January 2023 was the month many business owners first realized generative AI was not a distant technology story. ChatGPT had launched only weeks earlier, but by early 2023 it was already being discussed as one…

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT as a research preview. The launch did not arrive with the full marketing frenzy that would follow in 2023, but it marked the moment generative AI became accessible…