OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory consisting of both for-profit and non-profit entities. It was founded in December 2015 by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Wojciech Zaremba, and John Schulman. OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity.
The organization conducts research in various fields of artificial intelligence, including machine learning, natural language processing, robotics, and more. One of its notable achievements is the development of the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) series of language models, which includes models like GPT-3, the one you're interacting with right now.
OpenAI promotes transparency and collaboration in AI research, and it has made significant contributions to the advancement of AI technology. Additionally, OpenAI releases research papers, tools, and models to the public to encourage further development and exploration in the field of artificial intelligence.