Q. What is ChatGPT and generative AI?

Generative-AI text programs, or GenAIs, like ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer, created by the company OpenAI), are artificial intelligence chat bots currently free to the public. Some GenAIs do not require you to create a login/account.

These bots use natural language processing to generate responses to prompts. They are not search engines, but instead pull on a set of training data to create an output (at the time this information was published).   

Learn more on our guide (meant for faculty but potentially helpful to any user), linked below.