Sources & evidence
Every source behind The Launch of ChatGPT and the Beginning of the Mass Generative-AI Era, and the claims they support.
Claims & provenance
The dated Fact “OpenAI released ChatGPT as a public research preview” anchors the Article's chronology.
supported
The reviewed dated Fact and primary-source package establish the chronology without converting sequence into causation.
Artificial-Intelligence Diffusion is used as a bounded continuing mechanism, not as a moral score or a complete causal model.
partially supported
The continuing Driver is a bounded explanatory mechanism accompanied by alternatives, not a complete causal allocation.
Internet Penetration (Individuals Using the Internet, % of Population) - World supplies a defined welfare measurement lens but cannot identify cause by itself.
supported
The linked Indicator supplies a defined welfare measurement lens; it is not treated as proof of a unique causal effect.
All sources
| Source | Publisher | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Introducing ChatGPT | OpenAI | blog_post |
| Our World in Data: Cumulative number of large-scale AI systems by country | Our World in Data | dataset |
| ITU ICT data and analytics | www.itu.int | official_document |
| United Nations Global SDG Indicators Database: Proportion of individuals using the Internet (%) | United Nations Statistics Division | official_statistical_dataset |
| United Nations Global SDG Indicators Database | United Nations Statistics Division | official_documentation |
| World Development Indicators: Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) | World Bank | dataset |