MPPSC 2023 Prelims Q49: ChatGPT was developed

Q: What is the answer to MPPSC 2023 Prelims Q49?

B. Correct — B, OpenAI. ChatGPT is a generative AI chatbot built on OpenAI's GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) family of large language models, and was released to the public by OpenAI in November 2022.

MPPSC 2023 Prelims Paper-I · Question 49 of 100

Verified against the official question paper. Answer as per the official MPPSC answer key.

ChatGPT was developed by

(a)Google
(b)OpenAI
(c)Apple
(d)Microsoft

Answer

Why

Correct — B, OpenAI. ChatGPT is a generative AI chatbot built on OpenAI's GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) family of large language models, and was released to the public by OpenAI in November 2022.

Why the others are wrong

(a)Google — Google develops its own competing AI chatbot/models (such as Gemini), not ChatGPT.
(c)Apple — Apple's AI efforts (e.g. Siri, on-device Apple Intelligence features) are separate from OpenAI's work; Apple did not develop ChatGPT.
(d)Microsoft — A tempting distractor — Microsoft is a major investor and close partner of OpenAI and integrates its models into products like Copilot and Bing Chat — but Microsoft did not develop ChatGPT itself; OpenAI did.

Concept

ChatGPT is a conversational generative-AI product built on OpenAI's GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) large language models. It uses natural-language processing to hold conversational exchanges, answer questions, and generate text on demand.

The classic trap is crediting Microsoft, since Microsoft is a major investor in and close technology partner of OpenAI, and bakes OpenAI's models into its own products (Copilot, Bing Chat) — but the developer of ChatGPT itself is OpenAI.

Key facts

ChatGPT was released to the public by OpenAI in November 2022
It is built on OpenAI's GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) large language models
OpenAI is an AI research and product company
Microsoft is a major investor/technology partner of OpenAI (powering products like Copilot and Bing Chat) but did not develop ChatGPT

AI chatbot / model — which company?

ChatGPT (GPT models)→OpenAI — developer

Gemini→Google

Siri / Apple Intelligence→Apple

Copilot (built on OpenAI's models)→Microsoft — investor/partner, not ChatGPT's developer

Microsoft is OpenAI's major investor and partner and embeds OpenAI's models into Copilot, but OpenAI itself is ChatGPT's developer.

Study next

Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs)India's AI initiatives (e.g. the IndiaAI Mission)Other AI chatbots/models: Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Anthropic's ClaudeBasics of the transformer architecture underlying GPT modelsAI governance and regulation debates

Common traps

Crediting Microsoft as ChatGPT's developer because of its investment/partnership with OpenAI
Confusing the ChatGPT product with GPT, the underlying model family

Recent MPPSC computer-awareness/current-affairs items are starting to test basic AI-tool awareness — 'who developed X AI chatbot/tool' is now a recurring current-affairs pattern.

Related PYQs

No directly related past PYQ was found.

Practice

practice — not a real PYQ
GPT, the large language model family underlying ChatGPT, stands for:
- (a)General Purpose Technology
- (b)Generative Pre-trained Transformer
- (c)Global Processing Tool
- (d)Guided Prompt Technology
Answer(b) Generative Pre-trained Transformer.
practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following is an AI chatbot/model developed by Google?
- (a)ChatGPT
- (b)Copilot
- (c)Gemini
- (d)Siri
Answer(c) Gemini — Google's conversational AI model.