Answering your AI questions

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What does GPT stand for?
GPT stands for Generative Pretrained Transformer. It is an AI model that understands and generates text. GPT is pretrained on large data sets. ChatGPT when rolled out in November 2022 was pretrained on over 175 billion parameters and it continues to learn and evolve.

What is Generative AI?
Generative AI generates (produces) various types of content including text, imagery, audio, and data.

What is LLM?
LLM stands for Large Language Model. ChatGPT is a large language AI model. The Large Language Model is simply guessing the next word in the text with high accuracy. Example: If I say peanut butter, what word comes to mind immediately? Yep, jelly. 99.99% of people would guess jelly as the next word. LLM does this with lightning speed.

What is the difference between ChatGPT 3.5 and 4.0?
3.5 is free, faster than 4.0 and great for everyday tasks. 3.5 was rolled out on March 2023.
4.0 is paid version, great for tasks requiring creativity, and advanced reasoning, and connected to plugins store. As of today, there are 385 plugins. 4.0 was released in March 2023.

What is the plugins store?
The plugins store is like your App Store today for your phone.

How much is the paid version of ChatGPT?
The paid version is called ChatGPT Plus. It is $20 per month per person.

Is ChatGPT connected to the internet?
It is now. The first release of Chat GPT was not connected to the internet. Web browsing is a part of ChatGPT 4 and can be turned on and off.

Does ChatGPT have a mobile app?
Yes, ChatGPT has a mobile app that just rolled out on May 18. It is only available on iOS currently. Make sure to use the correct mobile app as there are many lookalikes. Make sure the developer listed is OpenAI. Here is a direct link to their mobile app: https://apps.apple.com/app/openai-chatgpt/id6448311069