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GPT-4: OpenAI says its AI has 'human-level performance' on tests

An update to the AI behind ChatGPT has been released by OpenAI. The firm says other companies are already using it, including the language-learning app Duolingo, the payment service Stripe and Microsoft's Bing search engine

By Jeremy Hsu

14 March 2023

GPT-4 is built by OpenAI

GPT-4 is built by OpenAI

GSTech / Alamy Stock Photo

The AI behind popular chatbot ChatGPT has been updated to a new version known as GPT-4 – and many people have already been unknowingly exposed to the newest AI’s supposedly improved capabilities for weeks prior to the announcement.

OpenAI, the company that developed GPT-4, says it “spent 6 months making GPT-4 safer and more aligned” so that the AI is less likely to produce “disallowed content” in response to human users’ queries. GPT-4 delivers “human-level performance” and outperforms its predecessor, GPT-3.5, on many simulated exams…

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