Explainer-ChatGPT: What is OpenAI’s chatbot and what is it used for?


FILE PHOTO An illustration projected on a screen shows a robot hand and a human one moving towards each others during the quotAI for Goodquot Global Summit at the International Telecommunication Union ITU in Geneva Switzerland June 7 2017.    REUTERSDenis BalibouseFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: An illustration projected on a screen shows a robot hand and a human one moving towards each others during the "AI for Good" Global Summit at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

(Reuters) - The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in emerging technologies continues to advance rapidly. San Francisco-based OpenAI made its latest creation, the ChatGPT chatbot, available for free public testing on Nov. 30. A chatbot is a software application designed to mimic human-like conversation based on user prompts.

Within a week of ChatGPT being unveiled, over a million users had tried to make the tool talk, according to Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI.

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