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Time of India
2 days ago
- Time of India
How ChatGPT got its name: The ‘late-night discussion' and what it means
ChatGPT , now widely recognised by many as the chatbot that kicked off the generative AI boom, almost had a very different name. According to executives, it was a 'late-night decision' just before its viral 2022 launch that led the Microsoft-backed company to simplify its chatbot's moniker from the difficult 'Chat with GPT-3.5' to the now-iconic 'ChatGPT.' Tired of too many ads? go ad free now On a recent OpenAI podcast, Nick Turley, head of ChatGPT, and Mark Chen, research chief, shared insights into the crucial days leading up to the chatbot's public launch. Turley revealed that the decision to rename the product was made just the day before its late 2022 launch. 'It was going to be Chat with GPT-3.5 , and we had a late-night decision to simplify' the name, he stated on the podcast. 'We realised that that would be hard to pronounce and came up with a great name instead,' Turley explained. They ultimately settled on ChatGPT, an abbreviation for 'generative pre-trained transformer.' Two things that OpenAI executives focused before launching ChatGPT Before ChatGPT's launch, few within OpenAI anticipated the impact the name would have. Andrew Mayne, the podcast host and OpenAI's former science communicator, noted that the chatbot's core capabilities were largely similar to its predecessors. The key differentiators were primarily a more user-friendly interface and, critically, its new, memorable name. 'It's the same thing, but we just put the interface in here and made it so you didn't have to prompt as much,' Mayne noted. Soon after its launch, ChatGPT rapidly gained traction attracting millions of users worldwide. 'We've had so many launches, so many previews over time, and this one really was something else,' Chen added. For Chen, ChatGPT's success marked a personal milestone: 'My parents just stopped asking me to go work for Google,' he said. ChatGPT's success has spurred a wave of competition, with numerous rivals, including Meta AI , Google's Gemini and DeepSeek, emerging in the expanding AI landscape.
Business Insider
3 days ago
- Business Insider
The 'late-night decision' that led to ChatGPT's name
ChatGPT almost had a different name. OpenAI changed the chatbot's name in a "late-night decision," ChatGPT head Nick Turley said. The 2022 launch made ChatGPT a viral hit and helped push OpenAI's valuation higher. On the latest episode of the OpenAI podcast, two leadersinvolved with the chatbot's development, research chief Mark Chen and head of ChatGPT Nick Turley, spoke about the days leading up to the launch that made the tool go viral. "It was going to be Chat with GPT-3.5, and we had a late-night decision to simplify" the name, Turley said on the podcast published July 1. The team made the name change the day before the version's late 2022 launch, he said. "We realized that that would be hard to pronounce and came up with a great name instead," Turley said. They settled on ChatGPT, short for "generative pre-trained transformer." Since then, ChatGPT has gained millions of users who turn to the chatbot for everything from routine web searches to guidance on how to give a friend career advice. Rivals, including Meta AI, Google's Gemini, and DeepSeek, have also sprung up. Before ChatGPT's launch, few within OpenAI expected the name to be so consequential, said Andrew Mayne, the podcast host and OpenAI's former science communicator. He said the chatbot's capabilities were largely similar to those of previous versions. The main differences included a more user-friendly interface and, of course, the name. "It's the same thing, but we just put the interface in here and made it so you didn't have to prompt as much," Mayne said on the podcast. After OpenAI launched ChatGPT, though, the chatbot took off, with Reddit users as far away as Japan experimenting with it, Turley said. It soon became clear that ChatGPT's popularity wasn't going to fade quickly and that the tool was "going to change the world," he said. "We've had so many launches, so many previews over time, and this one really was something else," Chen said on the podcast.
Business Insider
3 days ago
- Business Insider
The 'late-night decision' that led to ChatGPT's name
"Chat with GPT-3.5" doesn't really roll off the tongue, but it's almost what OpenAI named ChatGPT. On the latest episode of the OpenAI podcast, two leadersinvolved with the chatbot's development, research chief Mark Chen and head of ChatGPT Nick Turley, spoke about the days leading up to the launch that made the tool go viral. "It was going to be Chat with GPT-3.5, and we had a late-night decision to simplify" the name, Turley said on the podcast published July 1. The team made the name change the day before the version's late 2022 launch, he said. "We realized that that would be hard to pronounce and came up with a great name instead," Turley said. They settled on ChatGPT, short for "generative pre-trained transformer." Since then, ChatGPT has gained millions of users who turn to the chatbot for everything from routine web searches to guidance on how to give a friend career advice. Rivals, including Meta AI, Google's Gemini, and DeepSeek, have also sprung up. Before ChatGPT's launch, few within OpenAI expected the name to be so consequential, said Andrew Mayne, the podcast host and OpenAI's former science communicator. He said the chatbot's capabilities were largely similar to those of previous versions. The main differences included a more user-friendly interface and, of course, the name. "It's the same thing, but we just put the interface in here and made it so you didn't have to prompt as much," Mayne said on the podcast. After OpenAI launched ChatGPT, though, the chatbot took off, with Reddit users as far away as Japan experimenting with it, Turley said. It soon became clear that ChatGPT's popularity wasn't going to fade quickly and that the tool was "going to change the world," he said. "We've had so many launches, so many previews over time, and this one really was something else," Chen said on the podcast. ChatGPT's success represented another kind of milestone for Chen: "My parents just stopped asking me to go work for Google," he said.
