OpenAI introduces ChatGPT as a public research preview
A conversational model became freely accessible to a mass audience, sharply widening practical exposure to capable generative AI.
TOWARD DOOM55confidence 96/100
Why it moved the index
Mass access accelerated experimentation, adoption, investment, and the feedback loop between deployment and capability development.
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Assessment history
- R1Toward 55 · confidence 96
Initial source-backed launch assessment
11 Aug 2026