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chatgpt
ChatGPT is the free web assistant OpenAI launched at the end of November 2022, wrapping an existing GPT-3.5 model fine-tuned for dialogue in an interface anyone could type into. The underlying technology was months old; what was new was the reach — one widely cited analysis estimated 100 million monthly users within two months, then the fastest growth of any consumer application on record. It turned a research capability into a mass product almost overnight, and "the ChatGPT moment" became shorthand for the technology becoming suddenly, publicly real.
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Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ChatGPT safety practices
The 83-page complaint names Altman personally, brings ten counts including product liability and public nuisance, and follows a criminal probe into a fatal FSU campus shooting.
Courts & copyright · Safety & alignment
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Study Mode
The feature withholds direct answers in favour of Socratic questioning, following Anthropic's Learning Mode for Claude for Education three months earlier.
Models & capabilities · Culture & impact
OpenAI publishes study on affective use of ChatGPT
A large-scale usage analysis paired with a four-week randomised trial of nearly 1,000 users found heavier daily use correlated with more loneliness and emotional dependence.
Culture & impact · Safety & alignment
OpenAI adds memory and new data controls to ChatGPT
Piloted with a small user group rather than shipped broadly, the feature let ChatGPT carry facts between separate conversations, with settings to view, forget or turn it off entirely.
Models & capabilities
OpenAI publishes its approach to 2024 worldwide elections
Measures included routing US voting questions to CanIVote.org via a partnership with state election officials and a ban on political-campaign chatbots.
Government & policy · Safety & alignment