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Just a few months ago ChatGPT was launched which changed many people’s perception of what AI can do. It was based on OpenAI’s GPT-3.5, which was also integrated into Microsoft’s Bing and Skype, Edge too. Now the company has confirmed that it has switched to the new and more powerful GPT-4 model.<\/p>\n

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In fact, it did a while ago: if you’re part of the Bing preview, you’ve been using GPT-4 for the past five weeks (you can sign up for the preview here). This is not plain GPT-4, by the way, but a version that has been customized by Microsoft for research.<\/p>\n

So, what’s new in GPT-4? For starters, it’s a “multimode” model, which is a fancy way of saying you can attach images to your query, not just text. Here is an example of GPT-4 explaining a joke found on Reddit. Note that the output is text only (i.e. no images can be generated like with Stable Diffusion, MidJourney, etc).<\/p>\n

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The new model is also smarter, the OpenAI team tested it with the 2022 and 2023 practice exam books. Note: The model doesn’t know anything after September 2021, so these exams (and their answers) weren’t part of the training data.<\/p>\n

GPT-3.5 took the bar exam (which lawyers must pass) and scored in the bottom 10%. GPT-4 scored in the top 10%. The justice system isn’t ready for robo-lawyers yet, but they are on the horizon. GPT-4 also scored in the 88th percentile on the LSAT exam, v3.5 was in the 40th. For SAT Math, GPT-4 was in the 89th percentile, GPT-3.5 in the 70th. You can check the OpenAI announcement for more exam results.<\/p>\n

The most important novelty of version 4 is the “steerability”. Previously, ChatGPT was forced to act as a digital assistant by prepending some rules. It was possible to trick the AI \u200b\u200binto revealing those rules, e.g Here you are<\/a> what Microsoft told “Sydney” to do like Bing (including not revealing its Sydney codename):<\/p>\n

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Microsoft and OpenAI have worked to hide those rules (to prevent so-called “jailbreaking”), but now there’s a better way to do it: Enterprises can control AI style and activity with a system message. Here is an example:<\/p>\n

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It’s important to note that GPT-4 still has limitations, especially when it comes to facts. Like its predecessor, the model can invent things, these are called “hallucinations”. The new version is significantly better (scoring 40% higher in internal tests) than GPT-3.5 at sticking to the facts and not making any logical errors, but it’s still not perfect. However, GPT-3 was released in mid 2020, GPT-3.5 arrived in early 2022 (a later improvement was used for ChatGPT), so the pace of improvement is nothing short of incredible.<\/p>\n

Now all we want to know is this: can we have a GPT-4 powered Cortana?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n