Exhibit 5.6
2022ChatGPT
On 30 November 2022, a conversational language-model interface is released publicly as a research preview. Generative AI begins to enter everyday life at unprecedented scale.
Why it is in the museum
Language is treated as a prediction problem. From Shannon’s statistical sequences, the story leads to Transformers and large language models.
What supports this exhibit
Official product announcement
The public release date of ChatGPT as a research preview and its conversational format.
Main source: OpenAI, “Introducing ChatGPT”, 30 November 2022.
What to keep in mind: Official primary source.
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