#崭新的2月经济局势#
World Netizen Special Writer Huang Tian
Edited by Liu Jianing
Today, a "boom" as strong as a tornado has quietly risen, which cannot be ignored, and it is ChatGPT.
Open AI recently released its chatbot ChatGPT, and in just two months, its number of users has soared to 100 million. ChatGPT not only chats with people, but also has the ability to program, write screenplays, and even write presidential speeches, which Musk called "amazing." On social networks, the discussion about ChatGPT has remained so high that it has even raised concerns about whether it will replace human jobs.
However, in fact, since the official release of ChatGPT at the end of last year, although it has not yet matured its business model and has not yet brought profits to OpenAI and related companies, the capital market has already begun to speculate on it.
In the U.S. stock market, previously unknown artificial intelligence companies have also quickly emerged due to the popularity of ChatGPT, such as the BigBear.ai that provides information integration tools and defense intelligence, and its stock price has risen by 500% since the introduction of ChatGPT; In the domestic market, Hanvon Technology has recently risen for seven consecutive trading days, and has been hyped as the "leader" of the cost round ChatGPT concept stock; In the cryptocurrency market, there were even the launch of the "altcoin" of the same name as ChatGPT, which skyrocketed by 1800%, but then quickly fell to a fortieth of the highest price...
On YouTube, Douyin and other video platforms, a large number of short videos related to ChatGPT have emerged. Some of the videos teach people how to make money with ChatGPT, while others are distributed offline through counterfeit software. However, "World Netizen" found that there are some "money scams" under the guise of ChatGPT.
Common strategies for these "money laws" include: first, let users sign up for some platform that claims to offer part-time opportunities for freelancers, and then use ChatGPT to generate a lot of content about the hot topics of the day, such as "Amazon's hottest laptop" or "the hottest travel destination of 2023", through which to earn writing fees and compensation; Another strategy is to have ChatGPT generate a life guide outline on a topic, and further generate more chapters, eventually proofread the content, and publish it on online platforms to entice readers to pay for it. Another way is to answer students' paid questions through ChatGPT-generated content on the schoolwork help site and then earn rewards.
In fact, these bloggers who hype up ChatGPT's "gold myth" seem to be more using the popularity of ChatGPT to attract attention and traffic, rather than really experiencing the convenience of making money. Because ChatGPT can fill and pile up impressive content, but after careful study, this content often seems vague and repetitive, like a master of fooling, able to stack a series of eye-catching but substantively unsubstantiated words, which leads to a flood of low-quality content on the Internet.
According to multinational data security
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However, it's not just this level of abuse. There is also a more dangerous abuse that is spreading.
Check Point, a multinational data security company, has revealed that someone has used ChatGPT's programming capabilities to create a password stealer through Python and embed it in phishing emails to commit fraud. This means that cybercriminals with relatively low levels of technology can also launch attacks with the help of new tools. OpenAI's open-source nature makes it difficult to completely circumvent this abuse. According to DarkReading, in the month since ChatGPT went live on November 30 last year, the number of phishing emails surged 260% to 169 million, which is not unrelated to the rise of new tools for ChatGPT.
In this turbulent February, more similar episodes continue to play out in different fields. On the platforms of Douyin and WeChat Channels, some people claim to have achieved amazing follower growth and monetization through ChatGPT. They claim that using ChatGPT, the number of followers increased by 5,000 in a week, and tens of thousands of yuan in revenue. However, these so-called "ChatGPT moneymakers" are not simple.
Many are taking advantage of the fact that Chinese users can't easily log in and register, launching services disguised as "ChatGPT" and charging users. The ChatGPT Q&A service originally opened on the OpenAI website has become a paid project in the hands of some bloggers. Unsuspecting users need to pay a question fee of "28 yuan 300 questions, 88 yuan 1300 questions". However, the survey by "World Netizen" shows that these AI bots that answer questions are not real ChatGPT at all, but just copycat versions of chatbots, and their effects are far from ChatGPT.
These publicity methods of "earning 100,000 yuan a month" and "selling tens of thousands" have attracted more people to participate in them. However, this "ChatGPT moneymaker" is actually similar to "MLM in a new coat".
At the same time, a large number of "Li Ghost" apps in the name of ChatGPT still emerge in mobile app stores, which continue to "harvest" in the "boom".
Chinese versions of chatbots called "ChatAI" and "AI Chat For GPT" came into being, but immediately after downloading and using them, users are prompted to pay to buy a "28 yuan monthly subscription" or "168 yuan annual subscription" package. According to user reviews, these paid apps are not ChatGPT, and their slow response speed and poor quality of answers have led some to write angrily: "It's just a trick to cheat out of money." ”
As Sam Korman, CEO of OpenAI, puts it, "ChatGPT has shown incredible capabilities in some ways that already give people a sense of power." However, it would be a mistake to rely too much on it now for important matters, this is just a small attempt at technological progress, and we still have a lot of work to do in terms of reliability and stability. ”
To sum up, although ChatGPT has swept through the online world like a tornado, this storm is bringing a series of challenges. Whether it is abuse or false propaganda, it has affected people's perception of artificial intelligence to a certain extent. There is no doubt that ChatGPT shows the unlimited potential of AIGC, however, their real application still needs to go through many tests to meet a challenging future.