Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have changed the nature of
scientific inquiry in recent years. Of these, the development of virtual
assistants has accelerated greatly in the past few years, with ChatGPT becoming
a prominent AI language model. In this study, we examine the foundations,
vision, research challenges of ChatGPT. This article investigates into the
background and development of the technology behind it, as well as its popular
applications. Moreover, we discuss the advantages of bringing everything
together through ChatGPT and Internet of Things (IoT). Further, we speculate on
the future of ChatGPT by considering various possibilities for study and
development, such as energy-efficiency, cybersecurity, enhancing its
applicability to additional technologies (Robotics and Computer Vision),
strengthening human-AI communications, and bridging the technological gap.
Finally, we discuss the important ethics and current trends of ChatGPT