And what a year it has been for ChatGPT and OpenAI! Since ChatGPT is one year old today, I thought I would recap some stories I’ve covered the past year.

I’ve covered so many stories I have to focus on the highlights (and limit to stories specifically about ChatGPT and OpenAI). See if you missed any! ChatGPT is one year old today!

ChatGPT Makes Things Up When It Doesn’t Know the Answer: It sure didn’t know who I am (at least the GPT-3 version).

Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Data to ChatGPT: In one case, a doctor input his patient’s name and their medical condition and asked ChatGPT to craft a letter to the patient’s insurance company. C’mon man!

What GPT-4 Thinks Will Get More Legal Professionals Embracing AI: A post written by GPT-4 and it’s pretty darn good…and verbose. Should I be worried?

Insurer Sent Law Firms a ChatGPT Warning: They said it’s “not ready for prime time”. A lot of people feel differently.

EU Regulators Are Apparently Stumped About How to Regulate ChatGPT: They’re not alone.

ChatGPT Has Experienced its Own Data Breach: Sometimes, you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug! 😀

5 Ways Hackers Will Use ChatGPT for Cyberattacks: Ruh-roh.

Lawyer Used Fake ChatGPT Generated Case Citations: The $5,000 sanction was the least of his worries.

ChatGPT Creates Mutating Malware that Evades EDR Detection: Cybersecurity just keeps getting tougher.

Is ChatGPT Plus Worth its Subscription Fee?: My opinion? Absolutely.

OpenAI Lobbied for the EU to Water Down AI Regulation: While publicly advocating for it.

Wedding Officiant is the Latest Use Case for ChatGPT: That’s a use case the programmers may not have anticipated.

Suit Filed Against ChatGPT for Libel Due to Hallucination: Let the lawsuits begin!

OpenAI is Now Getting Hit With Copyright Lawsuits. No Joke!: And continue!

FTC Has Opened an Investigation into OpenAI: And let’s get the Feds in on it too.

ChatGPT Found the Right Diagnosis for a Boy’s Chronic Pain: When 17 different doctors couldn’t. Wow.

ChatGPT Image and Voice Capabilities are Coming: That was then, they’re already here now.

November 2021 Cut Off No Longer Applies to ChatGPT: And it can do citations!

Defendant Used ChatGPT to Counter Expert Declaration: It didn’t go well.

ChatGPT Now Analyzes PDFs. Not Everyone is Happy About That: Especially the startups who built their business on that.

ChatGPT Doesn’t Know Who “Elaine” Is and it May Be Poisoning Google: At least its spelling of “Kenya”.

OpenAI’s DevDay Filled with Key Announcements: Things are going so well, Sam Altman’s job has got to be secure, right? 😉

The OpenAI Soap Opera is Better Than Anything on TV Right Now: Whoops, spoke too soon! Sam Altman is fired! Or is he?

Sam Altman Is Reinstated as OpenAI’s CEO: Nope, he’s not. Same as it ever was.

Can’t wait to see what year 2 looks like for ChatGPT and OpenAI! ChatGPT is one year old today! Happy Birthday!

So, what do you think? Can you wish an algorithm “happy birthday”? I just did! Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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