OpenAI has upgraded the technology that powers its online chatbot in notable ways. It’s more accurate, but it still makes things up. A new version o

10 Ways GPT-4 Is Impressive but Still Flawed

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2023-03-14 17:30:05

OpenAI has upgraded the technology that powers its online chatbot in notable ways. It’s more accurate, but it still makes things up.

A new version of the technology that powers an A.I. chatbot that captivated the tech industry four months ago has improved on its predecessor. It is an expert on an array of subjects, even wowing doctors with its medical advice. It can describe images, and it’s close to telling jokes that are almost funny.

But the long-rumored new artificial intelligence system, GPT-4, still has a few of the quirks and makes some of the same habitual mistakes that baffled researchers when that chatbot, ChatGPT, was introduced.

And though it’s an awfully good test taker, the system — from the San Francisco start-up OpenAI — is not on the verge of matching human intelligence. Here is a brief guide to GPT-4:

When Chris Nicholson, an A.I. expert and a partner with the venture capital firm Page One Ventures, used GPT-4 on a recent afternoon, he told the bot that he was an English speaker with no knowledge of Spanish.