The consensus two years ago was that the launch of ChatGPT would benefit OpenAI exclusively, but many successful AI applications have emerged from startups instead.

When ChatGPT was released, lawyers realized it would fundamentally change their work, prompting them to seek out AI solutions like ours.

The launch of ChatGPT has significantly raised public awareness about AI, making it accessible beyond just large corporations.

I started Day.ai shortly after the ChatGPT moment because it felt like the right time to capture the imagination and build something impactful.

The development of ChatGPT was rooted in a long-term vision of creating safe AI systems that align with human values, utilizing reinforcement learning with human feedback.

Even though many struggled to build businesses with the GPT-3 API, people loved interacting with it, which led us to develop ChatGPT.

We launched Character.AI about a month before ChatGPT came out in October 2022, and we scaled from 300 generations per second to over 30,000 in about 18 months.

OpenAI is currently in a tricky position because its value is heavily tied to ChatGPT, and there is skepticism about the sustainability of its business model without continuous advancements in AI capabilities.

Midjourney and Character AI were released before ChatGPT, creating early niche communities of adopters that contributed to the rise of AI awareness leading up to ChatGPT's popularity.