ChatGPT's Viral Rise Ushers in New Era and Debates Around AI
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ChatGPT is a chatbot from OpenAI that can respond to text prompts with remarkably human-like responses thanks to underlying AI technology. It went viral after launch in late 2022.
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ChatGPT gets smarter over time, with the latest upgrade being GPT-4 Turbo. It has limitations like making up plausible-sounding but false information.
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ChatGPT is free but a paid $20/month ChatGPT Plus subscription unlocks extra capabilities. Recently added "GPT" custom apps narrow its intelligence.
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Microsoft, Google, startups and more are pouring money into generative AI like ChatGPT, pursuing expansive uses from education to medicine.
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However, generative AI has downsides too around misinformation, security, biases. Researchers are working to address problems, though issues likely persist.