Tech editor Paul Smith explains the hype around chatGPT, why its release forced Google to declare a code red, and whether it's coming for your job.

Background reading

• Is ChatGPT a form of magic or the apocalypse? ChatGPT hit the headlines in November, but it’s based on technology that data scientists have been working on since the 1950s.
• How the sudden rise of AI is shaking your white-collar world Generative AI has caused a storm by automating high-paying professional skills. Now Aussie businesses are trying to determine how to get the best out of it.
• It ‘could be decades’ before ChatGPT knocks out prize-winning thinking The rapid adoption of the AI chatbot has experts concerned that the internet will drown under a torrent of untrustworthy and low-quality content.

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