How will ChatGPT transform creative work?

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🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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ChatGPT has been causing a stir since its launch last year. The chatbot’s ability to produce convincing essays, stories and even song lyrics has impressed users, and this week attracted a multibillion-dollar investment from Microsoft. Ian Sample speaks to Prof John Naughton about how ChatGPT works, hears from author Patrick Jackson about how it will change publishing, and asks where the technology could end up. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

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1:03.2	T. This week that multi billion dollar deal between Microsoft and open AI
1:08.7	was confirmed meaning this groundbreaking technology could soon be as normal a part of working life as the internet.
1:16.0	So what is ChatGPT?
1:18.0	Well, in essence, it's a chatbot, a really quite impressive chatbot.
1:23.9	It can write essays, stories, and even haiku's.
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