Tiphaine_Lesson #1

ChatGPT and Google Bard in A.I. chatbot race

February 13, 2023

A new online revolution has begun and is spreading like wildfire. In November, the tech company OpenAI released ChatGPT – a chatbot you can have a conversation with. It answers nearly anything you ask it, in perfect grammar. It will give you a 300-word text about a movie written in the style of Shakespeare. Analysts have dubbed it a game changer. Hot on the heels of* ChatGPT came Google's Bard. A Google-Microsoft battle for the future of online search is now on.There are many questions about how chatbots will shake up our world. Teachers are worrying about "the end of homework". Bots can give convincing essays to a grade-A standard. Workers fear all kinds of jobs will be lost. ChatGPT is now on the Bing search engine. Microsoft said: "It's a new day in search." Google said: "AI can deepen our understanding of information and turn it into useful knowledge…making it easier for people to…get things done."

Universities VS ChatGPT

Adapted from an article from The New York Times

ChatGPT is raising concerns. One of them is that the technology could encourage cheating in universities. Lecturers are being urged to review the way in which their courses are assessed, while some universities have banned the technology entirely and returned to pen-and-paper exams to stop students using AI. In France, Sciences Po has banned the use of ChatGPT adding that punishment for using the software may go as far as exclusion from the institution, or even from French higher education as a whole. OpenAI has recently released a tool designed to detect whether text has been written by artificial intellligence, but warns it's not completely reliable - yet.

From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2302/230213-chatgpt-chatbot-4.html and Vocable magazine (n°883, March 2023)

ChatGPT and Google Bard in A.I. chatbot race

February 13, 2023

to change or develop from one thing to another. to allow something to be shown in public or to be available for use (to make public). to cause large changes in something such as an organization, usually in order to make improvements. to make something increase or become more serious. to affect more and more places, people, or things. to feel worried and afraid that something bad will happen or has already happened.

A new online revolution has begun and is spreading like wildfire. In November, the tech company OpenAI released ChatGPT – a chatbot you can have a conversation with. It answers nearly anything you ask it, in perfect grammar. It will give you a 300-word text about a movie written in the style of Shakespeare. Analysts have dubbed it a game changer. Hot on the heels of* ChatGPT came Google's Bard. A Google-Microsoft battle for the future of online search is now on.There are many questions about how chatbots will shake up our world. Teachers are worrying about "the end of homework". Bots can give convincing essays to a grade-A standard. Workers fear all kinds of jobs will be lost. ChatGPT is now on the Bing search engine. Microsoft said: "It's a new day in search." Google said: "AI can deepen our understanding of information and turn it into useful knowledge…making it easier for people to…get things done." *To come hot on the heels of: to happen very soon after something.

From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2302/230213-chatgpt-chatbot-4.html. This article corresponds to a B1/B2 level according to the website.

ChatGPT and Google Bard in A.I. chatbot race

February 13, 2023

to spread: to affect more and more places, people, or things (=s'étendre, se propager). to release: to allow something to be shown in public or to be available for use (to make public)(=sortir). to shake up: to cause large changes in something such as an organization, usually in order to make improvements (=ébranler, chambouler). to fear: to feel worried and afraid that something bad will happen or has already happened (=avoir peur, craindre). to deepen: to make something increase or become more serious (=approfondir, intensifier). to turn into: to change or develop from one thing to another (=transformer en).

A new online revolution has begun and is spreading like wildfire. In November, the tech company OpenAI released ChatGPT – a chatbot you can have a conversation with. It answers nearly anything you ask it, in perfect grammar. It will give you a 300-word text about a movie written in the style of Shakespeare. Analysts have dubbed it a game changer. Hot on the heels of ChatGPT came Google's Bard. A Google-Microsoft battle for the future of online search is now on.There are many questions about how chatbots will shake up our world. Teachers are worrying about "the end of homework". Bots can give convincing essays to a grade-A standard. Workers fear all kinds of jobs will be lost. ChatGPT is now on the Bing search engine. Microsoft said: "It's a new day in search." Google said: "AI can deepen our understanding of information and turn it into useful knowledge…making it easier for people to…get things done."

From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2302/230213-chatgpt-chatbot-4.html

Universities VS ChatGPT

Something that you use in order to perform a job or to achieve a goal. To forbid (= refuse to allow) something, especially officially. That can be trusted. To behave dishonestly, or to not obey rules, for example in order to win a game or do well in an examination. To evaluate. A worried or nervous feeling about something, or something that makes you feel worried.

ChatGPT is raising concerns. One of them is that the technology could encourage cheating in universities. Lecturers are being urged to review the way in which their courses are assessed, while some universities have banned the technology entirely and returned to pen-and-paper exams to stop students using AI. In France, Sciences Po has banned the use of ChatGPT adding that punishment for using the software may go as far as exclusion from the institution, or even from French higher education as a whole. OpenAI has recently released a tool designed to detect whether text has been written by artificial intellligence, but warns it's not completely reliable - yet.

From Vocable magazine (n°883, March 2023)

Universities VS ChatGPT

A concern: a worried or nervous feeling about something, or something that makes you feel worried (= une inquiétude). To cheat: To behave dishonestly, or to not obey rules, for example in order to win a game or do well in an examination (=tricher). To assess: to evaluate (=évaluer, noter). To ban: to forbid (= refuse to allow) something, especially officially (=interdire). A tool: Something that you use in order to perform a job or to achieve a goal (=un outil). Reliable: that can be trusted (=fiable).

ChatGPT is raising concerns. One of them is that the technology could encourage cheating in universities. Lecturers are being urged to review the way in which their courses are assessed, while some universities have banned the technology entirely and returned to pen-and-paper exams to stop students using AI. In France, Sciences Po has banned the use of ChatGPT adding that punishment for using the software may go as far as exclusion from the institution, or even from French higher education as a whole. OpenAI has recently released a tool designed to detect whether text has been written by artificial intellligence, but warns it's not completely reliable - yet.

From Vocable magazine (n°883, March 2023)