Chatterji, Cunningham, Deming, Hitzig, Ong, Shan & Wadman, “How People Use ChatGPT,” NBER Working Paper 34255, 2025

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A study of ChatGPT use co-written by OpenAI staff reports that ChatGPT had… Claim LD08-SL-C21 (v1.0)

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