{"id":54897,"date":"2023-11-17T23:20:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/17\/chatgpt-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-ai-chatbot-4\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T23:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:20:39","slug":"chatgpt-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-ai-chatbot-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/17\/chatgpt-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-ai-chatbot-4\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ChatGPT, OpenAI\u2019s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/15\/chatgpt-prompts-how-to-optimize-for-sales-marketing-writing-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">short text prompts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has evolved into a behemoth used by more than <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/openais-chatgpt-now-has-100-million-weekly-active-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">92% of Fortune 500 companies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more wide-ranging needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While there is a more\u2026<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/12\/09\/is-chatgpt-a-virus-that-has-been-released-into-the-wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nefarious<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/12\/05\/chatgpt-shrugged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">side<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to ChatGPT, it\u2019s clear that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/12\/user-spending-goes-up-by-more-than-4000-on-ai-powered-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI tools are not going away<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> anytime soon. Since its initial launch nearly a year ago, ChatGPT has hit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/openais-chatgpt-now-has-100-million-weekly-active-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 million weekly active users<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and OpenAI is heavily investing in it. What the company is not <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/17\/sam-altman-is-out-as-openais-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investing in further is the leadership of former CEO Sam Altman<\/a>, who on November 17 was ousted in a surprise announcement by the company after the board released a statement that they had lost confidence in Altman\u2019s ability to lead the company. While the search for a new CEO is ongoing, OpenAI\u2019s chief technology officer <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/17\/who-is-mira-murati-openais-new-interim-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mira Murati is filling in as interim CEO<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On November 6, OpenAI held its first developer conference: OpenAI DevDay. During the conference, it announced a slew of updates coming to GPT, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/openai-launches-gpt-4-turbo-and-launches-fine-tuning-program-for-gpt-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GPT-4 Turbo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (super-charged versions of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/14\/openai-releases-gpt-4-ai-that-it-claims-is-state-of-the-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GPT-4<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, its latest language-writing model), a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/openai-gpt-4-with-vision-release-research-flaws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">multimodal API<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/app-store-for-ai-build-your-own-gpt-and-sell-it-on-openais-gpt-store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a GPT store<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where users can create and monetize their own custom versions of GPT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GPT-4, which can write more naturally and fluently than previous models, remains largely exclusive to paying ChatGPT users. But you can access GPT-4 for free through Microsoft\u2019s Bing Chat in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome and Safari web browsers. Beyond GPT-4 and OpenAI DevDay announcements, OpenAI recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/10\/18\/openai-formally-brings-bing-powered-search-to-chatgpt-as-dall-e-3-arrives-in-beta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">connected ChatGPT to the internet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for all users. And with the integration of DALL-E 3, users are also able to generate both text prompts and images right in ChatGPT.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a timeline of ChatGPT product updates and releases, starting with the latest, which we\u2019ve been updating throughout the year. And if you have any other questions, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/10\/17\/chatgpt-everything-to-know-about-the-ai-chatbot\/#faq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">check out our ChatGPT FAQ here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Timeline of the most recent ChatGPT updates<\/h2>\n<h3>November 17<\/h3>\n<h3>Sam Altman ousted as OpenAI\u2019s CEO<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sam Altman has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/17\/sam-altman-is-out-as-openais-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fired from OpenAI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He will leave the company\u2019s board and step down as CEO, with <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/17\/who-is-mira-murati-openais-new-interim-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI\u2019s chief technology officer Mira Murati<\/a> stepping in as interim CEO. In a blog post from OpenAI, the company writes that the board \u201cno longer has confidence in [Altman\u2019s] ability to continue leading OpenAI.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sama\/status\/1725631621511184771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statement on X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Altman said working at OpenAI \u201cwas transformative\u201d for him and \u201chopefully the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>OpenAI explores how ChatGPT can be used in the classroom<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap revealed at a San Francisco conference that the company will likely create a team to identify ways <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/openai-explores-how-get-chatgpt-into-classrooms-2023-11-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI and ChatGPT can be used in education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This announcement comes at a time when ChatGPT is being criticized by educators for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/one-in-five-teens-chatgpt-say-used-it-for-schoolwork-2023-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">encouraging cheating<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, resulting in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ariannajohnson\/2023\/01\/18\/chatgpt-in-schools-heres-where-its-banned-and-how-it-could-potentially-help-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bans in certain school districts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>November 16<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI pauses new ChatGPT Plus subscriptions due to a \u201csurge of usage\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following OpenAI\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/everything-announced-at-openais-first-developer-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dev Day conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Sam Altman announced the company is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sama\/status\/1724626002595471740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1724626002595471740%7Ctwgr%5E8f701e2ab79c2e3bb09e2dd7b1afb57b4ddf5f14%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle%2Fchatgpt-plus-black-market-ebay-resellers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">putting a pause<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on new subscriptions for its premium ChatGPT Plus offering. The temporary hold on sign-ups, as well as the demand for ChatGPT Plus\u2019 new features like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/app-store-for-ai-build-your-own-gpt-and-sell-it-on-openais-gpt-store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">making custom GPTS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has led to a slew of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/chatgpt-plus-black-market-ebay-resellers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">resellers on eBay<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>ChatGPT gets flagged as potentially unsafe for kids<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An independent review from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit advocacy group, found that\u00a0 ChatGPT could potentially be harmful for younger users. ChatGPT got an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/ai-ratings\/chatgpt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">overall three-star rating<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the report, with its lowest ratings relating to transparency, privacy, trust and safety.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>November 9<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI blames DDoS attack for ChatGPT outage<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI confirmed that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/09\/openai-blames-ddos-attack-for-ongoing-chatgpt-outage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a DDoS attack<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was behind outages affecting ChatGPT and its developer tools. ChatGPT experienced sporadic outages for about 24 hours, resulting in users being unable to log into or use the service.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>November 6<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI debuts GPT-4 Turbo<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/openai-launches-gpt-4-turbo-and-launches-fine-tuning-program-for-gpt-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI unveiled GPT-4 Turbo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at its first-ever OpenAI DevDay conference. GPT-4 Turbo comes in two versions: one that\u2019s strictly text-analyzing and another that understands the context of both text and images.<\/span><b\/><\/p>\n<h3>GPT-4 gets a fine-tuning<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As opposed to the fine-tuning program for GPT-3.5, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/openai-launches-gpt-4-turbo-and-launches-fine-tuning-program-for-gpt-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the GPT-4 program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will involve more oversight and guidance from OpenAI teams, the company says \u2014 largely due to technical hurdles.<\/span><b\/><\/p>\n<h3>OpenAI\u2019s GPT Store lets you build (and monetize) your own GPT<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Users and developers will <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/app-store-for-ai-build-your-own-gpt-and-sell-it-on-openais-gpt-store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">soon be able to make their own GPT<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with no coding experience required. Anyone building their own GPT will also be able to list it on OpenAI\u2019s marketplace and monetize it in the future.<\/span><b\/><\/p>\n<h3>ChatGPT has 100 million weekly active users<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After being released nearly a year ago, ChatGPT has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/openais-chatgpt-now-has-100-million-weekly-active-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 million weekly active users<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also revealed that over two million developers use the platform, including more than 92% of Fortune 500 companies.<\/span><b\/><\/p>\n<h3>OpenAI launches DALL-E 3 API, new text-to-speech models<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/openai-launches-dall-e-3-api-new-text-to-speech-models\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DALL-E 3, OpenAI\u2019s text-to-image model<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is now available via an API after first coming to ChatGPT-4 and Bing Chat. OpenAI\u2019s newly released text-to-speech API, Audio API, offers six preset voices to choose from and two generative AI model variants.<\/span><b\/><\/p>\n<h3>OpenAI promises to defend business customers against copyright claims<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bowing to peer pressure, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/openai-promises-to-defend-business-customers-against-copyright-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI it will pay legal costs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> incurred by customers who face lawsuits over IP claims against work generated by an OpenAI tool. The protections seemingly don\u2019t extend to all OpenAI products, like the free and Plus tiers of ChatGPT.<\/span><b\/><\/p>\n<h3>As OpenAI\u2019s multimodal API launches broadly, research shows it\u2019s still flawed<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI announced that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/openai-gpt-4-with-vision-release-research-flaws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GPT-4 with vision<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will become available alongside the upcoming launch of GPT-4 Turbo API. But some researchers found that the model remains flawed in several significant and problematic ways.<\/span><b\/><\/p>\n<h3>OpenAI launches API, letting developers build \u2018assistants\u2019 into their apps<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At its OpenAI DevDay, OpenAI announced <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/06\/openai-launches-api-that-lets-developers-build-assistants-into-their-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Assistants API<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to help developers build \u201cagent-like experiences\u201d within their apps. Use cases range from a natural language-based data analysis app to a coding assistant or even an AI-powered vacation planner.<\/span><b\/><\/p>\n<p><b>\u2014<\/b><\/p>\n<h3>October 30<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT app revenue shows no signs of slowing, but it\u2019s not #1<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI\u2019s chatbot app far outpaces all others on mobile devices in terms of downloads, but it\u2019s surprisingly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/10\/30\/chatgpt-app-revenue-shows-no-signs-of-slowing-but-some-other-ai-apps-top-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not the top AI app by revenue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Several other AI chatbots, like\u00a0 \u201cChat &amp; Ask AI\u201d and \u201cChatOn \u2014 AI Chat Bot Assistant\u201d, are actually making more money than ChatGPT.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>October 29<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT tests the ability to upload and analyze files for Plus users<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscribers to ChatGPT\u2019s Enterprise Plan <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/10\/29\/23937497\/chatgpt-plus-new-beta-all-tools-update-pdf-data-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> new beta features, including the ability to upload PDFs to analyze and and ask questions about them directly. The new rollout also makes it so users no longer have to manually select a mode like DALL-E and browsing when using ChatGPT. Instead, users will automatically be switched to models based on the prompt.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>October 18<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT officially gets web search<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/10\/18\/openai-formally-brings-bing-powered-search-to-chatgpt-as-dall-e-3-arrives-in-beta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">formally launched<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> its internet-browsing feature to ChatGPT, some three weeks after re-introducing the feature in beta after several months in hiatus. The AI chatbot that has historically been limited to data up to September, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>October 18<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI integrates DALL-E 3 into ChatGPT<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The integration means users don\u2019t have to think so carefully about their text-prompts when asking DALL-E to create an image. Users will also now be able <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/10\/18\/openai-formally-brings-bing-powered-search-to-chatgpt-as-dall-e-3-arrives-in-beta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to receive images<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as part of their text-based queries without having to switch between apps.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>October 17<\/h3>\n<h3>Microsoft-affiliated research finds flaws in GPT-4<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Microsoft-affiliated scientific paper looked at the \u201ctrustworthiness\u201d \u2014 and toxicity \u2014 of LLMs, including GPT-4. Because GPT-4 is more likely to follow the instructions of \u201cjailbreaking\u201d prompts, the co-authors claim that GPT-4 can be more easily prompted than other LLMs to spout <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/10\/17\/microsoft-affiliated-research-finds-flaws-in-gtp-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">toxic, biased text<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>October 9<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT\u2019s mobile app hits record $4.58M in revenue in September<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI amassed 15.6 million downloads and nearly $4.6 million in gross revenue across its iOS and Android apps worldwide in September. But <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/10\/09\/chatgpts-mobile-app-hit-record-4-58m-in-revenue-last-month-but-growth-is-slowing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revenue growth has now begun to slow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to new data from market intelligence firm Appfigures \u2014 dropping from 30% to 20% in September.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>September 27<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT can now browse the internet (again)<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI posted on Twitter\/X that ChatGPT can now browse the internet and is no longer limited to data before September 2021. The chatbot had a web browsing capability for <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/27\/openais-chatgpt-app-can-now-search-the-web-but-only-via-bing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plus subscribers back in July<\/a>, but the feature was taken away after users exploited it to get around paywalls.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ChatGPT can now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources. It is no longer limited to data before September 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pyj8a9HWkB\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/pyj8a9HWkB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OpenAI (@OpenAI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OpenAI\/status\/1707077710047216095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>September 25, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT now has a voice<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI announced that it\u2019s adding a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/09\/25\/openai-chatgpt-voice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new voice for verbal conversations and image-based smarts<\/a> to the AI-powered chatbot.<\/p>\n<h3>September 21, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>Poland opens an investigation against OpenAI<\/h3>\n<p>The Polish authority publically announced it has <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/09\/21\/poland-chatgpt-gdpr-complaint-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened an investigation regarding ChatGPT<\/a> \u2014 accusing the company of a string of breaches of the EU\u2019s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).<\/p>\n<h3>September 20, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI unveils DALL-E 3<\/h3>\n<p>The upgraded text-to-image tool, DALL-E 3, uses ChatGPT to help fill in prompts. Subscribers to OpenAI\u2019s premium ChatGPT plans, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/09\/07\/chatgpt-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-open-ai-powered-chatbot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT Plus<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/28\/openai-launches-a-chatgpt-plan-for-enterprise-customers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT Enterprise<\/a>, can type in a request for an image and hone it through conversations with the chatbot \u2014 receiving the results directly within the chat app.<\/p>\n<h3>September 7, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>Opera GX integrates ChatGPT-powered AI<\/h3>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">Powered by OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, the AI browser Aria\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/24\/opera-launches-new-integrated-ai-sidebar-powered-by-openais-chatgpt\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/24\/opera-launches-new-integrated-ai-sidebar-powered-by-openais-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a> on Opera in May to give users an easier way to search, ask questions and write code. Today, the <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/09\/07\/gaming-browser-opera-gx-integrates-chatgpt-powered-ai-feature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company announced it is bringing Aria to Opera GX<\/a>, a version of the flagship Opera browser that is built for gamers.<\/p>\n<p>The new feature allows Opera GX users to interact directly with a browser AI to find the latest gaming news and tips.<\/p>\n<h3>August 31, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI releases a guide for teachers using ChatGPT in the classroom<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/31\/openai-angles-to-put-chatgpt-in-classrooms-with-special-tutor-prompts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rehabilitate the system\u2019s image<\/a> a bit when it comes to education, as ChatGPT has been controversial in the classroom due to plagiarism. OpenAI has <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/blog\/teaching-with-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offered up a selection of ways<\/a> to put the chatbot to work in the classroom.<\/p>\n<h3>August 28, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI launches ChatGPT Enterprise<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/28\/openai-launches-a-chatgpt-plan-for-enterprise-customers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT Enterprise<\/a> can perform the same tasks as ChatGPT, such as writing emails, drafting essays and debugging computer code. However, the new offering also adds \u201centerprise-grade\u201d privacy and data analysis capabilities on top of the vanilla ChatGPT, as well as enhanced performance and customization options.<\/p>\n<h3>Survey finds relatively few American actually use ChatGPT<\/h3>\n<p>Recent Pew polling <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/28\/survey-finds-relatively-few-americans-actually-use-or-fear-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggests the language model isn\u2019t quite as popular or threatening<\/a> as some would have you think. Ongoing polling by Pew Research shows that although ChatGPT is gaining mindshare, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2023\/08\/28\/most-americans-havent-used-chatgpt-few-think-it-will-have-a-major-impact-on-their-job\/?org=982&amp;lvl=100&amp;ite=12444&amp;lea=2700304&amp;ctr=0&amp;par=1&amp;trk=a0D3j000014FiSPEA0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2023\/08\/28\/most-americans-havent-used-chatgpt-few-think-it-will-have-a-major-impact-on-their-job\/?org=982&amp;lvl=100&amp;ite=12444&amp;lea=2700304&amp;ctr=0&amp;par=1&amp;trk=a0D3j000014FiSPEA0\">only about 18% of Americans have ever actually used it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>August 22, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI brings fine-tuning to GPT-3.5 Turbo<\/h3>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/22\/openai-brings-fine-tuning-to-gpt-3-5-turbo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fine-tuning, companies using GPT-3.5 Turbo<\/a> through the company\u2019s API can make the model better follow specific instructions. For example, having the model always respond in a given language. Or improving the model\u2019s ability to consistently format responses, as well as hone the \u201cfeel\u201d of the model\u2019s output, like its tone, so that it better fits a brand or voice. Most notably, fine-tuning enables OpenAI customers to shorten text prompts to speed up API calls and cut costs.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI is partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/24\/openai-partners-with-scale-ai-to-allow-companies-to-fine-tune-gpt-3-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scale AI to allow companies to fine-tune GPT-3.5<\/a>. However, it is unclear whether OpenAI is developing an in-house tuning tool that is meant to complement platforms like Scale AI or serve a different purpose altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Fine-tuning costs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Training: $0.008 \/ 1K tokens<\/li>\n<li>Usage input: $0.012 \/ 1K tokens<\/li>\n<li>Usage output: $0.016 \/ 1K tokens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>August 16, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI acquires Global Illumination<\/h3>\n<p>In OpenAI\u2019s first public acquisition in its seven-year history, the company announced it <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/16\/openai-acquires-ai-design-studio-global-illumination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has acquired Global Illumination, a New York-based startup leveraging AI<\/a> to build creative tools, infrastructure and digital experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very excited for the impact they\u2019ll have here at OpenAI,\u201d OpenAI wrote in a brief\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/blog\/openai-acquires-global-illumination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/blog\/openai-acquires-global-illumination\">post<\/a> published to its official blog. \u201cThe entire team has joined OpenAI to work on our core products including ChatGPT.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>August 10, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>The \u2018custom instructions\u2019 feature is extended to free ChatGPT users<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/10\/chatgpt-expands-its-custom-instructions-feature-to-free-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI announced that it\u2019s expanding custom instructions<\/a> to all users, including those on the free tier of service. The feature allows users to add various preferences and requirements that they want the AI chatbot to consider when responding.<\/p>\n<h3>August 1, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>China requires AI apps to obtain an administrative license<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/01\/generative-ai-services-pulled-from-apple-app-store-in-china-ahead-of-new-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Multiple generative AI apps have been removed from Apple\u2019s China App Store<\/a> ahead of the country\u2019s latest generative AI regulations that are set to take effect August 15.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you may know, the government has been tightening regulations associated with deep synthesis technologies (DST) and generative AI services, including ChatGPT. DST must fulfill permitting requirements to operate in China, including securing a license from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT),\u201d Apple said in a letter to OpenCat, a native ChatGPT client. \u201cBased on our review, your app is associated with ChatGPT, which does not have requisite permits to operate in China.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>July 25, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT for Android is now available in the US, India, Bangladesh and Brazil<\/h3>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">A few days after putting up\u00a0a preorder page\u00a0on Google Play, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/07\/25\/chatgpt-for-android-is-now-available-in-the-us-india-bangladesh-and-brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI has flipped the switch<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.openai.chatgpt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.openai.chatgpt\">released ChatGPT for Android<\/a>. The app is now live in a handful of countries.<\/p>\n<h3>July 21, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT is coming to Android<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chatgpt-comes-to-android-next-week-but-you-can-sign-up-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT is available to \u201cpre-order\u201d for Android<\/a> users.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.openai.chatgpt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.openai.chatgpt\">The ChatGPT app on Android<\/a>\u00a0looks to be more or less identical to the iOS one in functionality, meaning it gets most if not all of the web-based version\u2019s features. You should be able to sync your conversations and preferences across devices, too \u2014 so if you\u2019re iPhone at home and Android at work, no worries.<\/p>\n<h3>July 20, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI launches customized instructions for ChatGPT<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI launched <a href=\"https:\/\/help.openai.com\/en\/articles\/8096356-custom-instructions-for-chatgpt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">custom instructions<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/07\/20\/chatgpt-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-open-ai-powered-chatbot\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/07\/20\/chatgpt-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-open-ai-powered-chatbot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT users<\/a>, so they <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/07\/20\/openai-launches-customized-instructions-for-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">don\u2019t have to write the same instruction prompts to the chatbot every time<\/a> they interact with it.<\/p>\n<p>The company said this feature lets you \u201cshare anything you\u2019d like ChatGPT to consider in its response.\u201d For example, a teacher can say they are teaching fourth-grade math or a developer can specify the code language they prefer when asking for suggestions. A person can also specify their family size, so the text-generating AI can give responses about meals, grocery and vacation planning accordingly.<\/p>\n<h3>July 13, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>The FTC is reportedly investigating OpenAI<\/h3>\n<p>The FTC is reportedly in at least the <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/07\/13\/ftc-reportedly-looking-into-openai-over-reputational-harm-caused-by-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exploratory phase of investigation over whether OpenAI\u2019s flagship ChatGPT<\/a> conversational AI made \u201cfalse, misleading, disparaging or harmful\u201d statements about people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/author\/devin-coldewey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TechCrunch Reporter Devin Coldewey<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This kind of investigation doesn\u2019t just appear out of thin air \u2014 the FTC doesn\u2019t look around and say \u201cThat looks suspicious.\u201d Generally a lawsuit or formal complaint is brought to their attention and the practices described by it imply that regulations are being ignored. For example, a person may sue a supplement company because the pills made them sick, and the FTC will launch an investigation on the back of that because there\u2019s evidence the company lied about the side effects.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>July 6, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI announced the general availability of GPT-4<\/h3>\n<p>Starting July 6, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/07\/06\/openai-makes-gpt-4-generally-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all existing OpenAI developers \u201cwith a history of successful payments\u201d can access GPT-4<\/a>. OpenAI plans to open up access to new developers by the end of July.<\/p>\n<p>In the future, OpenAI says that it\u2019ll allow developers to fine-tune GPT-4 and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/01\/openai-launches-an-api-for-chatgpt-plus-dedicated-capacity-for-enterprise-customers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GPT-3.5 Turbo<\/a>, one of the original models powering ChatGPT, with their own data, as has long been possible with several of OpenAI\u2019s other text-generating models. That capability should arrive later this year, according to OpenAI.<\/p>\n<h3>June 28, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT app can now search the web only on Bing<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/27\/openais-chatgpt-app-can-now-search-the-web-but-only-via-bing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subscribers to ChatGPT Plus can now use a new feature on the app called Browsing<\/a>, which allows ChatGPT to search Bing for answers to questions.<\/p>\n<p>The Browsing feature can be enabled by heading to the New Features section of the app settings, selecting \u201cGPT-4\u201d in the model switcher and choosing \u201cBrowse with Bing\u201d from the drop-down list. Browsing is available on both the iOS and Android ChatGPT apps.<\/p>\n<h3>June 15, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>Mercedes is adding ChatGPT to its infotainment system<\/h3>\n<p>U.S. owners of Mercedes models that use MBUX will be able to opt into a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/15\/mercedes-is-adding-chatgpt-to-its-infotainment-system-for-some-reason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beta program starting June 16 activating the ChatGPT functionality<\/a>. This will enable the highly versatile large language model to augment the car\u2019s conversation skills. You can join up simply by telling your car \u201cHey Mercedes, I want to join the beta program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not really clear what for, though.<\/p>\n<h3>June 8, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT app is now available on iPad, adds support for Siri and Shortcuts<\/h3>\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/08\/chatgpt-comes-to-ipad-adds-support-for-siri-and-shortcuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT app version brings native iPad support to the app<\/a>, as well as support for using the chatbot with Siri and Shortcuts. Drag and drop is also now available, allowing users to drag individual messages from ChatGPT into other apps.<\/p>\n<p>On iPad, ChatGPT now runs in full-screen mode, optimized for the tablet\u2019s interface.<\/p>\n<h3>May 30, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>Texas judge orders all AI-generated content must be declared and checked<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/30\/no-chatgpt-in-my-court-judge-orders-all-ai-generated-content-must-be-declared-and-checked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas federal judge has added a requirement<\/a> that any attorney appearing in his court must attest that \u201cno portion of the filing was drafted by generative artificial intelligence,\u201d or if it was, that it was checked \u201cby a human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>May 26, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT app expanded to more than 30 countries<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/25\/openai-chatgpt-ios-app-india-download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list of new countries includes<\/a> Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Estonia, Ghana, India, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Slovenia, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<h3>May 25, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT app is now available in 11 more countries<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI announced in a tweet that the <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/25\/the-official-chatgpt-app-is-now-available-in-11-more-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT mobile app is now available on iOS<\/a> in the U.S., Europe, South Korea and New Zealand, and soon more will be able to download the app from the app store. In just six days, the <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/25\/chatgpts-new-app-comes-out-of-the-gate-hot-tops-half-a-million-installs-in-first-6-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app topped 500,000 downloads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The ChatGPT app for iOS is now available to users in 11 more countries \u2014 Albania, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Jamaica, Korea, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, and the UK. More to come soon!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OpenAI (@OpenAI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OpenAI\/status\/1661488013275435008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>May 18, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI launches a ChatGPT app for iOS<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/18\/openai-launches-an-official-chatgpt-app-for-ios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT is officially going mobile<\/a>. The new <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/openai-chatgpt\/id6448311069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT app<\/a> will be free to use, free from ads and will allow for voice input, the company says, but will initially be limited to U.S. users at launch.<\/p>\n<p>When using the mobile version of ChatGPT, the app will sync your history across devices \u2014 meaning it will know what you\u2019ve previously searched for via its web interface, and make that accessible to you. The app is also integrated with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/research\/whisper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whisper<\/a>, OpenAI\u2019s open source speech recognition system, to allow for voice input.<\/p>\n<h3>May 3, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>Hackers are using ChatGPT lures to spread malware on Facebook<\/h3>\n<p>Meta said in a report on May 3 that <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/03\/malware-chatgpt-lures-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">malware posing as ChatGPT was on the rise across its platforms<\/a>. The company said that since March 2023, its security teams have uncovered 10 malware families using ChatGPT (and similar themes) to deliver malicious software to users\u2019 devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn one case, we\u2019ve seen threat actors create malicious browser extensions available in official web stores that claim to offer ChatGPT-based tools,\u201d said Meta security engineers Duc H. Nguyen and Ryan Victory in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/2023\/05\/03\/security\/malware-nodestealer-ducktail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-recirculation-id=\"In-Article Links_2\">a blog post<\/a>. \u201cThey would then promote these malicious extensions on social media and through sponsored search results to trick people into downloading malware.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>April 28, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT parent company OpenAI closes $300M share sale at $27B-29B valuation<\/h3>\n<p>VC firms including Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive and K2 Global are picking up new shares, according to documents seen by TechCrunch. A source tells us Founders Fund is also investing. Altogether the <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/28\/openai-funding-valuation-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VCs have put in just over $300 million at a valuation of $27 billion to $29 billion<\/a>. This is separate to a big investment from Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/01\/23\/microsoft-invests-billions-more-dollars-in-openai-extends-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced earlier this year<\/a>, a person familiar with the development told TechCrunch, which closed in January. The size of Microsoft\u2019s investment is believed to be around $10 billion, a figure we confirmed with our source.<\/p>\n<h3>April 25, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI previews new subscription tier, ChatGPT Business<\/h3>\n<p>Called <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/25\/openai-previews-business-plan-for-chatgpt-launches-new-privacy-controls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT Business, OpenAI describes the forthcoming offering<\/a> as \u201cfor professionals who need more control over their data as well as enterprises seeking to manage their end users.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChatGPT Business will follow our API\u2019s data usage policies, which means that end users\u2019 data won\u2019t be used to train our models by default,\u201d OpenAI\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/blog\/new-ways-to-manage-your-data-in-chatgpt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a blog post. \u201cWe plan to make ChatGPT Business available in the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>April 24, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI wants to trademark \u201cGPT\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/24\/gpt-may-be-trademarked-soon-if-openai-has-its-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI applied\u00a0for a trademark for \u201cGPT,\u201d<\/a> which stands for \u201cGenerative Pre-trained Transformer,\u201d last December. Last month, the company petitioned the USPTO to speed up the process, citing the \u201cmyriad infringements and counterfeit apps\u201d beginning to spring into existence.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for OpenAI, its petition was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tsdr.uspto.gov\/documentviewer?caseId=sn97733259&amp;docI#docIndex=0&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dismissed<\/a>\u00a0last week. According to the agency, OpenAI\u2019s attorneys neglected to pay an associated fee as well as provide \u201cappropriate documentary evidence supporting the justification of special action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That means a decision could take up to five more months.<\/p>\n<h3>April 22, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>Auto-GPT is Silicon Valley\u2019s latest quest to automate everything<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/22\/what-is-auto-gpt-and-why-does-it-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Auto-GPT is an open-source app<\/a> created by game developer Toran Bruce Richards that uses OpenAI\u2019s latest text-generating models, GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, to interact with software and services online, allowing it to \u201cautonomously\u201d perform tasks.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on what objective the tool\u2019s provided, Auto-GPT can behave in very\u2026 unexpected ways. One Reddit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/OpenAI\/comments\/12lzpwy\/using_torantulinoautogpt_from_github_ive_given\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">user<\/a>\u00a0claims that, given a budget of $100 to spend within a server instance, Auto-GPT made a wiki page on cats, exploited a flaw in the instance to gain admin-level access and took over the Python environment in which it was running \u2014 and then \u201ckilled\u201d itself.<\/p>\n<h3>April 18, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>FTC warns that AI technology like ChatGPT could \u2018turbocharge\u2019 fraud<\/h3>\n<p>FTC chair Lina Khan and fellow commissioners <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/18\/ftc-warns-congress-that-ai-technology-like-chatgpt-could-turbocharge-fraud-and-scams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned House representatives of the potential for modern AI technologies, like ChatGPT,<\/a> to be used to \u201cturbocharge\u201d fraud in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1OQ5T9D9jbE&amp;t=3s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">congressional hearing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI presents a whole set of opportunities, but also presents a whole set of risks,\u201d Khan told the House representatives. \u201cAnd I think we\u2019ve already seen ways in which it could be used to turbocharge fraud and scams. We\u2019ve been putting market participants on notice that instances in which AI tools are effectively being designed to deceive people can place them on the hook for FTC action,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<h3>April 17, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>Superchat\u2019s new AI chatbot lets you message historical and fictional characters via ChatGPT<\/h3>\n<p>The company behind the popular iPhone customization app\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/brass-icon-themes-widgets\/id1533158013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brass<\/a>, sticker maker\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/stickerhub-sticker-maker\/id1476167411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StickerHub<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gorillatech.io\/projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">others<\/a>\u00a0is out today with a new AI chat app called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/US\/app\/id6447100327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SuperChat<\/a>, which allows <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/17\/superchats-new-ai-chatbot-lets-you-message-historical-and-fictional-characters-via-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iOS users to chat with virtual characters powered by OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT<\/a>. However, what makes the app different from the default experience or the dozens of generic AI chat apps now available are the characters offered which you can use to engage with SuperChat\u2019s AI features.<\/p>\n<h3>April 12, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>Italy gives OpenAI to-do list for lifting ChatGPT suspension order<\/h3>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/12\/chatgpt-italy-gdpr-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italy\u2019s data protection watchdog has laid out what OpenAI needs to do<\/a> for it to lift an order against ChatGPT issued at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/01\/chatgpt-blocked-in-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">end of last month<\/a> \u2014 when it said it suspected the AI chatbot service was in breach of the EU\u2019s GSPR and ordered the U.S.-based company to stop processing locals\u2019 data.<\/p>\n<p>The DPA has given OpenAI a deadline \u2014 of April 30 \u2014 to get the regulator\u2019s compliance demands done. (The local radio, TV and internet awareness campaign has a slightly more generous timeline of May 15 to be actioned.)<\/p>\n<h3>April 12, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>Researchers discover a way to make ChatGPT consistently toxic<\/h3>\n<p>A study co-authored by scientists at the Allen Institute for AI <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/12\/researchers-discover-a-way-to-make-chatgpt-consistently-toxic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shows that assigning ChatGPT a \u201cpersona\u201d<\/a> \u2014 for example, \u201ca bad person,\u201d \u201ca horrible person\u201d or \u201ca nasty person\u201d \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/01\/openai-launches-an-api-for-chatgpt-plus-dedicated-capacity-for-enterprise-customers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">through the ChatGPT API<\/a> increases its toxicity sixfold. Even more concerning, the co-authors found having the conversational AI chatbot pose as certain historical figures, gendered people and members of political parties also increased its toxicity \u2014 with journalists, men and Republicans in particular causing the machine learning model to say more offensive things than it normally would.<\/p>\n<p>The research was conducted using the latest version, but not the model currently in preview based on OpenAI\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/14\/5-ways-gpt-4-outsmarts-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GPT-4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>April 4, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>Y Combinator-backed startups are trying to build \u2018ChatGPT for X\u2019<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/tag\/yc-demo-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YC Demo Day\u2019s Winter 2023<\/a> batch features no fewer than four startups that <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/04\/these-y-combinator-startups-are-trying-to-build-chatgpt-for-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claim to be building \u201cChatGPT for X.\u201d<\/a> They\u2019re all chasing after a customer service software market that\u2019ll be worth $58.1 billion by 2023, assuming the rather optimistic prediction from Acumen Research comes true.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the YC-backed startups that caught our eye:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yuma.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yuma<\/a>, whose customer demographic is primarily Shopify merchants, provides ChatGPT-like AI systems that integrate with help desk software, suggesting drafts of replies to customer tickets.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/baselit.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baselit<\/a>, which uses one of OpenAI\u2019s text-understanding models to allow businesses to embed chatbot-style analytics for their customers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getlassoai.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lasso<\/a> customers send descriptions or videos of the processes they\u2019d like to automate and the company combines ChatGPT-like interface with robotic process automation (RPA) and a Chrome extension to build out those automations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/berri.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BerriAI<\/a>, whose platform is designed to help developers spin up ChatGPT apps for their organization data through various data connectors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>April 1, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>Italy orders ChatGPT to be blocked<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI has started<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/31\/chatgpt-blocked-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> geoblocking access to its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, in Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/31\/chatgpt-blocked-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italy\u2019s data protection authority<\/a> has just put out a timely reminder that some countries do\u00a0have laws that already apply to cutting edge AI: it has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpdp.it\/web\/guest\/home\/docweb\/-\/docweb-display\/docweb\/9870847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ordered<\/a> OpenAI to stop processing people\u2019s data locally with immediate effect. The Italian DPA said it\u2019s concerned that the ChatGPT maker is breaching the European Union\u2019s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and is opening an investigation.<\/p>\n<h3>March 29, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>1,100+ signatories signed an open letter asking all \u2018AI labs to immediately pause for 6 months\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/musk-experts-urge-pause-training-042927625.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter\u2019s signatories<\/a> include Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and Tristan Harris of the Center for Humane Technology, among others. The <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/28\/1100-notable-signatories-just-signed-an-open-letter-asking-all-ai-labs-to-immediately-pause-for-at-least-6-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter calls on \u201call AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The letter reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Contemporary AI systems are now becoming human-competitive at general tasks,[3] and we must ask ourselves: Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth? Should we automate away all the jobs, including the fulfilling ones? Should we develop nonhuman minds that might eventually outnumber, outsmart, obsolete and replace us? Should we risk loss of control of our civilization? Such decisions must not be delegated to unelected tech leaders. Powerful AI systems should be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>March 23, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internet<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/23\/openai-connects-chatgpt-to-the-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI launched plugins for ChatGPT,<\/a> extending the bot\u2019s functionality by granting it access to third-party knowledge sources and databases, including the web. Available in alpha to ChatGPT users and developers on the <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/waitlist\/plugins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">waitlist<\/a>, OpenAI says that it\u2019ll initially prioritize a small number of developers and subscribers to its premium ChatGPT Plus plan before rolling out larger-scale and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/04\/openai-launches-an-api-for-chatgpt-a-startup-attempts-a-humanoid-robot-and-salesforce-turns-it-around\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">API<\/a>\u00a0access.<\/p>\n<h3>March 14, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI launches GPT-4, available through ChatGPT Plus<\/h3>\n<p>GPT-4 is a powerful image- and text-understanding AI model from OpenAI. Released March 14, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/14\/openai-releases-gpt-4-ai-that-it-claims-is-state-of-the-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GPT-4 is available for paying ChatGPT Plus users<\/a> and through a public API. Developers can sign up on a <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/waitlist\/gpt-4-api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">waitlist<\/a> to access the API.<\/p>\n<h3>March 9, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT is available in Azure OpenAI service<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/09\/chatgpt-comes-to-microsofts-enterprise-focused-azure-powered-managed-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT is generally available through the Azure OpenAI Service<\/a>, Microsoft\u2019s fully managed, corporate-focused offering. Customers, who must already be \u201cMicrosoft managed customers and partners,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/products\/cognitive-services\/openai-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can apply here for special access<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>March 1, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI launches an API for ChatGPT<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI makes another move toward monetization by <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/01\/openai-launches-an-api-for-chatgpt-plus-dedicated-capacity-for-enterprise-customers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launching a paid API for ChatGPT<\/a>. Instacart, Snap (Snapchat\u2019s parent company) and Quizlet are among its initial customers.<\/p>\n<h3>February 7, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>Microsoft launches the new Bing, with ChatGPT built in<\/h3>\n<p>At a press event in Redmond, Washington, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/01\/23\/microsoft-invests-billions-more-dollars-in-openai-extends-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft<\/a> announced its <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/02\/01\/report-microsoft-plans-to-update-bing-with-a-faster-version-of-chatgpt-in-the-coming-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long-rumored<\/a> integration of <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/02\/07\/microsoft-launches-the-new-bing-with-chatgpt-built-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI\u2019s GPT-4 model into Bing<\/a>, providing a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/02\/08\/hands-on-with-the-new-bing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT-like experience<\/a> within the search engine. The announcement spurred a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/02\/08\/bings-previously-unpopular-app-sees-a-10x-jump-in-downloads-after-microsofts-ai-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10x increase in new downloads<\/a> for Bing globally, indicating a sizable consumer demand for new AI experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Other companies beyond Microsoft joined in on the AI craze by implementing ChatGPT, including <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/02\/09\/okcupid-testing-match-questions-generated-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OkCupid<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/02\/21\/ai-powered-crypto-search-engine-kaito-raises-5-3m-to-improve-browsing-with-ai-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaito<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/02\/27\/snapchat-launches-an-ai-chatbot-powered-by-openais-gpt-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snapchat<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/09\/discord-updates-its-bot-with-chatgpt-like-features-rolls-out-ai-generated-conversation-summaries-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discord<\/a> \u2014 putting the pressure on Big Tech\u2019s AI initiatives, like <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/02\/03\/google-best-yet-to-come-ai-journey-faces-potential-disruption-openai-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>February 1, 2023<\/h3>\n<h3>OpenAI launches ChatGPT Plus, starting at $20 per month<\/h3>\n<p>After ChatGPT took the internet by storm, OpenAI <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/blog\/chatgpt-plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/02\/01\/openai-launches-chatgpt-plus-starting-at-20-per-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new pilot subscription plan for ChatGPT called ChatGPT Plus<\/a>, aiming to <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/01\/11\/openai-begins-piloting-chatgpt-professional-a-premium-version-of-its-viral-chatbot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monetize<\/a> the technology starting at $20 per month.<\/p>\n<h3>December 8, 2022<\/h3>\n<h3>ShareGPT lets you easily share your ChatGPT conversations<\/h3>\n<p>A week after ChatGPT was <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/12\/09\/is-chatgpt-a-virus-that-has-been-released-into-the-wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released into the wild<\/a>, two developers \u2014 Steven Tey and Dom Eccleston \u2014 made a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/12\/08\/sharegpt-lets-you-easily-share-your-chatgpt-conversations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chrome extension called ShareGPT<\/a> to make it easier to capture and share the AI\u2019s answers with the world.<\/p>\n<h3>November 30, 2022<\/h3>\n<h3>ChatGPT first launched to the public as OpenAI quietly released GPT-3.5<\/h3>\n<p>GPT-3.5 broke cover with <a href=\"https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/auth\/login?next=\/chat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/12\/01\/while-anticipation-builds-for-gpt-4-openai-quietly-releases-gpt-3-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fine-tuned version of GPT-3.5<\/a> that\u2019s essentially a general-purpose chatbot. ChatGPT can engage with a range of topics, including programming, TV scripts and scientific concepts.<\/p>\n<p>Writers everywhere rolled their eyes at the new technology, much like artists did with <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/04\/06\/openais-new-dall-e-model-draws-anything-but-bigger-better-and-faster-than-before\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI\u2019s DALL-E model<\/a>, but the latest chat-style iteration seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/12\/02\/openais-chatgpt-shows-why-implementation-is-key-with-generative-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broadened<\/a> its appeal and audience.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"faq\">FAQs:<\/h2>\n<h3>What is ChatGPT? How does it work?<\/h3>\n<p>ChatGPT is a general-purpose chatbot that uses artificial intelligence to generate text after a user enters a prompt, developed by tech startup <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/tag\/openai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI<\/a>. The chatbot uses GPT-4, a large language model that uses deep learning to produce human-like text.<\/p>\n<h3>When did ChatGPT get released?<\/h3>\n<p>November 30, 2022 is when ChatGPT was released for public use.<\/p>\n<h3>What is the latest version of ChatGPT?<\/h3>\n<p>Both the free version of ChatGPT and the paid ChatGPT Plus are regularly updated with new GPT models. The most recent model is <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/14\/gpt-4s-first-app-is-a-virtual-volunteer-for-the-visually-impaired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GPT-4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Can I use ChatGPT for free?<\/h3>\n<p>There is a free version of <a href=\"https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/auth\/login?next=\/chat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT<\/a> that only requires a sign-in in addition to the paid version, <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/blog\/chatgpt-plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT Plus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Who uses ChatGPT?<\/h3>\n<p>Anyone can use ChatGPT! More and more tech companies and <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/14\/microsofts-new-bing-was-using-gpt-4-all-along\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search engines<\/a> are utilizing the chatbot to automate text or quickly answer user questions\/concerns.<\/p>\n<h3>What companies use ChatGPT?<\/h3>\n<p>Multiple enterprises utilize ChatGPT, although others may <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/19\/apple-reportedly-limits-internal-use-of-ai-powered-tools-like-chatgpt-and-github-copilot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">limit the use of the AI-powered tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/23\/windows-11-gets-an-ai-copilot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft announced<\/a> at it\u2019s 2023 Build conference that it is integrating it ChatGPT-based Bing experience into Windows 11. A Brooklyn-based 3D display startup <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/23\/looking-glass-taps-chatgpt-for-holograms-you-can-talk-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Looking Glass utilizes ChatGPT<\/a> to produce holograms you can communicate with by using ChatGPT.\u00a0 And nonprofit organization <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/23\/solana-chatgpt-blockchain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solana officially integrated the chatbot<\/a> into its network with a ChatGPT plug-in geared toward end users to help onboard into the web3 space.<\/p>\n<h3>What does GPT mean in ChatGPT?<\/h3>\n<p>GPT stands for Generative Pre-Trained Transformer.<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s the difference between ChatGPT and Bard?<\/h3>\n<p>Much like OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, Bard is a chatbot that will answer questions in natural language. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/10\/google-ends-bard-waitlist-making-english-version-of-chatbot-widely-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google announced<\/a> at its <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/10\/heres-everything-google-has-announced-at-i-o-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 I\/O event<\/a> that it will soon be adding multimodal content to Bard, meaning that it can deliver answers in more than just text, responses can give you rich visuals as well. Rich visuals mean pictures for now, but later can include maps, charts and other items.<\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT\u2019s generative AI has had a longer lifespan and thus has been \u201clearning\u201d for a longer period of time than Bard.<\/p>\n<h3>What is the difference between ChatGPT and a chatbot?<\/h3>\n<p>A chatbot can be any software\/system that holds dialogue with you\/a person but doesn\u2019t necessarily have to be AI-powered. For example, there are chatbots that are rules-based in the sense that they\u2019ll give canned responses to questions.<\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT is AI-powered and utilizes LLM technology to generate text after a prompt.<\/p>\n<h3>Can ChatGPT write essays?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<h3>Can ChatGPT commit libel?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/03\/the-great-pretender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Due to the nature of how these models work<\/a>, they don\u2019t know or care whether something is true, only that it looks true. That\u2019s a problem when you\u2019re using it to do your homework, sure, but when it accuses you of a crime you didn\u2019t commit, that may well at this point be libel.<\/p>\n<p>We will see how <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/06\/can-ai-commit-libel-were-about-to-find-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handling troubling statements produced by ChatGPT<\/a> will play out over the next few months as tech and legal experts attempt to tackle the fastest moving target in the industry.<\/p>\n<h3>Does ChatGPT have an app?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/18\/openai-launches-an-official-chatgpt-app-for-ios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">there is now a free ChatGPT app<\/a> that is currently limited to U.S. iOS users at launch. OpenAi says an android version is \u201ccoming soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>What is the ChatGPT character limit?<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s not documented anywhere that ChatGPT has a character limit. However, users have noted that there are some character limitations after around 500 words.<\/p>\n<h3>Does ChatGPT have an API?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/01\/openai-launches-an-api-for-chatgpt-plus-dedicated-capacity-for-enterprise-customers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> March 1, 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>What are some sample everyday uses for ChatGPT?<\/h3>\n<p>Everyday examples include programing, scripts, email replies, listicles, blog ideas, summarization, etc.<\/p>\n<h3>What are some advanced uses for ChatGPT?<\/h3>\n<p>Advanced use examples include debugging code, programming languages, scientific concepts, complex problem solving, etc.<\/p>\n<h3>How good is ChatGPT at writing code?<\/h3>\n<p>It depends on the nature of the program. While ChatGPT can write workable Python code, it can\u2019t necessarily program an entire app\u2019s worth of code. That\u2019s because ChatGPT lacks context awareness \u2014 in other words, the generated code isn\u2019t always appropriate for the specific context in which it\u2019s being used.<\/p>\n<h3>Can you save a ChatGPT chat?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. OpenAI allows users to save chats in the ChatGPT interface, stored in the sidebar of the screen. There are no built-in sharing features yet.<\/p>\n<h3>Are there alternatives to ChatGPT?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/17\/developers-are-looking-for-creative-ways-to-build-ai-powered-chatbot-assistants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple AI-powered chatbot<\/a> competitors such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.together.xyz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Together<\/a>, Google\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/21\/googles-bard-lags-behind-gpt-4-and-claude-in-head-to-head-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bard<\/a> and Anthropic\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/14\/anthropic-launches-claude-a-chatbot-to-rival-openais-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Claude<\/a>, and developers are <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/12\/30\/theres-now-an-open-source-alternative-to-chatgpt-but-good-luck-running-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creating open source<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/14\/meet-the-team-developing-an-open-source-chatgpt-alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alternatives<\/a>. But the latter are harder \u2014 if not impossible \u2014 to run today.<\/p>\n<p>The Google-owned research lab DeepMind claimed that its next LLM, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/26\/deepmind-claims-its-next-chatbot-will-rival-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will rival, or even best, OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT<\/a>. DeepMind is using techniques from\u00a0AlphaGo, DeepMind\u2019s AI system that was the first to defeat a professional human player at the board game Go, to make a ChatGPT-rivaling chatbot called Gemini.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/07\/19\/apple-is-testing-chatgpt-like-ai-chatbot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">developing AI tools to challenge OpenAI, Google<\/a> and others. The tech giant created a chatbot that some engineers are internally referring to as \u201cApple GPT,\u201d but Apple has yet to determine a strategy for releasing the AI to consumers.<\/p>\n<h3>How does ChatGPT handle data privacy?<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI has\u00a0said\u00a0that individuals in \u201ccertain jurisdictions\u201d (such as the EU) can object to the processing of their personal information by its AI models by filling out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/share.hsforms.com\/1UPy6xqxZSEqTrGDh4ywo_g4sk30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">this form<\/a>. This includes the ability to make requests for deletion of AI-generated references about you. Although OpenAI notes it may not grant every request since it must balance privacy requests against freedom of expression \u201cin accordance with applicable laws\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The web form for making a deletion of data about you request is entitled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/share.hsforms.com\/1UPy6xqxZSEqTrGDh4ywo_g4sk30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI Personal Data Removal Request<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In its privacy policy, the ChatGPT maker makes a passing acknowledgement of the objection requirements attached to relying on \u201clegitimate interest\u201d (LI), pointing users towards more information about requesting an opt out \u2014 when it writes: \u201cSee <a href=\"https:\/\/help.openai.com\/en\/articles\/5722486-how-your-data-is-used-to-improve-model-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0for instructions on how you can opt out of our use of your information to train our models.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>What controversies have surrounded ChatGPT?<\/h3>\n<p>Recently, Discord announced that it had integrated OpenAI\u2019s technology into its bot named Clyde where <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/20\/jailbreak-tricks-discords-new-chatbot-into-sharing-napalm-and-meth-instructions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two users tricked Clyde into providing them with instructions for making the illegal drug methamphetamine<\/a> (meth) and the incendiary mixture napalm.<\/p>\n<p>An Australian mayor has publicly announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/apr\/06\/australian-mayor-prepares-worlds-first-defamation-lawsuit-over-chatgpt-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he may sue OpenAI for defamation<\/a> due to ChatGPT\u2019s false claims that he had served time in prison for bribery. This would be the first defamation lawsuit against the text-generating service.<\/p>\n<p>CNET found itself in the midst of controversy after <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/cnet-publishing-articles-by-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Futurism reported<\/a> the publication was publishing articles under a mysterious byline completely generated by AI. The private equity company that owns CNET, Red Ventures, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/1\/19\/23562966\/cnet-ai-written-stories-red-ventures-seo-marketing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> of using ChatGPT for SEO farming, even if the information was incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>Several major school systems and colleges, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/01\/05\/as-nyc-public-schools-block-chatgpt-openai-says-its-working-on-mitigations-to-help-spot-chatgpt-generated-text\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including New York City Public Schools<\/a>, have banned ChatGPT from their networks and devices. They claim that the AI impedes the learning process by promoting plagiarism and misinformation, a claim that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/12\/technology\/chatgpt-schools-teachers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not every educator agrees with<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been cases of ChatGPT <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/06\/can-ai-commit-libel-were-about-to-find-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accusing individuals of false crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Where can I find examples of ChatGPT prompts?<\/h3>\n<p>Several marketplaces host and provide ChatGPT prompts, either for free or for a nominal fee. One is <a href=\"https:\/\/promptbase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PromptBase<\/a>. Another is <a href=\"https:\/\/chatx.ai\/marketplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatX<\/a>. More launch every day.<\/p>\n<h3>Can ChatGPT be detected?<\/h3>\n<p>Poorly. Several tools claim to detect ChatGPT-generated text, but in our <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/01\/31\/openai-releases-tool-to-detect-ai-generated-text-including-from-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tests<\/a>, they\u2019re inconsistent at best.<\/p>\n<h3>Are ChatGPT chats public?<\/h3>\n<p>No. But OpenAI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/3\/21\/23649806\/chatgpt-chat-histories-bug-exposed-disabled-outage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently<\/a> disclosed a bug, since fixed, that exposed the titles of some users\u2019 conversations to other people on the service.<\/p>\n<h3>Who owns the copyright on ChatGPT-created content or media?<\/h3>\n<p>The user who requested the input from ChatGPT is the copyright owner.<\/p>\n<h3>What lawsuits are there surrounding ChatGPT?<\/h3>\n<p>None specifically targeting ChatGPT. But OpenAI is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/1\/28\/23575919\/microsoft-openai-github-dismiss-copilot-ai-copyright-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">involved<\/a> in at least one lawsuit that has implications for AI systems trained on publicly available data, which would touch on ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<h3>Are there issues regarding plagiarism with ChatGPT?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. Text-generating AI models like ChatGPT have a tendency to regurgitate content from their training data.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/17\/chatgpt-everything-to-know-about-the-ai-chatbot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChatGPT, OpenAI\u2019s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm. 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