What is ChatGPT? The OpenAI tool that could change the way we live

Something happened on November 30 that many experts believe could rank among the seminal moments in modern technology. At first, it sounds underwhelming: a company in California released a chatbot. Not a primitive "how can I help you" chatbot that appears on websites, leaving you yearning for human interaction. This is the most sophisticated chatbot yet, and it has left even the most cynical and knowledgeable observers slack-jawed at its capabilities. More than two million people have been playing with ChatGPT, discovering that it can write scripts, essays, contracts, computer code, jokes, poems and marketing pitches to a high level. It synthesises long pieces of text, does business analysis, translates languages, gives creative suggestions and can answer hypotheticals.