12:16 PM UTC – November 30, 2023
(Reuters) – We asked ChatGPT, OpenAI’s viral chatbot, how it felt on its first birthday. This was its reply:
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“Thank you for the birthday wishes! However, it’s important to note that as a computer program, I don’t have feelings or consciousness, so I don’t experience emotions like humans do.”
Still, its uncannily human-like responses have taken the world by storm in the past year. And while it has answered millions of user prompts, its growing influence has raised questions about the role of AI in society.
Its parent, OpenAI, was also jolted this month by a tumultuous boardroom battle that saw the sudden ouster and return of CEO Sam Altman.
ChatGPT became the fastest-growing software application in the world within six months of its launch. It also sparked the launch of rival chatbots from…
