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Story by Kate Park, Kyle Wiggers, Cody Corrall, Alyssa Stringer ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to ...
OpenAI on Wednesday rolled out dedicated health information chatbot ChatGPT Health in one of the artificial intelligence giant’s biggest moves into healthcare. Users can connect their medical records ...
As 2025 comes to a close, AI chatbots are no longer judged on novelty or demos. Instead, investors now look at scale, daily use, work fit, and revenue reach. When viewed through that lens, the race ...
OpenAI is well on its way to reporting 1 billion weekly active ChatGPT users. The company today claims 900 million weekly active users, a 350% increase since just 18 months ago. More than 5% of weekly ...
Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT can quickly absorb and reflect authoritarian ideas, according to a new report. Researchers with the University of Miami and the Network Contagion Research ...