ChatGPT: This AI chatbot is dominating social media with its frighteningly good essays

Imagine if Siri could write you a college essay, or Alexa could spit out a movie review in the style of Shakespeare. OpenAI last week opened up access to ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot that interacts with users in an eerily convincing and conversational way. Its ability to provide lengthy, thoughtful and thorough responses to questions and prompts – even if inaccurate – has stunned users, including academics and some in the tech industry. The tool quickly went viral. On Monday, Open AI's co-founder Sam Altman, a prominent Silicon Valley investor, said on Twitter that ChatGPT crossed one million users.