https://techmonitor.ai/what-is/what-is-generative-ai-and-how-does-it-work > In 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, its pioneering large language model (LLM) chatbot capable of generating human-like responses to prompts. The model – easily accessible and mostly free to use – took the world by storm as it marked the beginning of a new, momentous era for generative AI. > But generative AI isn’t a new affair. While its capabilities have been honed with time, its inception dates back to the early days of machine learning, when the idea of generating original content was put into words by Alan Turing’s timeless query, “Can machines think?”