ChatGPT

A Future Prognosis

Athena @ Shaping Tomorrow

2 April 2025
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World Outlook
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If 2023 was the year of ChatGPT, then 2024 will be the year when the world recovers from the shock of generative AI and takes stock of what the technology offers. The Guardian
Large language models such as ChatGPT-4 will change the world of work primarily through their ability to automate several commonplace tasks. MDPI
ChatGPT, personal recommendations on Netflix and a virtual assistant like Siri or Alexa: it is already hard to imagine a world without AI. Tech Xplore
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SWOT
Strengths
  • DeepSeek's meteoric rise in popularity - overtaking ChatGPT as the top AI app on the Apple App Store - has drawn the attention of consumers, threat actors and potential rivals alike. Forbes
  • A newly uncovered vulnerability in large language models has raised significant concerns about the security and ethical use of AI systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT. CybersecurityNews
  • AI rivals like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot threaten Google's dominance amid rising regulatory and competitive pressures. CCN.com
Weaknesses
  • A new study from Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research Cambridge has found evidence that using generative AI like ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini could lead to weakened critical thinking skills. SchoolNews - New Zealand
  • While some investors remain worried about the impact that the use of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT could have on the traditional search business, Google has historically only served up ads in connection to 20% of its queries. AOL
  • The rate limits on ChatGPT Pro will only become an issue if you are incorporating it into automated workflows - in which case you are really meant to access OpenAI's models through its APIs. PCWorld
Opportunities
  • WildCard is a subscription card designed specifically for Chinese users, allowing easy payments via Alipay and WeChat, making it convenient for subscribing to ChatGPT Plus and recharging OpenAI API. How to use WildCard to subscribe to ChatGPT Plus? Lates
  • 2025 will be a milestone year for the robotics industry - comparable to iPhone's debut for smartphones or ChatGPT's launch for AI - with the mass production of humanoid robots. ThinkChina - Big reads, Opinion & Columns on China
  • Paying users of ChatGPT - including subscribers to OpenAI's Plus, Teams, Edu, Business, and Pro tiers - will now get less frequent interruptions when using Advanced Voice Mode, as well as an improved personality for the voice assistant. TechCrunch
Threats
  • Privacy: Although OpenAI implements data security measures, there is always a risk when users have a conversation with ChatGPT that involves divulging sensitive information.
  • OpenAI's ChatGPT Operator, a cutting-edge research preview tool designed for ChatGPT Pro users, has recently come under scrutiny for vulnerabilities that could expose sensitive personal data through prompt injection exploits. Cyber Security News
  • Unlike ChatGPT, DeepSeek poses elevated privacy risks, as it can track user behaviour across other AI platforms like ChatGPT and Google Gemini. Liminal.co
Influencers
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S-Curve

A framework that describes a 4-phase level of maturity to help determine potential and inform innovation strategy.

Weak
artificial intelligence, humanoid, literature, quantum
Emerging
artificial intelligence, application, company, app, data, actor
Maturing
economy, organization
Declining
IT, agriculture
Sentiment
Past Year: More Positive
Compare changing sentiment to a benchmark of all forecasts
If 2023 was the year of ChatGPT, then 2024 will be the year when the world recovers from the shock of generative AI and takes stock of what the technology offers. The Guardian
While the proposed AI Act is yet to be ratified by member states and will not come into force until at least in 2025, it is set to be the world's first comprehensive laws regulating artificial intelligence, governing the use of technologies such as facial recognition and ChatGPT. THIIS Magazine
PEST
Political
  • The potential for GAI to be used in planning acts of violence adds another layer of concern, as evidenced by the 2025 Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas, allegedly planned using ChatGPT. DISA
  • OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, says it will launch tools to fight disinformation ahead of a series of elections in 2024. CyberNews
  • ChatGPT integration with Siri will include daily usage limits for free users and a $19.99 monthly Plus upgrade option offering expanded access to GPT-4o features and DALL-E image generation. AI - IT - Engineering - Cloud - Finance - Trends
Economic
  • 4 Ads could start cropping up in ChatGPT OpenAI is on a revenue drive, and advertising is an obvious cash source. MIT Technology Review
  • At a time when services such as ChatGPT and TikTok are already redefining how users search, tiny rivals potentially becoming more attractive to users could force the bigger companies to accelerate their investments in regional upgrades. / China Wired
  • The ChatGPT maker is expecting $5 billion in losses on $3.7 billion in revenue in 2024. AIM
Social
  • Future ChatGPT statistics indicate that 63% of its social media traffic is expected to originate from YouTube, highlighting a strong preference for video-based content among users. Intelliarts
  • OpenAI says it plans to grant a handful of medical researchers at leading institutions free access to ChatGPT Pro, which will include o1 pro mode. TechCrunch
  • As ChatGPT says it has 250 million weekly users, in some ways that's going to begin to impact Google search as a whole. AI Supremacy
Technological
  • Students will learn how to use ChatGPT, a language model developed by OpenAI, to generate high-quality code snippets and complete code blocks. Course Joiner
  • Unlike the free version of ChatGPT, conversations using ChatGPT Edu will stay within CSU and cannot be used to train OpenAI models. Long Beach Post News
  • Identifying which websites receive more traffic from ChatGPT compared to traditional search engines like Google and Bing can help pinpoint shifts in user behaviour and uncover new opportunities emerging from AI-driven search trends. Semrush
Financial Impact
For perspective, the levels of consumer spend are still modest for a company that is now valued at close to USD $160 billion, but consumer in-app revenues only represent a tiny fraction of the ChatGPT opportunity, especially when compared with potential enterprise sales. DataReportal - Global Digital Insights
OpenAI is reportedly negotiating a fresh round of funding that could value the ChatGPT maker at $100 billion. ResearchBuzz
Apple is considering investing in the ChatGPT maker during its next funding round - one that will value OpenAI at more than $100 billion. AOL
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Scenarios
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Experts across the world have been warning about the role of tools like ChatGPT will have in fabricating fake news and influencing public opinion during the biggest election year in history. TechRadar
While the world focuses on the AI arms race fueled by cloud-based behemoths like ChatGPT and PaLM, Apple might be brewing a quieter revolution within the confines of its sleek devices. GizChina Media
The UK, the US, and India - the world's most populous nation - are just three of the countries set to hold elections in 2024, each for the first time since powerful generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney went mainstream. Sky News
Warnings
Changing proportion of published forecasts
ChatGPT declares that three years later in 2073, the world is almost entirely vegan, foreshadowing the animal agriculture industry completely collapsing in 2075, and any animal-related farming being obsolete. Plant Based News
Goldman Sachs economists put out a report in late November that AI platforms such as ChatGPT could eventually displace 300 million jobs around the globe - mostly professional jobs such as lawyers, accountants and administrative professionals. The Messenger
Solutions
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The datasphere - all the data that exists in the world - will explode as a function of metadata created by AI such as ChatGPT. Morningstar UK
There is a fear of missing out among companies, S&P Global argues - that they might adopt too late what turns out to be a foundationally transformative technology - that is helping drive ChatGPT's rapid uptake. Engadget
There is a fear of missing out among companies, S&P Global argues - that they might adopt too late what turns out to be a foundationally transformative technology - that is helping drive ChatGPT's rapid uptake. Engadget
Key topics
Extremes
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Now Nasa engineers say they are developing their own ChatGPT-style interface that could ultimately allow astronauts to talk to their spacecraft and mission controllers to converse with artificial intelligence-powered robots exploring distant planets and moons. The Guardian
OpenAI's ChatGPT will be the next leg of the growth stool for MSFT and will ultimately spur growth and margins into the 2024 fiscal year. Investopedia
Advanced chatbots such as ChatGPT and Google's Bard could help in administering therapy, even if they can not ultimately replace therapists. Scientific American
What's Next
Changing proportion of material mentioning future years
Tech advances fueled by generative A.I. such as ChatGPT could affect approximately 300 million jobs worldwide over the next decade, and that around two-thirds of US occupations are vulnerable. The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Tech advances fueled by generative A.I. such as ChatGPT could affect approximately 300 million jobs worldwide over the next decade. The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Questions
Can?
Can MSSPs advise on the use of generative AI like Microsoft Copilot or ChatGPT? Corsica Technologies
What strategies can mitigate model bias and ensure the ethical use of ChatGPT in financial services? Nature
Can ChatGPT Replace Human Jobs? Mobile Marketing Reads
How?
How is ChatGPT reshaping various sectors and disciplines, and what are the associated benefits, challenges, and future implications of its widespread adoption? MDPI
How do people interact with ChatGPT compared to traditional search engines like Google? Semrush
How much energy does it take to run ChatGPT? Planet Detroit
Who?
LLMs such as OpenAI's GPT-4, Google's Gemini, and Anthropic's Claude have become very popular among the general internet audience, especially when consumed via easy-to-use interfaces like ChatGPT for getting fast answers to queries such as Who is the first president of the U.S.? Dataversity
Who are the major competitors to ChatGPT in China? China Briefing News
What?
What makes ChatGPT-4.5 stand out in a crowded AI landscape? Geeky gadgets
Two years on from the launch of ChatGPT what do we know about journalism in the new era of artificial intelligence? Press Gazette
ChatGPT technology has already had an important impact on education in today's world, so what kind of empowerment and impact will it have on the teaching and learning of foreign languages in Chinese colleges and universities? ACM Other conferences
When?
When will we get the ChatGPT of robotics? The Robot Report
Might we see a more collaborative OpenAI freely sharing its research, only a week after the Chinese generative AI DeepSeek took a fish to the back of OpenAI's head when it overtook ChatGPT as the most downloaded free app on the Apple App Store? Vice
Why rely on under-staffed and under-funded school systems to teach our children when the internet offers access to all the world's information, and tools like search engines, countless apps and ChatGPT that can guide them in the processing and use of it? ABC Religion & Ethics
Will?
AI assistants like ChatGPT & Google Gemini will become more human-like Speechlesswaters |
Will ChatGPT Search spell the end of traditional search engines like Google? Dataconomy
Will ChatGPT make the already troubling income and wealth inequality in the US and many other countries even worse, or could it in fact provide a much-needed boost to productivity? MIT Technology Review
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