Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Fortune
Fortune
Jeremy Kahn

Is ChatGPT the end of the college essay? Is it the end of trust?

(Credit: Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty Images)

Hello and welcome to December’s special edition of Eye on A.I.

Is ChatGPT the end of trust? That’s what some people are suggesting after the release of OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT, which is shockingly good at mimicking human writing in almost any format, from computer code and poetry to blog posts and polemical essays. Much of what the chatbot spits out is factually accurate. But much of it isn’t. And the problem is that there is no easy way for a user to ensure that ChatGPT’s responses are accurate. ChatGPT expresses both fact and fiction with equal confidence and style.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.