Unraveling the Mystery of OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus: A Light-hearted Peek Into What You Must Know!

“What Is OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus? Here’s What You Should Know”

“ChatGPT, which launched as a research preview in June 2021, is powered by gpt-3.5-turbo, the most advanced language model OpenAI has released to developers so far. It’s a sibling and upgrade to ChatGPT and can be fine-tuned on custom datasets to optimize and better understand the system’s output.”

Oh, the world of tech and its love for acronyms! This isn’t a sentence that your grandmother would understand, but let’s dive in and decode this.

OpenAI, the company that seems to have a knack for crafting mind-boggling AI models, has unleashed its latest brainchild onto the world, the chatGPT. It was launched back in June 2021 in an academic spectator sport known as a “research preview.” The engine powering this model is gpt-3.5-turbo, which is currently considered the crown jewel of OpenAI’s developer toolkit.

Described as an improvement on its older counterpart, gpt-3.5-turbo can be finessed with custom datasets for tuning to perfection. The entire concept behind this tool is to better comprehend and maximize the system’s output. It seems like the purpose is to mimic those strange things humans use in day-to-day communication – ah yes, words.

Sure, the terminology may seem convoluted to the uninitiated, and even to some regular folk. But if one digs a bit deeper (let’s grab our digital shovels), the fundamental idea is to develop a text generator that emulates human-like text. It takes the phrases or prompts fed to it, churns them in its massive data engine, and delivers responses which are scarily – or fascinatingly, depending on your perspective – similar to what a human might say.

Another delightful attribute of our metal-brained friend is the ability to have multi-turn conversations. Now what does that mean, you ask? This essentially allows chatGPT to remember previous inputs in the same chat. So, if you asked it about the weather today and then ask to compare that with yesterday’s forecast, the model maintains a conversational context. Tada! No more incessant repetition of context. Chatbot small talk has evolved to not needing constant reminders like your absent-minded aunt.

Now, the ‘sarcastic tech elf’ on your shoulder might be nudging you and saying, “Hey, this could go sideways real fast!” And they wouldn’t exactly be wrong. There are valid worries about misuse given its intricate capabilities. But don’t worry, the folks at OpenAI have thought about it. They have imposed usage policies and designed the tool to reject demands that breach these rules. Nevertheless, it’s not infallible, and “bugs or misses” can occur.

So, dear technophiles and curious souls, until the release of (you guessed it!) gpt-4 — the current anticipation around which could rival the buildup of a Hollywood sequel — be fascinated, be cautious, and remember to talk responsibly to your new AI conversation partner. Or, as it probably prefers to be called, gpt-3.5-turbo!

Read the original article here: https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-chatgpt-plus-gpt4-openai/