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[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 16 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

~~invent copilot~~

Rebrand ChatGPT

Ftfy

[–] lambipapp@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Naah, the initial GitHub copilot was something else.

[–] Sinthesis@lemmy.today 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I was on the Github Copilot Technical Preview (invite in my mailbox says July 16th 2021) and it was GPT-3 (not to be confused with ChatGPT which was introduced with GPT-4)

[–] ErmahgherdDavid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

ChatGPT was built on top of GPT-3.5 which was GPT3 with the new deep reinforcement learning to make it more "conversational", launched 2022. GPT 4 launched in 2023 and before the official launch there was "I have been a good Bing. 😊" Which was.. checks notes... microsoft messing something up again