ChatGPT: What Is It and How Does It Work?
ChatGPT is the latest development in commercial AI technology. Keep reading to find out what ChatGPT is and how it works

By | ENTREPRENEUR STAFF | www.entrepreneur.com
ChatGPT has recently taken the news cycle by storm. The artificial intelligence language processor was launched for public use in December 2022 and gained popularity faster than juggernauts like Instagram and TikTok.
Since its introduction to the public, ChatGPT has reached 57 million active monthly users and is expected to have surpassed 100 million in January — a feat it took TikTok nine months and Instagram two and a half years to do.
With so much frenzy swirling around the program, you may have several questions about the technology. What is it? How does it work? Can anyone use it? Is it coming for everyone’s jobs? Keep reading for the full rundown on ChatGPT.
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What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence program developed by a company called OpenAI. In 2015, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever and Wojciech Zaremba founded OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research organization. OpenAI has other programs, but ChatGPT was introduced in 2018.