The article highlights how OpenAI, compelled by competitive pressure and rumors about Anthropic's chatbot, hastily decided to release its GPT-3.5 model with a new chat interface. Despite minimal expectations and preparation for user engagement, ChatGPT's launch on November 30, 2022, resulted in explosive user uptake, far exceeding staff predictions. Employees were surprised by the overwhelming demand and the instant societal impact, marking a significant moment in AI development that nobody at OpenAI anticipated would occur so soon. This unexpected success became a landmark in AI technology.
âNo one truly fathomed the societal phase shift they were about to unleash. They expected the chatbot to be a flash in the pan.â
âThe instant runaway success of ChatGPT was beyond what anyone at OpenAI had dreamed of. It would leave the company's engineers and researchers completely miffed even years later.â
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