AI

What chatbots and other AI are actually doing when they answer you, in plain words.

• What is ChatGPT actually doing when I ask it something?

  Watched a chatbot type its answer and wondered who's typing? Nobody. Here's how it picks one likely next word at a time, and what it learned to do that.

• Why does AI sound so sure when it's wrong?

  The chatbot said a tablespoon of salt, and it sounded so sure. Here's why AI answers the same way whether it's right or guessing, and how to check it.