Website	chat.openai.com

ChatGPT is a chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched on November 30, 2022. Based on large language models (LLMs), it enables users to refine and steer a conversation towards a desired length, format, style, level of detail, and language. Successive user prompts and replies are considered at each conversation stage as context.^[2]

ChatGPT is credited with starting the AI boom, which has led to ongoing rapid investment in and public attention to the field of artificial intelligence.^[3] By January 2023, it had become what was then the fastest-growing consumer software application in history, gaining over 100 million users and contributing to the growth of OpenAI's current valuation of $80 billion.^[4]^[5] ChatGPT's release spurred the release of competing products, including Gemini, Ernie, LLaMA, Claude, and Grok.^[6] Microsoft launched Copilot, based on OpenAI's GPT-4. Some observers raised concern about the potential of ChatGPT and similar programs to displace or atrophy human intelligence, enable plagiarism, or fuel misinformation.^[7]^[8]

ChatGPT is built on OpenAI's proprietary series of generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) models and is fine-tuned for conversational applications using a combination of supervised learning and reinforcement learning from human feedback.^[7] ChatGPT was released as a freely available research preview, but due to its popularity, OpenAI now operates the service on a freemium model. Users on its free tier can access the GPT-3.5-based version, while the more advanced GPT-4 and other features are released under the "ChatGPT Plus" paid subscription service.

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[latest_version-1] "ChatGPT – Release Notes". Archived from the original on January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024.

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[3] Weise, Karen; Metz, Cade; Grant, Nico; Isaac, Mike (December 5, 2023). "Inside the A.I. Arms Race That Changed Silicon Valley Forever". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[4] Staff (February 17, 2024). "Microsoft-backed OpenAI valued at $80bn after company completes deal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 30, 2024.

[5] Metz, Cade; Mickle, Tripp (February 16, 2024). "OpenAI Completes Deal That Values the Company at $80 Billion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 30, 2024.

[6] "What's the next word in large language models?". Nature Machine Intelligence. 5 (4): 331–332. April 2023. doi:10.1038/s42256-023-00655-z. ISSN 2522-5839. S2CID 258302563.

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[8] "What is ChatGPT and why does it matter? Here's what you need to know". ZDNET. May 30, 2023. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.

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