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Why does ChatGPT (sometimes) seem to know about the 2022 Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'pai eruption if its last knowledge update was in September 2021?

At some point I messaged ChatGPT this: 2022 Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'pai eruption And got this response: The Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'pai eruption in 2022 was a significant volcanic event that occurred in ...
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Querying Table Formatting in ChatGPT: How to Achieve Microsoft Word-Like Presentation?

In my interactions with ChatGPT, I encountered a challenge in displaying tables in a format similar to Microsoft Word's ordinary table format. I've successfully generated a table in the Microsoft Word ...
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Why is ChatGPT so bad at Chinese pinyin (romanization)?

The above is a screenshot of my conversation with ChatGPT 3.5 just now. The Chinese pinyin is wrong in multiple ways. It makes a systematic error, ascribing 弦 the pinyin xiàn [4th tone] (it's ​xián [...
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Data security in LLms

I have question about data leak and security in LLms model. Suppose I want to build a chatbot based on LLM like gpt. I use the pre-trained GPT as a base model and I use in-context learning to ground ...
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I can't get my custom GPT to accept an API key - "error saving draft"

I'm trying to build a custom gpt with an action, basically the custom gpt can access an API if given proper instructions. I'm trying to get it to connect to plausible. I have built a simple code as a ...
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What feature is this YouTube video using when talking orally with ChatGPT in Chinese?

In this YouTube video, the user talks to ChatGPT (orally) in Chinese about physical and mathematical constants. This feature looks like it would be extremely helpful for improving my Chinese ...
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How can I prompt ChatGPT to give me a 1000-character Chinese essay?

For the Chinese HSK6 exam, the writing section is (at the time of writing) a single 缩写 ("abridge") exercise: you're given a 1000-character essay (usually there's a character who goes through ...
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how to do a quick pilot run when pre-training a large language model?

As I know, it will take several months to pre-train an LLM like chatGPT. I am wondering, what is the industry standard practice to do a pilot run to make sure that everything is correct (as it will be ...
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Understanding the Concept of a Knowledge Base in the Context of Large Language

I amusing large language models (LLMs) like GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, and others. While going through various materials, I came across the term "knowledge base" which seems to be used in ...
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How to add new mode in chatGPT-4? For example "Advanced Data Analyses"

When I create a new chat, at the top of the chatGPT version selection window a dropdown list of available modes appears when I hover over GPT-4 tab. Right now I only have 3 options: Default, Browse ...
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Rules for additional commas for Text-to-speech (ChatGPT)

For a more natural Text to speech output, it is necessary to add additional commas so that there are micropauses and the text sounds more like a human voice. Grammatical commas are already in the text....
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What are the temperature and top_p values used on chat.openai.com?

What are the temperature and top_p values used on https://chat.openai.com/? I know that the temperature and top_p values with the openai.com API both default to 1 for chat completion, but I don't know ...
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Is it possible to change the "temperature" parameter of ChatGPT chats?

The OpenAI API has the possibility to set the temperature parameter (e.g. see this). Is it also possible to influence the temperature parameter of chats in the ChatGPT web UI? I tried setting it in &...
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Can the Use of External Data Sources to Enhance GPT Models Raise Legal Concerns? [closed]

I recently came across news about GPT-BOT being able to read articles from sources like The New York Times and Financial Times, but I've also heard that The New York Times blocked its use. How does ...
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Why does give ChatGPT exactly the same response to the prompt "ein hund kam in die küche"

I have never encountered this before, but ChatGPT (with GPT-4) behaves as I would have set its temperature to zero -- but I didn't. I just entered the following prompt "ein hund kam in die küche&...
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How does ChatGPT render math in Markdown output?

ChatGPT renders inline math output like this: Markdown: is \( 2^4 = 16 \). Rendered: It doesn't use the typical $ ... $ or $$ ... $$ to wrap around math expressions (like in LaTex / MathJax), so what ...
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Prompts that reliably result in unreliable completions

Assume you want to demonstrate how ChatGPT can give quite different answers to the same question, either different in the focus of the answers or even with the same focus but contradictory statements. ...
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How can I get chatgpt to keep track of all the words in the list that I am providing?

I am trying to ask ChatGPT (gpt-3.5-turbo) using code to compare a text and a list of keywords and evaluate how well the keywords describe the text. However, ChatGPT seems confused about the list of ...
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How can I get ChatGPT to enforce syntax rules when converting code between languages?

The goal is to convert Python to MATLAB while preserving a=1 keyword argument syntax (standard is 'a', 1). Worked: a bunch of code-related prompts in the same session, followed by From now on, when ...
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How do I force ChatGPT API response to be brief while being brief myself?

For a hobby language learning tool, I use ChatGPT API to validate if a given sentence is grammatically correct. To save tokens, I want both the prompt and the response to be brief. But I can't make ...
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How can a programming beginner effectively utilize ChatGPT as a tool for programming?

There is a lot of buzz surrounding the effectiveness of ChatGPT for writing code. However, I have received several inquiries on Stack Overflow and its Spanish-speaking counterpart, ES.SO, where users ...
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How to make ChatGPT be better at designing / visual tasks?

I've been using OpenAI's ChatGPT for a variety of tasks, and it's proven highly effective for a bunch of thing. But when it comes to more creative and design-centric tasks (especially in coding and ...
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Can you search old ChatGPT conversation within the Web UI?

Is there a way to search for data/information in my old ChatGPT conversation within the web UI, all at once with a keyword etc. I understand that the current conversation can't look at data from the ...
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Is there any automated system available that validate the accuracy of the data generated by GenAI? [closed]

For example, I prompt GenAI to write an essay on "world war I". GenAI generated a 200 words "world war I overview" essay. How a user or student will insure and trust the data ...
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How would I have got ChatGPT to say "these symbols are not allowed in Kotlin"?

I am trying to understand if there is any way I could have worded my inputs better to get an exact answer from ChatGPT. I am using the free web version by open ai (https://chat.openai.com/) I was ...
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How to get ChatGPT with Plug-ins to dig deeper into search results instead of just returning them to me?

When I use ChatGPT with Plug-ins that can search the web or read URLs, it has a tendency to act like a search engine and nothing more. I ask it a question and it searches the web, reads the first ...
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File format for generating error-free structured data with LLMs

I'm working on a project that requires generating structured data with Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4. I've encountered issues with the output, as the LLM sometimes produces invalid JSON ...
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How to use ChatGPT to generate huge amounts of test data to fill a database?

Assuming I have an empty forum, and I want to fill the database with somewhat sensible content for demonstration. Of course, it's possible to just generate thousands of loremipsumeque strings and ...
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Why ChatGPT in Website version gives better answer than the PlayGround or the app?

I have tried to ask ChatGPT (3.5), and did the same question in the app version and in Playground, and the best answer was the one given by the website. I am just curios to know why?
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How to generate structured data like JSON with LLM models?

I'm currently working on a project that requires the generation of complex JSON documents using Large Language Models (LLMs). These documents, representing rich text content, can contain various ...
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How can text embeddings be used by LLMs like ChatGPT?

My understanding of embeddings is this: Given some text string an embedding function (API) generates an embedding (a fixed-length vector of floats). Semantically similar texts have nearby vectors. ...
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How do I encourage ChatGPT to speak more like me?

Providing an email I drafted, I asked ChatGPT to rewrite it to be more concise, while also asking the style of language to remain similar to the original. ChatGPT sometimes does okay with this request,...
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Does asking ChatGPT (or other LLMs) to "talk like a pirate" degrade performance?

Here, "talk like a pirate" is just an example. For a more practical example, there have been a few questions here about asking ChatGPT to phrase an answer differently, for instance this one ...
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How will GenAI be different than ChatGPT? [closed]

I am trying to determine if GenAI will be a replacement for ChatGPT for questions about programming and computer science. It seems more likely the two tool will augment each other, but if so, how?
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How to get ChatGPT to Stop Apologizing?

Is there a way to stop ChatGPT from excessively apologizing, when challenged, even when ChatGPT is correct in its reply? ChatGPT will start apologizing and start the replies with sentences like: I ...
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What is the exact number of web pages used to train ChatGPT-3.5, and what methods are employed to filter out inaccurate information?

What is the total number of web pages used to train ChatGPT-3.5, and what methods are employed to ensure the veracity of the vast data while filtering out inaccurate information?
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What are the limitations that prevent LLM's from continuing their response

Most LLMs these days have an output limit. Meaning the output cannot go further than X amount of tokens. I've seen many "hacks" on social media saying how you can ask these LLMs to "...
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Can you have ChatGPT 4 "explain" how it generated an answer?

While I understand that GPT-4 does not use logic in the same way that a human does, is there some way to have ChatGPT "explain" itself?
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Reserved words or commands for ChatGPT

I was wondering if there is some syntax or reserved words, operators or commands to work with the ChatGPT. For example, how do you put an updated context based on the documentation of a library? ...
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ChatGPT API Embedding Vectors - Are vectors standard across LLM's?

Can embeddings from one LLM's reused by others - any specific standardization exists on embeddings representation? reference - https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings/what-are-embeddings
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How can I encourage ChatGPT to be more "disagreeable" or firm on a point it's made, instead of backing off when told it's wrong?

As mentioned in Why is ChatGPT so quick to apologize when "corrected" instead of disagreeing or engaging in "argument" or "debate" with the user?: When you tell ChatGPT ...
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Why is ChatGPT unable to argue in support of its own stance?

Many of you probably already seen this funny chat that went viral While I assume this sort of answers existed on the early stages of ChatGPT development, but I think this is quite probably now also, ...
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Is it possible to create a reliable AI quotation tool using excel spreadsheets with ChatGPT API

I'm working on a project to create an AI Quotation tool using the ChatGPT API trained on my data. The data I have spans the last 10 years and is mostly in Excel and PDF format, but it's not ...
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Will you be banned for "Jailbreaking" ChatGPT? [closed]

I understand that people have been "jailbreaking" using different prompt injections etc. So my first question is: Does this break T&C and as a result could this lead to a ban? My second ...
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Can third-party ChatGPT plugins see requests we send to ChatGPT?

Can third-party bots, apps, or plugins that rely on ChatGPT see which code/questions we send/ask to ChatGPT?
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Why do code answers tend to be given in Python when no language is specified in the prompt?

This is anecdotal, but in my use of ChatGPT (site and API) and Bard, in cases when I ask a generic coding question that does not specify the language, the answer is often provided in Python. Is this ...
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How does ChatGPT perform translations?

I have tried to get ChatGPT to translate simple phrases in English to other languages (Non-European Asian languages). At least for simple phrases, it seems to translate things mostly correctly. How is ...
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Why does ChatGPT always reply with a conversation to the word "example"?

When asking ChatGPT, Example It usually replies with a conversation between two people. Examples: Beach Trip Planning Person A: Hi there! How was your weekend? Person B: Hello! My weekend was ...
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If I use a GPT add-on in my spreadsheet, is my data still private, or can it be leaked to other GPT users?

I use spreadsheets a lot. Some of my spreadsheets have student details like school, classroom, name, age, parent names, etc. Other spreadsheets have different data sets but also contain sensitive data ...
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How to make ChatGPT responses about calendar/dates accurate?

I asked ChatGPT: what is the next 29th February that is Monday? It responded: To find the next 29th of February that falls on a Monday, we need to consider the leap years in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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