You can access ChatGPT simply by visiting chat.openai.com and creating an
OpenAI account.
You can also still use the old URL for the chatbot, which
is chat.openai.com/chat. OpenAI simplified the original URL for user
convenience.
Once you sign in, you can start chatting away with ChatGPT. Get your
conversation started by asking a question. Because ChatGPT is still in its
research stage, it is free to use and you can ask as many questions as you'd
like.
For step-by-step instructions, check out ZDNET's guide on how to start
using ChatGPT.
As of May 18, you can also access ChatGPT via an app on your iPhone.
ChatGPT is free to use, regardless of what you use it for, including writing,
coding, and much more.
There is a subscription option that users can take advantage of that costs
$20/month. The paid subscription model guarantees users extra perks, such
as general access even at capacity, faster response times, and access to the
internet through plugins.
However, the free version is still a solid option as it has mostly the same
technical abilities, with the exception of access to the latest version of the
large language model (LLM), known as GPT-4, and the internet, which the
subscription model guarantees.
capabilities have made, many people are flocking to use it. The website
operates using a server, and when too many people hop onto the server, it
overloads and can't process your request.
This doesn't mean you won't ever be able to access it. It just means you
should try visiting the site at a later time when fewer people are trying to
access the server. You can also keep the tab open and just refresh it
periodically.
If you want to skip the wait and have reliable access, there is an option for
you. OpenAI's ChatGPT pro plan, known as ChatGPT Plus, allows users to
have general access even during peak times, experience faster response
times, and have priority access to new features and improvements, including
OpenAI's most advanced LLM, GPT-4. The premium services cost $20 per
month.
You can also try using Bing's AI chatbot, Bing Chat. This chatbot is free to
use, runs on GPT-4, does not have wait times, and has access to the internet.
The model has many functions in addition to answering simple questions.
ChatGPT can compose essays, describe art in great detail, create AI art
prompts, have philosophical conversations, and even code for you.
My personal favorite use is asking the chatbot for help creating basic lists,
such as packing, grocery, and to-do lists to make my daily life more
productive. The possibilities are endless.
ZDNET has published many ChatGPT how-to guides. Here are some of the
most popular.
ChatGPT runs on a language model architecture created by OpenAI called
the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT). The specific GPT used by
ChatGPT is fine-tuned from a model in the GPT-3.5 series, according to
OpenAI.
However, with a subscription to ChatGPT Plus, you can access ChatGPT
with GPT-4, Open AI's most advanced model.
Generative AI models of this type are trained on vast amounts of information
from the internet, including websites, books, news articles, and more.
The language model was fine-tuned using supervised learning as well as
reinforcement learning. The use of Reinforcement Learning from Human
Feedback (RLHF) is what makes ChatGPT especially unique. Through RLHF,
human AI trainers provided the model with conversations in which they
played both parts, the user and AI assistants, according to OpenAI.
ChatGPT is a language model created to hold a conversation with the end
user. A search engine indexes web pages on the internet to help the user
find the information they asked for. The free version of ChatGPT does not
have the ability to search the internet for information. It uses the information
it learned from training data to generate a response, which leaves room for
error.
Another major difference is that ChatGPT only has access to information up
to 2021, whereas a regular search engine like Google has access to the latest
information. So if you ask the free version of ChatGPT who won the World
Cup in 2022, it wouldn't be able to give you a response, but Google would.
If you are a ChatGPT Plus subscriber, you have access to Bing's integration
into ChatGPT, which gives the chatbot access to the internet. Since it has the
ability to index the web, the major difference between ChatGPT Plus and a
search engine is the chatbot's ability to understand natural language
prompts and provide conversational answers.
Despite looking very impressive, ChatGPT still has limitations. Such
limitations include the inability to answer questions that are worded in a
specific way, as it requires rewording to understand the input question. A
bigger limitation is a lack of quality in the responses it delivers -- which can
sometimes be plausible-sounding but make no practical sense or can be
excessively verbose.
Instead of asking for clarification on ambiguous questions, the model just
guesses what your question means, which can lead to unintended
responses to questions. This limitation has already led developer question-
and-answer site StackOverflow to at least temporarily ban ChatGPT-
generated responses to questions.
"The primary problem is that while the answers that ChatGPT produces have
a high rate of being incorrect, they typically look like they might be good and
the answers are very easy to produce," say Stack Overflow moderators in a
post. Critics argue that these tools are just very good at putting words into
an order that makes sense from a statistical point of view, but they cannot
understand the meaning or know whether the statements it makes are
correct.
Another major limitation is that ChatGPT's data is limited up to 2021. The
chatbot does not have an awareness of events or news that have occurred
since then. Lastly, ChatGPT does not provide sources for its responses.
These two problems, however, were addressed through ChatGPT's
integration into Bing as its default search engine. A Bing plugin gives
ChatGPT the ability to index the internet and provide citations. The Bing
plugin is limited to ChatGPT Plus subscribers at the moment, but will be free
for everyone to use in the future.
With concerns about students using ChatGPT to cheat, the need for a
ChatGPT text detector is becoming more evident.
OpenAI, the AI research company behind ChatGPT, released an imperfect,
free tool to target this problem. OpenAI's "classifier" tool can only correctly
identify 26% of AI-written text with a "likely AI-written" designation.
Furthermore, it provides false positives 9% of the time, incorrectly
identifying human-written work as AI-produced work.
Other AI detectors also exist on the market, including GPT-2 Output
Detector, Writer AI Content Detector, and Content at Scale AI Content
Detection. ZDNET these tools to the test and the results were
underwhelming. All three of the tools were found to be unreliable sources for
spotting AI, repeatedly giving false negatives. Here are ZDNET's full test
results.
Although tools aren't sufficient to detect ChatGPT-generated writing,
a study shows that humans might be able to detect AI-written text by looking
for politeness. The study's results indicate that ChatGPT's writing style is
extremely polite. And unlike humans, it cannot produce responses that
include metaphors, irony, or sarcasm.
ChatGPT is an advanced chatbot that has the potential to both make
people's lives easier and assist with everyday tedious tasks, such as writing
emails or navigating the web for answers. However, certain technical details
have to be figured out before it's widely used to prevent negative outcomes,
such as the spread of misinformation. In general, AI and machine learning
(ML) models rely on lots of training and fine-tuning to reach a level of ideal
performance.
He also noted: "interesting watching people start to debate whether powerful
AI systems should behave in the way users want or their creators intend. the
question of whose values we align these systems to will be one of the most
important debates society ever has."
Yes, ChatGPT is a great resource to help with job applications. Undertaking a
job search can be tedious and difficult, and ChatGPT can help you lighten
the load. ChatGPT can build your resume and write a cover letter.
If your application has any written supplements in addition to your cover
letter, you can use ChatGPT to help you write those essays or personal
statements.
ChatGPT's first appearance in the social media space is its collaboration
with Snapchat. On February 7, Snapchat unveiled an integration of ChatGPT
that will allow Snapchat+ subscribers to chat with the bot within its app.
The feature, called "My AI", will include some ChatGPT limitations, including
the refusal to provide responses about politics, violence, swearing, and even
academic essay writing, according to The Verge.
TikTok is also testing an in-app AI chatbot that would enable users to learn
more about the videos on their FYP and lead them to more relevant content in
TikTok.
