A short history
of modern AI.
Browse by day, month, or year. Scrub through every month of activity in the sparkline below — or filter by category to follow a single thread.
June
202621 events
Jun 03
2026
industryClaude: Claude talks building, creativity, and silly ideas with Ben James
Claude sat down with Ben James to discuss creativity, building projects, and the value of silly ideas.
Jun 03
2026
productTestingCatalog: Google Dreambeans experiment launches for AI Ultra users in Labs
Google introduced a new Dreambeans experiment in Google Labs that uses Personal Intelligence to deliver daily stories to US-based AI Ultra users on the waitlist.
Jun 03
2026
modelTestingCatalog: Ideogram 4.0 debuts as SOTA open image generation model
Ideogram released version 4.0 of its open image generation model, which ranks eighth on LM Arena and supports 2K resolution and precise text rendering.
Jun 03
2026
modelTestingCatalog: Google releases Gemma 4 12B open-source multimodal model
Google's new Gemma 4 12B model is available on Huggingface under Apache 2.0, offering encoder-free multimodal capabilities ideal for local consumer device deployment.
Jun 03
2026
productTestingCatalog: Perplexity Personal Computer launches on Windows for Max users
Perplexity has rolled out its Personal Computer application to Max and Enterprise Max users on Windows via a waitlist.
Jun 03
2026
productMin Choi: Creator makes full music video with Dreamina AI Seedance 2.0
Min Choi created an entire music video sequence using Dreamina AI and Octo with Seedance 2.0, highlighting its ability to sync with creative workflows.
Jun 03
2026
productTestingCatalog: Capafy launches five e-commerce AI skills for store operators
Capafy released five pre-built e-commerce agent skills including video ad makers and listing generators created by experienced operators.
Jun 03
2026
productMin Choi: OpenAI launches Codex Sites for instant interactive apps
OpenAI released Codex Sites, allowing users to convert plans, dashboards, and ideas into interactive web apps with a shareable URL.
Jun 03
2026
policySam Altman: Altman praises new AI EO for balancing safety and US leadership
Sam Altman endorses a new executive order on AI, saying it strikes the right balance between advancing US model leadership, ensuring safety, and equipping trusted defenders with cyber tools.
Jun 02
2026
productClaude Devs: Claude Code revamps /fork with background agent and prompt cache
Anthropic updated the /fork command in Claude Code so it now runs a background agent preserving full session context, while renaming the old behavior to /branch.
Jun 02
2026
productMin Choi: Claude Platform adds built-in terminal for developers
Anthropic added a terminal to the Claude Platform, enabling API calls, agent deployment, file uploads, YAML sync, and run inspection via CLI.
Jun 02
2026
productClaude Devs: Tip: encode manual checks so Claude Code self-verifies its work
Anthropic shared a technique for having Claude Code perform self-checks by encoding manual verification steps into its workflow.
Jun 02
2026
productClaude Devs: ant CLI launches Managed Agents with full trace retrieval
The ant CLI now supports starting Managed Agents sessions and retrieving complete execution traces, including every tool call and decision.
Jun 02
2026
productClaude Devs: Claude Code gains built-in /claude-api skill for ant CLI
Claude Code can now interact with the ant CLI via a built-in skill, enabling session management, file uploads, and debugging without extra code.
Jun 02
2026
productClaude Devs: Manage Claude agents as YAML via ant CLI and CI pipelines
Developers can now define Claude Managed Agents in YAML, version control them in Git, and deploy updates directly from CI using the ant CLI.
Jun 02
2026
industryClaude: Legora CEO brings legal interpretation into AI era with Claude
Claude highlights how Legora, led by Max Junestrand, is leveraging AI to modernize legal interpretation and build tools atop new models.
Jun 02
2026
milestoneSam Altman: Altman shares inspiring Ecclesiastes quote for hard days
Sam Altman posted a biblical quote from Ecclesiastes 9:10 about doing work with full effort as inspiration for difficult days.
Jun 02
2026
industrySam Altman: Altman shares inspiring Ecclesiastes quote for hard days
Sam Altman posts a biblical quote from Ecclesiastes 9:10 that he finds motivating during difficult times.
Jun 02
2026
productAnthropic: Anthropic Expands Project Glasswing to 150+ Orgs
Anthropic expanded its Claude Mythos Preview program to roughly 150 additional organizations across more than fifteen countries.
Jun 01
2026
industrySam Altman: Altman teases OpenAI Foundation work on AI resilience
Sam Altman praised the OpenAI Foundation's efforts and signaled upcoming initiatives to help society become resilient to AI.
Jun 01
2026
industrySam Altman: Altman teases OpenAI Foundation work on societal AI resilience
Sam Altman highlights the OpenAI Foundation's efforts and signals upcoming initiatives to help society build resilience to AI's impacts.
May
202644 events
May 31
2026
productSam Altman: OpenAI launches robotics division, hiring engineers to build physical AI
Sam Altman announces OpenAI Robotics, evolved from world simulation research, and opens hiring for hardware and ML engineers to build robots for skilled workers and eventually personal use.
May 31
2026
productSam Altman: OpenAI launches robotics division, hiring engineers
Sam Altman announced OpenAI Robotics is hiring engineers to build useful robots, evolving from the world simulation research program.
May 31
2026
productSam Altman: OpenAI debuts Rosalind biodefense initiative
Sam Altman announced OpenAI's new effort to help the world prepare for biological threats through its Rosalind biodefense program.
May 28
2026
industryClaude: How red teams break Claude before launch to improve it
Claude shares insight into its pre-release process, where internal teams stress-test new models to identify weaknesses and improve quality.
May 28
2026
fundingAnthropic: Anthropic Raises $65B Series H at $965B Valuation
Anthropic raised $65 billion in Series H funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation led by Altimeter, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia.
May 28
2026
modelMin Choi: Claude Opus 4.8 drops with major coding and agent upgrades
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 featuring improved coding, enhanced agent capabilities, effort control, and dynamic workflows with hundreds of subagents, plus Mythos-class models coming soon.
May 28
2026
modelClaude: Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.8 with sharper judgment
Claude Opus 4.8 is now available, featuring improved judgment, greater self-assessment honesty, and extended independent operation at unchanged pricing.
May 27
2026
industryClaude: Replit's AI chief on building software for 50M users with Claude
Claude spotlights Replit President Michele Catasta and how the platform enables over 50 million people to build software using natural language.
May 27
2026
fundingSam Altman: OpenAI Foundation commits $250M to AI prosperity and measurement
Sam Altman announces the OpenAI Foundation's initial $250 million commitment to measurement, transition support, and new approaches for broadly shared prosperity in the age of AI.
May 27
2026
fundingSam Altman: OpenAI Foundation commits $250M to AI prosperity
Sam Altman announces the OpenAI Foundation's initial $250 million commitment to support measurement, transition, and shared prosperity in the age of AI.
May 24
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: Geoff Hinton was once officially an 'intern' at Google
Karpathy shares that Geoff Hinton's official title at Google was once "intern".
May 24
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: Geoff Hinton's official Google title was once "intern"
Karpathy shares that Geoff Hinton once held the official title of "intern" at Google.
May 24
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: Geoff Hinton's official title at Google was once "intern"
Karpathy recalls that Geoff Hinton's official title at Google was once listed as "intern".
May 24
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: Geoff Hinton's official Google title was once "intern"
Karpathy recalls that Geoffrey Hinton's official title at Google was once listed as "intern."
May 24
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: Praising a big company for calling out industry BS
Karpathy praises a large company for bluntly rejecting nonsense and highlights a focused MTS team on a mission.
May 24
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: Refreshing to see a big company successfully call out industry bs
Karpathy praises a large company for successfully pushing back against industry nonsense with a focused team.
May 23
2026
productDemis Hassabis: Hassabis praises Garry Tan's Gemini Live use
Demis Hassabis replies to Garry Tan praising his use of Gemini Live and the work he's doing with it.
May 23
2026
industryDemis Hassabis: Congrats to Cleo Abram on her amazing work
Demis Hassabis congratulates Cleo Abram and encourages her to keep up the amazing work.
May 22
2026
industryDemis Hassabis: Enjoyed chatting with Two Minute Papers
Demis Hassabis shares that he had fun chatting with the Two Minute Papers channel.
May 22
2026
industrySam Altman: Altman asks followers which problems they want AI to solve
Sam Altman crowdsources ideas from the community, asking what problems people most hope AI will solve and suggesting OpenAI may be able to help.
May 22
2026
industrySam Altman: Altman asks what problems users want AI to solve
Sam Altman crowdsources ideas by asking followers which problems they most hope artificial intelligence will solve in the future.
May 22
2026
industrySam Altman: Altman asks what problems users want AI to solve
Sam Altman crowdsources ideas by asking followers which problems they most hope AI will solve in the future.
May 21
2026
productSam Altman: OpenAI launches new Codex today
Sam Altman announces that a new version of Codex, OpenAI's coding agent, is shipping today.
May 21
2026
incidentSam Altman: Altman condemns chilling San Diego mosque attack
Sam Altman expresses condolences and describes the attack at a San Diego mosque as one of the most chilling incidents he has witnessed.
May 21
2026
industryDemis Hassabis: Thanks NBTJacklyn for the fun conversation
Demis Hassabis thanks NBTJacklyn for a super fun chat and says he really enjoyed the conversation.
May 21
2026
industryDemis Hassabis: Hassabis thanks NBTJacklyn for enjoyable conversation
Demis Hassabis thanks NBTJacklyn and says he really enjoyed their conversation.
May 20
2026
modelDemis Hassabis: More info on Gemini 3.5 Flash model released
Demis Hassabis shares a link to Google's blog post with more information about the Gemini 3.5 Flash model.
May 20
2026
modelDemis Hassabis: Hassabis shares details on new Gemini 3.5 Flash model
Demis Hassabis shares a link to Google's blog post with more information on the Gemini 3.5 Flash model.
May 20
2026
productDemis Hassabis: Gemini 3.5 Flash outperforms 3.1 Pro with 4x speed boost
Demis Hassabis announces Gemini 3.5 Flash, highlighting superior coding performance, 4x faster speed than frontier models, and lower cost, with Pro version coming soon.
May 20
2026
productDemis Hassabis: Gemini 3.5 Flash outperforms 3.1 Pro with 4x speed, half cost
Google launches Gemini 3.5 Flash, a model that beats 3.1 Pro on coding and agentic tasks while running 4x faster and often costing less than half the price.
May 19
2026
productDemis Hassabis: Gemini Omni launches with advanced multimodal video editing
Hassabis introduces Gemini Omni, a multimodal AI system that generates new scenes from photos, video, and audio inputs, starting with video generation and editing features.
May 19
2026
productDemis Hassabis: Gemini Omni enables major leap in multimodal world understanding
Google debuts Gemini Omni, a multimodal AI system that creates entirely new scenes from photos, video, and audio inputs, starting with video generation.
May 19
2026
milestoneAndrej Karpathy: Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic as MTS to focus on LLM R&D
Karpathy announces joining Anthropic as an MTS to work on LLM research while maintaining his passion for education.
May 19
2026
milestoneAndrej Karpathy: Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to return to R&D
Andrej Karpathy announces he has joined Anthropic, expressing excitement about returning to R&D at the frontier of LLMs while maintaining his passion for education.
May 19
2026
milestoneAndrej Karpathy: Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to return to LLM R&D
Karpathy announces he has joined Anthropic, expressing excitement about returning to LLM research and development.
May 19
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to return to LLM R&D
Karpathy announces he has joined Anthropic, expressing excitement to work on LLM research while maintaining his passion for education.
May 19
2026
milestoneDemis Hassabis: Demis Hassabis declares he is 'locked in'
The DeepMind CEO posts a cryptic but enthusiastic one-liner signaling intense focus just ahead of a wave of major product announcements.
May 18
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: Realized 8XH100 requirement would block viewers on step 1
Karpathy notes that requiring an 8-GPU H100 setup would immediately prevent most viewers from following his nanochat tutorial.
May 12
2026
productDemis Hassabis: DeepMind unveils prototype for intelligent AI mouse pointer
Google DeepMind demonstrates an AI-powered intelligent mouse pointer prototype that users can already try out inside Google AI Studio.
May 12
2026
productDemis Hassabis: Google DeepMind demos AI-powered intelligent mouse pointer
Demis Hassabis shares a prototype from his team that reimagines the mouse pointer with integrated AI intelligence, available to try in Google AI Studio.
May 12
2026
fundingDemis Hassabis: Isomorphic Labs raises $2.1B to turbocharge AI drug discovery
Demis Hassabis announces $2.1 billion in new funding for Isomorphic Labs to advance its mission of using AI to reimagine drug discovery and tackle disease.
May 12
2026
fundingDemis Hassabis: Isomorphic Labs raises $2.1B to turbocharge AI drug discovery
Isomorphic Labs secures $2.1 billion in new funding to accelerate its mission of using artificial intelligence to reimagine drug discovery and combat disease.
May 11
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: AI I/O should evolve from markdown to HTML to neural video
Karpathy argues that LLM outputs should progress from markdown to HTML and eventually to interactive neural videos, while audio remains the ideal human input.
May 11
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: Karpathy: HTML output is the next frontier for LLM interfaces
Andrej Karpathy argues that AI output should evolve from text to HTML and eventually neural video, while audio remains the ideal input modality.
April
20264 events
Apr 30
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: Karpathy shares a quote he's been citing frequently
Andrej Karpathy notes that he has been frequently citing a particular quote recently.
Apr 30
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: Karpathy shares a quote he's been citing frequently
Karpathy notes he has been frequently citing a particular quote recently.
Apr 30
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: Karpathy: LLMs create new paradigms, not just speedups
Karpathy summarizes his Sequoia talk on how LLMs enable previously impossible applications, why capabilities are jagged, and the rise of an agent-native economy.
Apr 09
2026
industryAndrej Karpathy: Karpathy on the growing AI capability perception gap
Karpathy explains the divergence between casual users of free AI models and professionals using frontier agentic tools, driven by verifiable rewards and market economics.
October
20251 event
Oct 30
2025
milestoneSam Altman: Altman promises more silly philosophy tweets
Sam Altman joked that he would post more lighthearted philosophy content and lamented not sharing baby photos due to privacy concerns.
September
20251 event
Sep 10
2025
researchModel Context Protocol (MCP) 1.0 spec finalised
Anthropic-led open standard for connecting LLMs to tools and data. Becomes the de-facto plug-in protocol across major labs and dev tooling.
May
20251 event
May 22
2025
modelClaude Opus 4 introduces extended thinking
First mainstream model with developer-tunable 'thinking budget'. Establishes the pattern other labs subsequently follow.
January
20252 events
Jan 21
2025
fundingOpenAI + SoftBank + Oracle: $500B 'Stargate' infrastructure
OpenAI announces a multi-year, multi-party $500B AI infrastructure plan — the largest single capex commitment in the industry's history.
Jan 20
2025
modelDeepSeek V3 + R1 release — the Sputnik moment
A Chinese lab releases an open-weights reasoning model at frontier quality, trained for roughly $5M. Triggers an immediate global reassessment of the cost frontier.
April
20241 event
Apr 18
2024
modelMeta releases Llama 3
8B and 70B open-weights models. Llama 3 70B is the first open model to clearly approach closed-frontier quality on benchmarks.
March
20242 events
Mar 13
2024
policyEU AI Act passes the European Parliament
First comprehensive regional AI regulation: risk-tiered obligations, GPAI provider rules, transparency requirements. Phased rollout follows.
Mar 04
2024
modelAnthropic releases Claude 3 family — Opus tops the boards
Opus becomes the first non-OpenAI model to clearly top frontier benchmarks. Mid-tier Sonnet and small Haiku launch alongside.
February
20241 event
Feb 15
2024
modelOpenAI shows Sora — minute-long generated video
Quality leap so large that many doubted it was real. Public release follows months later.
December
20231 event
Dec 08
2023
modelMistral releases Mixtral 8x7B (MoE) with open weights
First widely-used open-weights MoE model. Sets the template for the next two years of European open-weights frontier work.
October
20231 event
Oct 30
2023
policyBiden signs sweeping AI executive order
First major US federal action on AI: reporting requirements for large training runs, safety standards, content provenance.
March
20234 events
Mar 29
2023
policy‘Pause Giant AI Experiments’ open letter
FLI publishes a letter calling for a six-month pause on training models beyond GPT-4. Signed by 1,000+ researchers and tech leaders. Goes essentially ignored.
Mar 14
2023
modelAnthropic introduces Claude
Same day as GPT-4. Anthropic positions Claude on safety-by-design via Constitutional AI — the first serious alternative to OpenAI as a frontier lab.
Mar 14
2023
modelOpenAI releases GPT-4
First multimodal frontier model. Doubles down on alignment work via RLHF and constitutional methods. Capability jumps over GPT-3.5 are massive.
Mar 03
2023
incidentMeta's LLaMA weights leak onto 4chan
Originally distributed to researchers under controlled access, LLaMA leaks publicly. Lights the fuse on the open-weights model ecosystem.
November
20221 event
Nov 30
2022
milestoneChatGPT launches — and AI breaks containment
OpenAI ships a polished chat UI on top of GPT-3.5. One million users in five days. The moment AI enters the mainstream consciousness.
August
20221 event
Aug 22
2022
modelStable Diffusion v1 released with open weights
The image-generation revolution becomes open-source overnight. Spawns a thousand forks and the modern AI image ecosystem.
June
20211 event
Jun 29
2021
productGitHub Copilot enters preview
The first mainstream AI coding tool. Built on OpenAI Codex (descendant of GPT-3).
May
20201 event
May 28
2020
modelGPT-3 paper and API launch
175B parameters. Few-shot prompting becomes a thing. The first model to feel categorically different.
February
20191 event
Feb 14
2019
modelOpenAI releases GPT-2 (cautiously)
OpenAI initially withholds the full 1.5B model citing misuse concerns — the first 'too dangerous to release' moment.
October
20181 event
Oct 11
2018
modelGoogle releases BERT
First widely-adopted Transformer encoder. Sweeps NLP benchmarks; becomes the default building block for the next two years.
June
20171 event
Jun 12
2017
research‘Attention Is All You Need’ — the Transformer paper
Google Brain publishes the architecture that becomes the foundation of every modern LLM. Sequence-to-sequence learning is no longer the same.