March 1, 2023

GPT-3.5 Turbo API released

OpenAIAn AI research company — created GPT, ChatGPT, DALL-E, and the o-series reasoning models. released the GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-3.5 Turbo APIApplication programming interface — a defined way for programs to talk to each other or to a service. on March 1, 2023 — a faster, cheaper model that powered ChatGPTOpenAI's conversational chat product — brought large language models to hundreds of millions of users. and thousands of production apps.

What it was for

OpenAIGPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-3.5 Turbo cut APIApplication programming interface — a defined way for programs to talk to each other or to a service. costs dramatically while improving instruction-following over base GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-3. It became the default model for early copilots, chatbots, and RAG pipelines before GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-4 pricing dropped — democratizing LLMLarge language model — a neural network trained on vast text to generate and reason about language. features in SaaSSoftware as a Service — applications delivered over the internet on a subscription basis. products.

Companies

  • OpenAI

Why it's here

GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-3.5 Turbo made LLMLarge language model — a neural network trained on vast text to generate and reason about language. APIs affordable enough for mainstream SaaSSoftware as a Service — applications delivered over the internet on a subscription basis. features.

Why it mattered

Cost per token dropped enough that startups could ship AI features profitably.

What it solved

GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-4 was too expensive for high-volume chat; GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-3 was too weak for production.

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