Since ChatGPT first launched in late November 2022, the platform has acquired millions of users, stretching the limits of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to the point where new users must join a waitlist, and existing users sometimes get stuck in long queues.
ChatGPT is made by OpenAI, a San Francisco-based research lab backed by Microsoft. Thanks to user-friendliness, free access, and human-like, conversational responses, it went viral in late November last year.
The technology is so robust that it can answer various questions, including solving math problems, writing essays, and explaining complex topics. Amazingly, it can also produce programming code.
Some of its knowledge is limited as OpenAI only trained the tool through 2021. For instance, if you ask, “who is United Kingdom’s prime minister,” the response is Boris Johnson, but Johnson stepped down in July 2022.
The popularity of the AI tool continues to soar. According to an analysis by UBS, the AI chatbot amassed an estimated 100 million users in January, just two months after its launch. For comparison, TikTok took nearly nine months to reach the same number.