5 Lesser-Known Facts about ChatGPT/OpenAI that nobody has heard about!
Everybody has a story to tell about ChatGPT. The best assistant to the genius who aced the toughest problems and the most competitive exams in the world.
ChatGPT represents the second industrial revolution that we've been waiting for over the last 100 years!
But this story is not about what it can do. We know that! This story is about the events in the life of ChatGPT (or its creators) before it became so popular.
What made the Infinity War more fun was the backstory behind the infinity stones. This is that story on ChatGPT: The 5 never-heard things from its backstory that you can rave about with fellow fans and nerds.
Fact #1: OpenAI never wanted to make money!
From 2015 to 2018, the company remained non-profit. Today, the company is valued at $29 billion. OpenAI, backed by high-profile figures like Elon Musk, made a daring move in 2018 to transition to for-profit status. The shift came as their research costs skyrocketed, and they aimed to chase their ambitious goals without worrying about finances.
A board member's ties to controversial billionaire Peter Thiel, who has a negative view of AI, added spice to the tale, with some suggesting his influence may have pushed OpenAI towards a profit-driven model.
But OpenAI soon realized that the $1 billion pooled by its leaders wouldn't be sufficient to compete with tech giants like Google and Facebook in the well-resourced AI landscape.
Fact #2: ChatGPT is G.O.A.T. when it comes to growth!
The launch of ChatGPT in December 2022 set the internet ablaze, shattering a two-decade-old record. ChatGPT surged to 1 million users in just five days—a feat never before achieved. But it did not stop there. In just two months, it skyrocketed to 100 million users, leaving social media giants like TikTok and Instagram in the dust.
Fact #3: Its founding patron now wants it banned!
In the latter part of 2018, Elon Musk, a key founder of OpenAI, caused quite a stir when he revealed that he was bidding adieu to the company. But what made him exit?
It turns out that Musk was of the opinion that there existed certain clashes of interest between his undertakings with OpenAI and his other business ventures, such as SpaceX and Tesla.
But was there more to this saga than meets the eye? Speculations suggest that Musk's aspiration to lead OpenAI solo was not well received by the other founding members, including Sam Altman.
Nonetheless, he has been actively voicing his dissent against the course that AI research is taking and has even penned an open letter to OpenAI, advocating for a cessation of AI research.
And now he has launched a new company, X.AI, to challenge OpenAI as a rival!
Fact #4: OpenAI? Just a puppet. Microsoft? The real genius!
So there's this for-profit company called OpenAI LP, and they happen to make ChatGPT. But wait, OpenAI LP is actually a subsidiary of a non-profit company called OpenAI Incorporated.
But get this: even though the non-profit technically doesn't "own" OpenAI LP, who do you think the biggest investor is? Microsoft is throwing around $10 billion to snag a 49% stake.
But that's not all—Microsoft is also busy integrating ChatGPT into products like Bing, Azure, PowerPoint, and Outlook. This ChatGPT and Bing Index combined AI model is named Prometheus. It looks like they've got a tight grip on OpenAI, huh?
During the early years of OpenAI, Microsoft gave them $1 billion and access to its powerful computing resources. After all, Microsoft is battling with Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc., and Meta Platforms Inc. to dominate the fast-growing field of AI.
Fact #5: It was OpenAI's "Dota-2" Bot that made it famous!
Since its inception, OpenAI has been at the forefront of developing cutting-edge AI projects like OpenAI Gym, Codex, DALL-E, RoboSumo, and GPT.
However, it was their bot, the OpenAI Five, that really made waves when it defeated Dendi, the world's best player of the complex video game "Dota 2."
It didn't just beat Dendi once; it beat him twice, demonstrating its advanced strategic gameplay abilities. This feat made headlines around the world and brought OpenAI into the spotlight as a leading player in the field of artificial intelligence.
Intriguing! Right? ChatGPT and its parent company, OpenAI, are full of surprises, and they're not going to stop anytime in the future. As the founder tweeted, the spectrum of AI they're working with is endless, promising an exciting future of innovation and possibility.
Are we lucky to witness AI's limitless potential in action? Absolutely! What ethical wonders await as we explore this groundbreaking technology? Only time will tell. With endless possibilities ahead, where will AI take us next? It's an exciting time to be alive, and the future looks bright with AI's incredible capabilities on full display.
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