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Artificial intelligence grabbed the headlines in November 2022 when OpenAI introduced ChatGPT to the world (GPT stands for generative pre-trained transformer). A large language model (LLM) designed to interact informally with a human interlocutor, ChatGPT has since released three more generations on the foundation model, with GPT-4's release in March 2023 marking its most impressive advances yet. "With broad general knowledge and domain expertise, GPT-4 can follow complex instructions in natural language and solve difficult problems with accuracy," according to OpenAI.
ChatGPT-4's capabilities are truly staggering. Now able to work with images, audio and code, this tool can compose poetry, create business plans, suggest compounds for novel drugs, build smartphone apps and create 3D computer programs for desktop browsers, just to name a few applications. Almost immediately, people and businesses were putting GPT-4 to use, as Mustafa Suleyman points out in The Coming...
