OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been buzzing all over social media for some time, leaving many people eager to know more about the company. So, who owns OpenAI ChatGPT, and when did it launch?
With thanks to its new AI program, the company has grabbed the internet’s attention. It’s no wonder, as the bot is described as “mind-blowing”, receiving praise for its impressive response capabilities.
Unsurprisingly, people are curious to know more about the company. Where did OpenAI come from, what else have they produced and who owns the company? Here’s everything we know.
What is OpenAI?
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory. It consists of OpenAI LP, a for-profit corporation, and OpenAI Inc., the non-profit parent company.
The company’s mission statement claims to be seeking the development of artificial intelligence for the benefit of all of humanity.
Since its beginning, the company has released various different software, with its research tending to focus on reinforcement learning.
Who owns OpenAI ChatGPT?
OpenAI was founded in 2015 by Twitter owner Elon Musk, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Wojciech Zaremba, and Sam Altman.
Musk stepped down from the board in February 2018 to avoid any potential future conflict with Telsa, his main priority at the time, although he still remains a donor to the company. This is confirmed in a statement released by OpenAI.
Sam Altman remains the company’s current CEO.
Altman is an American programmer and entrepreneur. He is the former president of Y Combinator, a successful technology startup accelerator that has been used to launch thousands of companies like Airbnb and Dropbox.
ChatGPT is an AI chatbot designed and developed by OpenAI. The bot works by generating text responses based on human-user input, like questions and statements.
Launched on November 30, 2022, the chatbot has already gained over one million users.
Recently, the company also launched DALL·E, an AI digital image generator that generates visual creative works when given language prompts.
According to OpenAI, the chatbot is designed to “answer follow-up questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premise, and reject inappropriate requests.”
ChatGPT is a bot similar to InstructGPT, a bot designed by OpenAI which is trained to provide responses and follow instructions.
