OpenAI's ChatGPT is a type of generative AI, which means it uses algorithms and neural networks to learn patterns and relationships in data and generate new outputs based on that learning.
Generative AI is a branch of artificial intelligence that can be used to create new content, such as text (for example, a recipe, cover letter, poem, short story, summary, etc.), programming code or artwork (for example, mimicking a certain painter's style).
Here are two videos that give an overview of ChatGPT: