AI, ChatGPT, and Beyond

What is Generative AI or Chat GPT?

Generative AI, or generative artificial intelligence, is a form of machine learning that is able to produce text, video, images, and other types of content. ChatGPT is an example of generative AI applications that produce text or images based on user-given prompts or dialogue.

ChatGPT stands for “Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer”, and it's a generative AI language model that acts in a conversational way.  It is a language model trained on extensive amounts of text data, enabling it to generate human-like responses to user prompts.

Getting Started with ChatGPT

From OpenAI, ChatGPT has revolutionized conversational AI. It is available in a free version or a premium one. As of May 2024, free users also have limited access to the latest model, GPT‑4o, which is advertised as being "smarter, understands images, can browse the web, and speaks more languages".  

• The below image shows what you can access/do in ChatGPT with both the free and paid versions: 

• To begin with ChatGPT, go to chat.openai.com.Links to an external site.
  • Here, you can log in to an existing account or sign up for a free account (which involves entering an email address and creating a password). 
  • Here, you can also view the OpenAI privacy policy and terms of use. 

• Once you are logged in, you can begin a conversation.
• ChatGPT automatically saves your previous conversation in a sidebar list.

• To share the link to a conversation: 

1. 1. Click on a conversation you want to share.
   2. Click the share link.
   3. Click the pencil to edit the title.
   4. Click the three dots to share with your name or anonymously.
   5. Click 'Copy link'.

Helpful ChatGPT Guides

• How to use ChatGPT
• How to set custom instructions to give you more control over how ChatGPT responds
• How to create your own custom chatbots using ChatGPT