Five surprising facts about AI chatbots that can help you make better use of them

By Çağatay Yıldız, Postdoctoral Researcher, Cluster of Excellence "Machine Learning", University of Tübingen

AI chatbots have already become embedded into some people’s lives, but how many really know how they work? Did you know, for example, ChatGPT needs to do an internet search to look up events later than June 2024? Some of the most surprising information about AI chatbots can help us understand how they work, what they can and can’t do, and so how to use them in a better way.

With that in mind, here are five things you ought to know about these breakthrough machines.

1. They are trained by human feedback

AI chatbots are trained in multiple stages, beginning with…

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