Reality Check: Is ChatGPT Really The Next Big Cybersecurity Threat?
Cyberscoop, January 30th, 2023
ChatGPT isn't a malware-writing savant and much of the hype around it obscures just how much expertise is required to output quality code.
When OpenAI released ChatGPT in November, programmers were astounded to discover that the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot could not only mimic a huge variety of human speech but could also write code. In the days following its release, programmers posted wild-eyed examples of ChatGPT churning out fairly competent code. From stringing together cloud services to porting python to Rust, ChatGPT showed remarkable competence in at least some basic programming tasks.