# ChatGPT

Record: term-chatgpt · Type: term · Edition: 0.20.0 · Evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15

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Dataset pointer: `/glossary/67`. Reviewed: 2026-09-15.

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## Publication dates and source age

At least one source was published within the 18-month window.

Newest dated source: 2026-08-18. Assessed at this edition’s evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15. 18-month boundary: 2025-03-15.

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## /summary

OpenAI's conversational AI product, introduced in November 2022.

Claim: claim-term-chatgpt-1a5192ba3d7825ca26b24a72. Annotation: synthesis.

[development-chatgpt](https://openai.com/index/chatgpt/)

## /definition

ChatGPT is the service people interact with. The models and features behind that service can change. Its launch announcement describes an early system trained for dialogue; that announcement is not a specification of today's product.

Claim: claim-term-chatgpt-1e4c26398ee834b2e16dc7b8. Annotation: synthesis.

[development-chatgpt](https://openai.com/index/chatgpt/) · [chatgpt-memory](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8590148-memory-faq)

## /placement

For the company's reviewed public position, see OpenAI. Using a product does not establish a user's views.

Claim: claim-term-chatgpt-25f52a21ad9f2e54a62ed1b2. Annotation: editorial.

[development-chatgpt](https://openai.com/index/chatgpt/) · [openai-pacing](https://openai.com/index/pacing-model-development-cyber-capabilities/)

## /distinction

ChatGPT, a particular GPT model and OpenAI are separate names for a product, a model and its provider.

Claim: claim-term-chatgpt-09422ce4d5c74cb753a9bb98. Annotation: synthesis.

[development-chatgpt](https://openai.com/index/chatgpt/)

## Source provenance

### development-chatgpt

[Introducing ChatGPT](https://openai.com/index/chatgpt/)

OpenAI · First-hand source (primary) · Published: 2022-11-30 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

Read the original announcement, Methods and Limitations. The page now explicitly labels itself the 2022 introduction. Claims concern that launch version, including dialogue training and reported errors, not every later ChatGPT model.

No archive check recorded.

### chatgpt-memory

[Memory FAQ](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8590148-memory-faq)

OpenAI Help Center · First-hand source (primary) · Published: undated · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

Read memory, context, controls and the legacy saved-memory explanation. Used as one provider's example; not generalized to all chatbots. Relative update wording was not converted to an invented exact date.

No archive check recorded.

### openai-pacing

[Pacing model development in an era of cyber-critical capabilities](https://openai.com/index/pacing-model-development-cyber-capabilities/)

OpenAI · First-hand source (primary) · Published: 2026-08-18 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

A company account of selected research-workload restrictions, not evidence of a whole-company training halt.

No archive check recorded.