About 900 software developers and other attendees showed up to the inaugural developer conference for the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT Monday, embracing a Silicon Valley tradition for technology showcases that Apple helped pioneer decades ago.
The path to OpenAI's debut DevDay has been an unusual one. Founded as a nonprofit research institute in 2015, it catapulted to worldwide fame just under a year ago with the release of a chatbot that's sparked excitement, fear and a push for international safeguards to guide AI's rapid advancement.
