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ChatGPT

OpenAI’s AI chatbot, launched in November 2022, which answers questions, writes and analyses text, and works with files, images and voice.

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Contents
  1. What it is
  2. Your privacy
  3. Limits to know
  4. Timeline
  5. In the news
  6. Sources

What it is

ChatGPT is a chatbot made by OpenAI. You type or speak a request and it replies in natural language. It is built on OpenAI’s large language models.

Your privacy

ChatGPT’s Data Controls let you choose whether your conversations are used to improve OpenAI’s models, and Temporary Chat keeps a conversation out of your history. Our step-by-step guide covers how to make ChatGPT private.

On a work account the rules are different. Read what your employer can see before you use it for anything personal.

Limits to know

Like every language model, ChatGPT can state false things with confidence, known as hallucination. Check anything important against a primary source.

Timeline

  1. OpenAI releases ChatGPT as a free research preview.

In the news

Sources

  1. Introducing ChatGPT, OpenAI
  2. Data Controls FAQ, OpenAI Help Center

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