"Chat GPT is an artificial intelligence program that generates dialogue. Created by Open AI, this high-capable chatbot uses machine learning algorithms to process and analyze large amounts of data to generate responses to user inquiries. This language processing program is able to understand human language as it is spoken and written, allowing it to understand the information it is fed, and what to spit back out. A student can type in a question, and ChatGPT spits back out an easily understandable answer – in a variety of formats with precise stipulations."
-University of Central Arkansas -https://uca.edu/cetal/chat-gpt/
As of September 27th, 2023 ChatGPT is now connected to the current Internet infrastructure, whereas before that it had only had information terminating in 2021.
Here is a really helpful visual explainer about how large language models work.
AI Glossaries:
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