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Explained: What is ChatGPT and why Google declared it ‘code red’

February 1, 2023
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edited by: Shaurya Sharma

Last Update: February 01, 2023, 09:55 IST

ChatGPT is here to stay. (Image: News18)

ChatGPT is here to stay. (Image: News18)

Watch our video for an in-depth look at ChatGPT, the success story of OpenAI, how it compares with other language models, the risks associated with language models, Microsoft’s plans for ChatGPT, and the future of AI in 2023.

As a state-of-the-art generative AI, ChatGPT is making waves in Silicon Valley with its ability to generate natural language text. Trained on large amounts of data from the Internet and the public domain, it is based on the powerful GPT-3.5 language model. This advanced AI can perform a variety of tasks, such as summarizing text, writing code, visualizing, and generating responses to prompts.

Watch video: What is ChatGPT and why has Google declared it ‘code red’

Its remarkable abilities have attracted the world’s attention, with people amazed at how overly human-like its language is. In fact, ChatGPT has even passed a US Law School test and MBA exam, demonstrating his high level of intelligence.

So how did OpenAI — a relatively new company — find success so quickly? It all started with its billionaire founders, including Elon Musk, who co-founded the company before stepping down from the board in 2015 but remains a benefactor.

However, the real change came in 2019 when Microsoft, a major competitor to Google and Apple, bought a $1 billion stake in the company, with an additional $3 billion investment, as reported by the NY Times. Recently, Microsoft confirmed that it has invested a staggering $10 billion in OpenAI, indicating a serious commitment to the technology and a desire to compete with the likes of Google, Apple and Amazon.

The results of this collaboration are already evident. Microsoft is integrating OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI into its cloud technology Azure, giving users even more advanced capabilities.

So, is ChatGPT better than Google and Meta and do they have a competing product in development?

Although it is not entirely correct to say that ChatGPT is more advanced than Google, it presents data in a more user-friendly manner, but its knowledge base is limited as of 2021. It is important to note that Google primarily functions as a search engine, whereas ChatGPT is a trained language model.

Google itself has a language model called LaMDA, or Language Model for Conversational Applications, that could compete with ChatGPT. In fact, the technology behind ChatGPT was created by Google researchers. However, Google has been careful about widely distributing its language technologies because of the potential to generate harmful, inaccurate and biased information. Currently, LaMDA is only available to a limited number of individuals through an experimental app called the AI ​​Test Kitchen.

Other tech giants, such as Microsoft and Meta, have also faced similar issues with their chatbots in the past. Microsoft released a chatbot named Tay in 2015, which was quickly removed from the Internet due to its racist and xenophobic language, while Meta also removed a chatbot for similar reasons.

But here’s what makes things interesting: Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, has said that the company plans to integrate ChatGPT into Microsoft’s search engine Bing. With the capability of GPT 3.5 or 4.0 combined with Bing, the overall experience could be comparable or even better than Google’s, which is why Google could declare it ‘Code Red’.

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Shaurya Sharma

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