What you'll learn

Most people who open ChatGPT still treat it like a search box, but the interface has evolved beyond a simple chatbot. In this course, Introduction to OpenAI ChatGPT, you'll gain the ability to use current ChatGPT capabilities to turn an idea or source material into a useful, reviewable result. First, you'll explore how Chat and ChatGPT Work divide the labor, and why automatic routing has replaced manual model selection for most tasks. Next, you'll discover how to give ChatGPT richer context through text, images, files, and web sources, and when to use web search versus deep research. Finally, you'll learn how to hand off a real task to ChatGPT Work, review and refine what comes back, and keep your context organized with projects, memory, and connected tools. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of current ChatGPT capabilities needed to get real work done.