The year AI overshadowed all things tech

The year AI overshadowed all things tech
Governance swept aside in AI frenzy. (Image: Getty)
Peter Griffin
It’s exactly a year since the release of ChatGPT (chat generative pre-trained transformer), the artificial intelligence interface that’s gone down as one of the most successful tech products in history.Early last December, I joined millions of others in registering with OpenAI and taking ChatGPT for a test drive. I was impressed and bemused at its ability to form coherent responses to my questions. But did I think it would spawn something this big? Hell, no!Having been bombarded with hype about artificial intelligence over the...

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