Is ChatGPT Harmful or Helpful to Business Professionals? Part 1.1 The Good I. What Is ChatGPT? ChatGPT has taken the world by storm and become a ubiquitous hot topic since its debut about four months ago. More than 566 articles (averaging nearly 188 each month, with as many as 42 on January 31 alone) have discussed ChatGPT and its impact. As an artificial intelligence-infused chatbot released to the public November 30, 2022, by the research company OpenAI, the GPT in ChatGPT stands for “generative pre-trained transformer” and refers to the type of language model that powers it. This unique language model was designed by Sam Altman, the main programmer and CEO of OpenAI, to interact with users in a conversational manner that mimics human response. ChatGPT reached one million users within only five days of its release. By comparison, it took Netflix three and a half years, Facebook 10 months, and Instagram two and a half months to achieve the same feat. When asked “W