UPSC Prelims Bits, 17 January 2023

Daily Current Affairs For UPSC 17 January 2023, Prelims Bits

Daily Prelims Bits: The Government of Tamil Nadu celebrates the 15th (16th on leap years) of January as Thiruvalluvar Day in the honour of the poet Thiruvalluvar, as part of the Pongal celebrations.

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Daily Current Affairs For UPSC 17 January 2023: We bring to you ”Daily Current Affairs for UPSC Exam” based on the principle of updating UPSC CSE aspirants with Most Important Daily UPSC Prelims Specific Current Affairs. These Daily Current Affairs are prepared by our team in Bit Form/Abridged Form to save the precious time of UPSC Aspirants. In Today’s Prelims Bits we are covering Daily Current Affairs Bits for the below mentioned topics: Chat GPT, Thiruvallur Day, WEF Meet 2023.

What Is Chat GPT?

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Chat GPT has been touted as a replacement for Google, with its ability to think and respond like a real person.

What is GPT-3 and Chat GPT?

GPT-3 (Generative Pretrained Transformer 3) is a state-of-the-art language processing AI model developed by Open AI.
It is capable of generating human-like text and has a wide range of applications, including language translation, language modelling, and generating text for applications such as chatbots.
It is one of the largest and most powerful language processing AI models to date, with 175 billion parameters.
Its most common use so far is creating Chat GPT – a highly capable chatbot.
In less corporate terms, GPT-3 gives a user the ability to give a trained AI a wide range of worded prompts.
These can be questions, requests for a piece of writing on a topic of your choosing or a huge number of other worded requests.

What Is Thiruvallur Day?

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 15, 2023 paid tributes to Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar on the occasion of his birth anniversary, which is observed as Thiruvalluvar Day.
Thiruvalluvar Day is a state holiday in T.N. and Puducherry.

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When Thiruvallur Day Is Celebrated?

The Government of Tamil Nadu celebrates the 15th (16th on leap years) of January as Thiruvalluvar Day in the honour of the poet Thiruvalluvar, as part of the Pongal celebrations.

About Sri Thiruvalluvar

Saint Thiruvalluvar was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher who lived in the 4th century BCE.
Commonly known as Valluvar, he is best known for authoring Thirukkuṛaḷ, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economic matters, and love. The text is considered as one of the finest works of the Tamil literature.
Thiruvalluvar was chosen as the Tamil language’s greatest historical figure after Tamil scholars unanimously agreed to the proposal.
As a result, a resolution to celebrate a day known as “Thiruvalluvar Day” for him by all Tamils was passed on January 17th 1935.

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What Is The Theme Of WEF Meet 2023?

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The World Economic Forum (WEF) meet 2023 is being held in Davos, Switzerland, from January 16 to January 20, 2023.

Prelims Bits For World Economic Forum(WEF)

What is the World Economic Forum?

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an annual gathering of leaders from business, politics, and academia to discuss the most pressing issues confronting the global economy.

Who Founded WEF?

The World Economic Forum (WEF) was founded in 1971 by Swiss-German economist and professor Klaus Schwab, who wanted to bring together global leaders to collaborate on social, economic, and political issues.
It operates on the mission- ‘Committed to improving the state of the world’.