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ChatGPT has come a long way since its introduction in 2022. Usually, when we discuss improvements, we talk about how the AI model has gotten better, safer, and smarter.
But if you deconstruct the name ChatGPT, you're left with "chat" and "GPT," where GPT means generative, pre-trained transformer (that's the AI part). Today, we're going to dig into the chat side, because ChatGPT has become a far more full-featured AI chat app than it was back when it first launched.
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I'm using ChatGPT in Chrome on my desktop. But many of the tips I'm going to share with you work in both the standalone ChatGPT apps and the mobile versions. Also, I'll show you some settings available only in the free and Go plan tiers, and others available in the Plus and above tiers.
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