ChatGPT chatbot
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ChatGPT (or 'Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer') is an AI-powered chatbot that is capable of understanding natural human language and generating detailed human-like information and answers questions through a conversational interface.
Built on a version of Open AI's GPT-3 large language model, ChatGPT was released as a prototype for general public use in November 2022.
Voice chat and image generation (via DALLE-3) capabilities were incorporated in September 2023.
System 🤖
Documents 📃
OpenAI. Introducing ChatGPT
ChatGPT System Card (pdf)
Reviews 🗣️
ChatGPT subreddit (unofficial)
System info 🔢
Operator: OpenAI
Developer: OpenAI
Country: USA; Global
Sector: Multiple
Purpose: Generate text
Technology: Chatbot; NLP/text analysis; Neural network; Deep learning; Machine learning; Reinforcement learning
Issue: Accuracy/reliability; Anthropomorphism; Bias/discrimination; Confidentiality; Copyright; Environment; Employment; Mis/disinformation; Privacy; Safety; Security
Transparency: Governance; Black box; Complaints/appeals; Marketing; Privacy
Risks and harms 🛑
ChatGPT has been criticised for its inaccuracy and unreliability, bias and discrimination, shoddy security, apparent disregard for third-party copyright and user confidentiality and privacy, for generating hate speech, misinformation and disinformation, and harming the reputations of its users and organisations.
Concerns have also been expressed about ChatGPT's potential to enable fully autonomous decision-making, including in the form of "AI agents", and its/their use to develop biological, nuclear and other dangerous weaponry.
More generally, OpenAI stands accused of poor transparency and inadequate accountability with regard to ChatGPT, and for the negative impacts its chatbot is seen to have on politics, education, jobs and the environment.
Transparency and accountability 🙈
ChatGPT is seen to have a number of important transparency and accountability limitations:
Corporate governance. OpenAI is seen as highly opaque about many aspects of its corporate governance, including its funding, financial performance, supply chain management, and the amount of energy required to train and run its systems, including ChatGPT.
Algorithmic Black box decision-making. ChatGPT is a de facto "black box" system, making it difficult to understand how it arrives at specific outputs. Access to its data, model, and algorithm are jealously guarded.
User information. Research studies show that ChatGPT is amongst the least open large language models, with little public information available about how it works or what its impacts are.
Privacy. Italy's privacy regulator pointed out OpenAI appears to have been made deliberately difficult to find privacy-related information, make complaints, and request the removal of personal information.