ChatGPT Features & Limitations - Cheat Sheet 1 - Training guide

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Cheat Sheet 1 summarizes what ChatGPT is and how it works, highlighting capabilities such as massive training data, contextual understanding, human-like interaction, prediction, controlled randomness, and adaptability across topics and styles. It also clarifies free-version limitations, including restricted web browsing and file uploads. The sheet addresses key ethical issues: privacy and data security, biases and inaccuracies (“hallucinations”), and transparency and accountability challenges such as ownership, plagiarism, and copyright.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryGeneral

FormatPDF

Pages10

Reading Time4 min

AccessFree to download

What is ChatGPT?

Core capabilities

ChatGPT Features

Training and understanding

Interaction and prediction

Free Version Limitations

Key Ethical Issues

Privacy & data security

Biases and inaccuracies

Transparency & accountability

Actions: Review, privacy, and responsible use

Cheat Sheet 1 : ChatGPT Features & Limitations Crafted by Salanga as part of the AI Training Series in Collaboration with CanWaCH in February 2024 What is ChatGPT? An artificial intelligence language model created by the company OpenAI. Designed to understand and generate human-like text, making it capable conversation, answering questions, and providing information on a wide range of topics . Launched a year ago, ChatGPT has hit 100 million weekly active users Used by more than 92% of Fortune 500 companies ChatGPT Features Massive Training Data Trained on vast datasets, enabling a broad understanding of topics and languages . Contextual Understanding ChatGPT comprehends context, allowing for meaningful and contextually relevant responses . Human-like Interaction Capable of generating responses that mimic human conversational patterns, enhancing user engagement. Predictive Designed to predict the most likely next word in a given sequence of words . This prediction is based on the words that came before it. Randomness The AI model incorporates randomness when predicting the next word ina response, so it has the ability to generate different outputs using the same prompt (input) . Adaptive ChatGPT adapts to various conversation topics and styles, making it versatile for diverse applications . Free Version Limited access to web browsing + file uploads Access real-time data from internet Ask questions about current events Data analysis Key Ethical Issues 1 . Privacy & Data Security Issue of uploading personally identifiable information or sensitive health data Risk of data breaches and misuse of personal information [https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/](https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/) 2 . Biases and Inaccuracies AI responses reflect biases present in the training data and can perpetuate stereotypes or biases about gender, culture, sexuality, etc . May generate inaccurate and unreliable information called“hallucinations” "Challenging systematic prejudices: an investigation into bias against women and girls in large language models" [https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000388971/PDF/388971eng.pdf.multi](https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000388971/PDF/388971eng.pdf.multi) 3 . Transparency & Accountability Who owns what? Challenges in attributing ownership for AI-driven content Issus of pl aguri sm, intellecutal property and copyright REVIEW & VALIDATE Review & validate AI generated content. PROMOTE DATA PRIVACY Turn off “improve the model for everyone .” Make any data you upload unidentifiable . IMPROVE CAPACITY Create guidelines for AI use at your org. Train staff on AI ethics & responsible practices . KEEP LEARING Keep up with AI ethics research and best practices . [https://salanga.org/](https://salanga.org/) Salanga We are reimagining the purpose and practice of monitoring, evaluation & learning to advance gender equality, inclusion and communitydriven change. We provide tools, training and technology services in monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning ( MEAL) to organizations around the world

FAQs

What is ChatGPT according to the cheat sheet?

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence language model created by OpenAI that understands and generates human-like text. It can converse, answer questions, and provide information across many topics.

What features of ChatGPT are highlighted?

The sheet highlights massive training data, contextual understanding, human-like interaction, predictive next-word generation, randomness for varied outputs, and adaptability to different conversation topics and styles.

What limitations apply to the free version?

The free version has limited access to web browsing and file uploads. It also references the ability to access real-time data and support data analysis through questioning.

What ethical issues are emphasized and what actions are suggested?

Key issues include privacy and data security, biases and inaccuracies including “hallucinations,” and transparency and accountability related to ownership, plagiarism, and copyright. Suggested actions are to review and validate AI content, promote data privacy by turning off “improve the model for everyone,” and create organizational guidelines with staff training in AI ethics.

Oct 13, 2026

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