Pittsburgh Post-Gazette March 25, 2023
The hugely popular chatbot could help with rote tasks like note taking, but other possibilities may run into larger ethical and privacy concerns.
Asked to pull up a few studies on chronic fatigue syndrome from the past six months, ChatGPT responded with confidence, listing five scientific studies published in 2022 and 2023, complete with author, year and publication.
But there was a caveat: Every study the AI-driven chatbot cited was made up or could not be found online.
Shortly after its launch by OpenAI in November, ChatGPT shocked users with its breadth of knowledge. It became the fastest-growing consumer app to date, with 100 million users just two months after its release, per UBS data reported by Reuters.
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