, March 26 -- "In November 2022, we released ChatGPT as a free research preview. We were not expecting the level of excitement and interest that people showed when they used it. The technology behind it had been publicly available for some time, so the extent of its adoption was beyond our expectations and honestly surprised us and many others," shared Haidee Schwartz, senior counsel for Open AI.

Schwartz made these remarks during the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) on Monday, as the public hearings commenced with over 40 key stakeholders. The discussions centred on AI technology, where Open AI's advancements were highlighted, including the robotic hand Dactyl, the coding assistant Codex, and the DALL EA neural network...