Comprehensive AI News Timeline 2023

Review major gen AI news in 2023 and see how AI is making impact on the world

December 28, 2023

2023 was a pivotal year in the world of artificial intelligence, with many significant breakthroughs. In this blog, we'll take you through the riveting AI timeline 2023, highlighting the global impact of generative AI, the latest from Google AI, and the most significant developments in major OpenAI news. Stay tuned as we explore the breakthroughs and innovations shaping AI's future 🌐✨.

In today’s rundown:

🌟 Global AI highlights in 2023

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🌍 GLOBAL AI HIGHLIGHTS 🌍

January 15: ChatGPT reaches 100 million users, becoming the fastest-growing app in history.

January 27: Microsoft invests $10 billion in OpenAI.

February 10: Microsoft launches 'New Bing.'

March 1: OpenAI launches ChatGPT API and Whisper.

March 17: OpenAI unveils the world's most powerful AI - GPT-4.

March 22: Google launches Bard; stocks plummet due to incorrect response.

March 22: Adobe introduces AI image generator Adobe Firefly.

March 24: OpenAI releases ChatGPT Plugins, dubbed 'The App Store of AI.' However, this project has since been halted.

March 24: Canva introduces a new AI tool at Canva Create.

March 28: Zoom launches AI assistant, Zoom IQ.

March 30: Elon Musk and AI experts call for a six-month pause on developing AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.

April 3: Italy bans ChatGPT and fines Open AI tens of millions of dollars, but ChatGPT reopens after one month of negotiations. During this time, the CEO of Open AI will also conduct a global AI tour.

April 13: AutoGPT and other open-source AI Agent systems create buzz on social media.

April 14: Amazon and AWS launch Bedrock and CodeWhisperer.

April 17: Elon Musk starts xAI.

April 21: Google Brain and Google DeepMind merge.

May 2: Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google to warn the world about the risks of AI.

May 11: Google announces significant AI advancements at I/O.

May 12: Anthropic unveils AI context model, Claude, reaching 100,000 tokens.

May 19: OpenAI releases a free ChatGPT app for iOS.

May 19: Apple bans employees from using ChatGPT due to its popularity.

May 24: Microsoft introduces Copilot AI for Windows 11, Bing plugin, Bing Browser, and Windows Terminal.

May 26: Swiss scientists recreate spinal cord with AI.

June 2: NVIDIA Research develops Neuralangelo for reconstructing 3D from 2D videos.

June 19: Meta launches a new text-to-speech AI named Audiobox.

June 22: Over 100,000 ChatGPT accounts were compromised on the dark web.

June 28: Baidu introduces ERNIE 3.5.

June 29: ChatGPT adds search and web browsing capabilities through Bing.

July 4: Midjourney introduces a new 'Panning' feature.

July 6: Inflection AI develops an $880 million AI supercomputer.

July 10: AI shows potential in treating brain cancer.

July 12: Anthropic launches Claude 2.

July 17: Hollywood strikes against AI use in movies.

July 19: Meta and Microsoft launch Llama 2.

July 20: Apple joins AI frenzy with 'Apple GPT.'

July 21: ChatGPT update allows for 'custom instructions.'

July 27: Stability AI releases SDXL 1.0.

August 7: Tim Cook says Apple is integrating AI into all its products.

August 11: HeyGen announces version 2.0 of their AI avatar.

August 23: Meta publicly introduces an AI model named SeamlessM4T.

August 30: Tesla launches a $300 million AI supercomputer.

September 20: Google announces Bard Extensions for Workspace.

September 21: OpenAI reveals DALL-E 3.

September 22: Microsoft unveils Copilot, “Your Everyday AI Companion.”

September 26: ChatGPT becomes multimedia with voice and image.

September 27: CIA builds exclusive AI system for intelligence.

September 28: OpenAI announces ChatGPT returns with a web browsing feature.

September 29: Mistral AI unveils powerful open-source 7B language model.

October 4: LinkedIn reveals new AI tools in their products.

October 23: NVIDIA breakthrough enables robots to self-learn.

October 31: President Biden signs the first comprehensive AI executive order.

November 6: Elon Musk's xAI launches Grok.

November 7: OpenAI hosts AI Dev Day, introducing GPT Builder, GPT-4 Turbo, and Assistants API.

November 14: OpenAI confirms they are working on GPT-5.

November 17: Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI.

November 22: Sam Altman was reappointed as CEO of OpenAI.

November 29: Pika launches Pike 1.0, a text-to-video tool, rivaling Runway ML.

December 1: Microsoft invests $3.2 billion in UK AI infrastructure.

December 6: Google DeepMind unveils Gemini.

December 11: The world's first AI regulation act passed in the EU.

December 12: French startup Mistral AI releases the powerful open-source

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