The chatbot revolution risks becoming a race of the reckless

OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, has released its latest model, GPT-4, which appears to be the company’s most ambitious public release yet. — Reuters

AI chatbots are like buses: you’ll wait half an hour in the rain with none in sight, then three come along all at once. In March 2023, OpenAI released its newest chatbot, GPT-4. It’s a name that sounds more like a rally car than an AI (artificial intelligence) assistant but it heralds a new era in computing.

Google responded with Bard, its more grandly named search chatbot. Chinese search giant Baidu launched its cheeky- sounding Ernie Bot. Salesforce demoed its more serious sounding Einstein GPT chatbot. And Snapchat, not to be outdone, announced its My AI chatbot.