OpenAI changed the chatbot's name in a "late-night decision," ChatGPT head Nick Turley said. The 2022 launch made ChatGPT a viral hit and helped push OpenAI's valuation higher.

Since its introduction in November 2022, ChatGPT has become the dominant name in chatbot technology. Some see promise, others see peril, and many see profit.

OpenAI and ChatGPT Sam Altman's $6.5B recipe to make AI "transcendentally good" OpenAI announced that it recently closed a $6.5 billion deal to acquire former Apple designer Jony Ive's device startup.

Search OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently indicated that ChatGPT won't replace Google as the primary search engine, citing the company's vast resources and talented AI team as the main reasons.