Major AI Development Timeline

Google announces Bard, conversational-AI-assisted search.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Google announces Bard, conversational-AI-assisted search.

Google has announced swift strides in deploying novel generative AI functionalities to counterbalance the remarkable achievements of OpenAI's ChatGPT. In a multifaceted proclamation on Monday, the company unveiled Bard, a novel chatbot designed to rival ChatGPT. Additionally, they introduced a...
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
Microsoft previews new Bing search engine with ChatGPT integration.
Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Microsoft previews new Bing search engine with ChatGPT integration.

Microsoft has introduced a transformative evolution to its Bing search engine and Edge browser by launching an AI-enhanced experience embedded with ChatGPT features. This tech behemoth has meticulously crafted these platforms to deliver enhanced search outcomes, comprehensive responses, an...
Microsoft plows $10 billion into OpenAI
Sunday, January 01, 2023

Microsoft plows $10 billion into OpenAI

OpenAI, the company behind the viral AI tool ChatGPT that can generate realistic and engaging text conversations, has received a $10 billion investment from Microsoft Corp., which is already a major partner and cloud provider for the AI developer. Microsoft, which first invested $1 billion in...
Sunday, January 01, 2023
Tuesday, November 01, 2022
Meta publishes Galactica, its own chatbot, but kills it after intense criticism of false answers
Tuesday, November 01, 2022

Meta publishes Galactica, its own chatbot, but kills it after intense criticism of false answers

Meta’s New AI Tool for Science, Galactica, Fails to Impress Scientists. Meta, the company that used to be called Facebook, has launched a new artificial intelligence tool called Galactica, which is supposed to help scientists with various tasks. But the tool has been met with harsh criticism from...
OpenAI releases ChatGPT publicly.
Tuesday, November 01, 2022

OpenAI releases ChatGPT publicly.

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has announced a new version of its chatbot for businesses that uses artificial intelligence to generate text. The company said ChatGPT Enterprise offers better security and privacy, and has been adopted by some big names such as Carlyle, The Estée Lauder Companies and...
Tuesday, November 01, 2022
Thursday, September 01, 2022
Thursday, September 01, 2022

OpenAI publishes Dall-E 2 for public use.

OpenAI has officially released DALL·E 2 for public use, marking a major milestone in AI-powered creativity and accessibility. The image generation tool is now available without waitlist, empowering users worldwide to create realistic visuals from text prompts. OpenAI Releases DALL·E 2 to the...
Monday, August 01, 2022

Startup Stability AI releases text-to-image tool Stable Diffusion publicly.

Monday, August 01, 2022
Friday, April 01, 2022
Friday, April 01, 2022

OpenAI reveals Dall-E 2 but doesn't make it wildly accessible.

OpenAI’s unveiling of DALL·E 2 marked a breakthrough in AI-generated imagery — but its rollout was cautious, limited, and tightly controlled. Despite public excitement, access remained restricted to select users for months. DALL·E 2: Revealed, But Not Released In early 2022, OpenAI introduced...
Saturday, May 01, 2021

Google announces LaMDA, its own chatbot, but doesn't release it publicly

Google unveiled its advanced conversational AI model, LaMDA, with great fanfare — but chose not to release it for public use. Despite its groundbreaking capabilities, LaMDA remains behind closed doors, accessible only to select developers and internal teams. Google Announces LaMDA — But Keeps It...
Saturday, May 01, 2021
Monday, June 01, 2020
Monday, June 01, 2020

OpenAI reveals the more powerful GPT-3, but releases it only to a small pool of users.

OpenAI’s release of GPT-3 in 2020 marked a leap in natural language processing — but access was tightly restricted to a small pool of vetted users. Despite its capabilities, GPT-3 was not made publicly available for months, reflecting OpenAI’s cautious approach to powerful AI deployment. GPT-3: A...
Friday, February 01, 2019

OpenAI announces language generator GPT-2, but doesn't release it publicly because of "concerns about malicious applications"

When OpenAI announced GPT-2 in 2019, it stunned the AI community with its fluency and scale — but the organization chose not to release the full model publicly, citing concerns about malicious applications such as fake news, impersonation, and automated propaganda. GPT-2: A Breakthrough Withheld...
Friday, February 01, 2019
Tuesday, January 01, 2019
Tuesday, January 01, 2019

Microsoft invests $1 billion in cash and computing power into OpenAI

In July 2019, Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI — a landmark deal combining cash and cloud computing power to accelerate the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI). This strategic partnership laid the foundation for one of the most influential collaborations in AI history....
Thursday, June 01, 2017

Google researches first describe the transformer algorithm that would turbocharge the power of chatbots.

In 2017, Google researchers introduced the Transformer architecture — a breakthrough that revolutionized natural language processing and laid the foundation for modern chatbots like ChatGPT, Bard, and Claude. Google’s Transformer: The Algorithm That Changed Chatbots Forever In the summer of 2017,...
Thursday, June 01, 2017
Friday, August 25, 2023
Friday, August 25, 2023

Microsoft releases the Tay chatbot, but quickly takes it offline after it becomes Holocaust denying.

In March 2016, Microsoft launched Tay, an AI chatbot designed to mimic the speech of a teenage girl on Twitter. Within hours, Tay began posting offensive and Holocaust-denying tweets — prompting Microsoft to shut it down just 16 hours after launch. Tay: Microsoft’s Chatbot Experiment Gone Wrong...
Sunday, March 01, 2015

Stanford and Berkley researches first describe the diffusion algorithm that would underpin later text-to-image tools.

Stanford and Berkeley researchers played a pivotal role in describing the diffusion algorithms that would later power text-to-image tools like DALL·E 2, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion. Their foundational work laid the mathematical and architectural groundwork for generative visual AI. The Birth...
Sunday, March 01, 2015
  • Google announces Bard, conversational-AI-assisted search.
    Wednesday, February 15, 2023

    Google announces Bard, conversational-AI-assisted search.

    Google has announced swift strides in deploying novel generative AI functionalities to counterbalance the remarkable achievements of OpenAI's ChatGPT. In a multifaceted proclamation on Monday, the company unveiled Bard, a novel chatbot designed to rival ChatGPT. Additionally, they introduced a...
  • Microsoft previews new Bing search engine with ChatGPT integration.
    Wednesday, February 01, 2023

    Microsoft previews new Bing search engine with ChatGPT integration.

    Microsoft has introduced a transformative evolution to its Bing search engine and Edge browser by launching an AI-enhanced experience embedded with ChatGPT features. This tech behemoth has meticulously crafted these platforms to deliver enhanced search outcomes, comprehensive responses, an...
  • Microsoft plows $10 billion into OpenAI
    Sunday, January 01, 2023

    Microsoft plows $10 billion into OpenAI

    OpenAI, the company behind the viral AI tool ChatGPT that can generate realistic and engaging text conversations, has received a $10 billion investment from Microsoft Corp., which is already a major partner and cloud provider for the AI developer. Microsoft, which first invested $1 billion in...
  • Meta publishes Galactica, its own chatbot, but kills it after intense criticism of false answers
    Tuesday, November 01, 2022

    Meta publishes Galactica, its own chatbot, but kills it after intense criticism of false answers

    Meta’s New AI Tool for Science, Galactica, Fails to Impress Scientists. Meta, the company that used to be called Facebook, has launched a new artificial intelligence tool called Galactica, which is supposed to help scientists with various tasks. But the tool has been met with harsh criticism from...
  • OpenAI releases ChatGPT publicly.
    Tuesday, November 01, 2022

    OpenAI releases ChatGPT publicly.

    OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has announced a new version of its chatbot for businesses that uses artificial intelligence to generate text. The company said ChatGPT Enterprise offers better security and privacy, and has been adopted by some big names such as Carlyle, The Estée Lauder Companies and...
  • OpenAI publishes Dall-E 2 for public use.

    OpenAI has officially released DALL·E 2 for public use, marking a major milestone in AI-powered creativity and accessibility. The image generation tool is now available without waitlist, empowering users worldwide to create realistic visuals from text prompts. OpenAI Releases DALL·E 2 to the...
  • Startup Stability AI releases text-to-image tool Stable Diffusion publicly.

  • OpenAI reveals Dall-E 2 but doesn't make it wildly accessible.

    OpenAI’s unveiling of DALL·E 2 marked a breakthrough in AI-generated imagery — but its rollout was cautious, limited, and tightly controlled. Despite public excitement, access remained restricted to select users for months. DALL·E 2: Revealed, But Not Released In early 2022, OpenAI introduced...
  • Google announces LaMDA, its own chatbot, but doesn't release it publicly

    Google unveiled its advanced conversational AI model, LaMDA, with great fanfare — but chose not to release it for public use. Despite its groundbreaking capabilities, LaMDA remains behind closed doors, accessible only to select developers and internal teams. Google Announces LaMDA — But Keeps It...
  • OpenAI reveals the more powerful GPT-3, but releases it only to a small pool of users.

    OpenAI’s release of GPT-3 in 2020 marked a leap in natural language processing — but access was tightly restricted to a small pool of vetted users. Despite its capabilities, GPT-3 was not made publicly available for months, reflecting OpenAI’s cautious approach to powerful AI deployment. GPT-3: A...
  • OpenAI announces language generator GPT-2, but doesn't release it publicly because of "concerns about malicious applications"

    When OpenAI announced GPT-2 in 2019, it stunned the AI community with its fluency and scale — but the organization chose not to release the full model publicly, citing concerns about malicious applications such as fake news, impersonation, and automated propaganda. GPT-2: A Breakthrough Withheld...
  • Microsoft invests $1 billion in cash and computing power into OpenAI

    In July 2019, Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI — a landmark deal combining cash and cloud computing power to accelerate the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI). This strategic partnership laid the foundation for one of the most influential collaborations in AI history....
  • Google researches first describe the transformer algorithm that would turbocharge the power of chatbots.

    In 2017, Google researchers introduced the Transformer architecture — a breakthrough that revolutionized natural language processing and laid the foundation for modern chatbots like ChatGPT, Bard, and Claude. Google’s Transformer: The Algorithm That Changed Chatbots Forever In the summer of 2017,...
  • Microsoft releases the Tay chatbot, but quickly takes it offline after it becomes Holocaust denying.

    In March 2016, Microsoft launched Tay, an AI chatbot designed to mimic the speech of a teenage girl on Twitter. Within hours, Tay began posting offensive and Holocaust-denying tweets — prompting Microsoft to shut it down just 16 hours after launch. Tay: Microsoft’s Chatbot Experiment Gone Wrong...
  • Stanford and Berkley researches first describe the diffusion algorithm that would underpin later text-to-image tools.

    Stanford and Berkeley researchers played a pivotal role in describing the diffusion algorithms that would later power text-to-image tools like DALL·E 2, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion. Their foundational work laid the mathematical and architectural groundwork for generative visual AI. The Birth...