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ChatGPT's name was always an albatross: OpenAI didn't expect the original ChatGPT research demo in November 2022 to go as megaviral as it did, but once it did i
by minimaxir 2y ago
ChatGPT's name was always an albatross: OpenAI didn't expect the original ChatGPT research demo in November 2022 to go as megaviral as it did, but once it did it was too late to give it a more business-friendly name.
It wouldn't surprise me if they eventually rebrand ChatGPT to just Chat, Justin-Timberlake-style.
- sebzim4500 2y agoI think it reached "so bad it's good" status. If they had launched with a more typical silicon valley name like Gemini then I don't think it would have become the generic term for a chatbot among non-tech people.
- teaearlgraycold 2y agoMost people have no idea what GPT means or what GPT products existed before ChatGPT. But that means those 3 letters occupy their own space in their head and that space is the same as "AI chatbot". That gives OpenAI a lot of power that Anthropic won't have with "Claude" or Google with "Gemini".
- jsheard 2y agoWasn't OpenAIs bid to trademark "GPT" rejected though? That name isn't a moat if anyone can use it.
- xeromal 2y agoIt was rejected but it doesn't mean people can't assume GPT means chatgpt
- londons_explore 2y agoObviously a legally protected name is best. But "GPT" will end up morally protected even without legal protection. "This AI is dumb. Bob, did you get all this research from a fake ChatGPT cos you're too cheap to buy the real thing?"
- HPsquared 2y agoA new name for a new thing.
- andai 2y agoI've been working at public libraries and I hear young people say "ChatGPT" several times per hour.
- pants2 2y agoI'm just happy OpenAI hasn't gone through a half dozen rebrandings like Google has with Assistant / PaLM / Sparrow / Bard / Gemini
- seydor 2y agoBut then it won't be Search.com