20122012
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Learning to see takes a leap.
AlexNet showed how a deep neural network trained with GPUs could dramatically improve large-scale image classification.
THE HISTORY OF AI
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2014Jun 10, 2014
Research
Two networks learn from each other.
Generative adversarial networks introduced a training framework in which a generator and a discriminator improve through competition.
2016Mar 15, 2016
Research
A new move in an ancient game.
AlphaGo’s 4–1 match victory over Lee Sedol demonstrated the power of combining learning with search.
2017Jun 12, 2017
Research
A new way to pay attention.
The Transformer introduced a different architecture for working with language. A foundation for much of the AI that followed.
2018Oct 11, 2018
Research
Context becomes part of the meaning.
Google’s BERT research used bidirectional pre-training to learn language representations from surrounding context.
2020May 28, 2020
Research
A few examples can change the task.
The GPT-3 paper explored how a large language model could perform many tasks from instructions and examples in its input.
2020Nov 30, 2020
Research
AI helps explore the shape of life.
DeepMind announced AlphaFold’s breakthrough results on the protein-folding challenge at CASP14.
2023Feb 24, 2023
Research
More researchers can study large language models.
Meta introduced LLaMA, a family of foundation models intended to broaden research access to large language models.
2023Mar 14, 2023
Research
The conversation gets more capable.
GPT-4 introduced a large multimodal model that could accept image and text inputs and produce text outputs.
2023Dec 6, 2023
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Different kinds of information come together.
Google introduced Gemini, a family of models designed around multimodal capabilities.
2025Jan 22, 2025
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Reasoning becomes a research focus.
The DeepSeek-R1 paper described reinforcement-learning approaches for developing reasoning behavior in language models.
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