Understanding how AI technology has become an important force driving social change in a short period of time.

Author: Wenxin

In the long river of human history, 2023 will be remembered as a milestone for the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. In this year, we witnessed the rapid advancement of AI technology, achieving unprecedented leaps in theoretical exploration, technological breakthroughs, and practical applications.

From the astonishing growth of ChatGPT to the release of GPT-4, and the widespread application of AI in various fields such as science, art, and business, the AI industry in 2023 not only demonstrated the enormous potential of technological innovation but also prompted deep reflection on the future development direction of artificial intelligence throughout society.

This article aims to comprehensively review the key development milestones of the AI industry in 2023. Through this journey, we can better understand how AI technology has become an important force driving social change in a short period of time, and how we as individuals and as a society should adapt to this rapidly developing new era.

Here is a summary of major events in the AI industry from January to December:

January

• ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users just two months after its release, becoming the fastest-growing application in history (TikTok took 9 months, Instagram took 2 years)
• Microsoft invested $10 billion in OpenAI

February

• Microsoft announced the integration of OpenAI's GPT-4 model into the Bing search engine, providing a similar experience to ChatGPT
• Meta introduced Llama-1 under research license
• Runway launched the first-generation AI video synthesis model Gen 1 based on Stable Diffusion

March

• GPT-4 was released, still the best large language model to date!
• ChatGPT plugin officially launched, expanding the capabilities of ChatGPT
• Google introduced Bard, leading to a significant stock price drop due to false advertising and poor product experience
• Baidu introduced "Wenxin Yiyan"
• Over 1500 AI researchers and technology leaders signed an open letter calling for a pause in the training and research of AI systems above GPT-4 level
• MIdjourney released V5, significantly improving image quality

April

• Alibaba introduced "Tongyi Qianwen"
• Musk founded "xAI"
• Drake, The Weeknd - "Heart on My Sleeve," an AI-generated song, garnered over 20 million views

May

• OpenAI launched ChatGPT IOS APP
• DPO paper published. A new technology for fine-tuning large language models simpler than RLHF
• QLoRA paper published. Efficient fine-tuning of quantized large language models
• Apple banned employees from using ChatGPT
• Microsoft introduced the Windows AI suite
• MIdjourney released V5.1

June

• Runway Gen 2 officially launched
• MIdjourney released V5.2, further improving image quality and logical capabilities
• OpenAI launched ChatGPT iPad version

July

• OpenAI launched ChatGPT Android APP
• Anthropic introduced Claude2
• Microsoft released the first commercially available open-source model Llama-2 and provided a commercial license
• Stability AI released SDXL 1.0

August

• Multiple open-source fine-tuning versions based on Llama-2 emerged
• Llama-2 70B began deployment in real-world production scenarios

September

• OpenAI released DALL-3
• ChatGPT integrated image and voice models, achieving natural language multimodality
• Microsoft released Copilot

October

• Several companies, including Abacus AI, provided open-source fine-tuning, inference, and retrieval APIs
• An article on large language models as world models was published, titled "Language Model Representation Space and Time"
• Meta launched an AI chatbot
• US President Biden issued an executive order (EO 14110) on the development and use of secure, stable, and trustworthy artificial intelligence

November

• Musk's xAI officially launched Grok
• OpenAI released GPT-4v and turbo, lowering the price of GPT-4
• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed and returned to the drama
• Stable Diffusion Video released
• Orca paper published, exploring how to teach small models to reason
• Pika 1.0 released

December

• Mistral MoE open-sourced! Multiple GPT-3.5 level models open-sourced
• Midjourney v 6.0 can generate stable text in images and create amazingly realistic images
• Google DeepMind announced Gemini Ultra and performance benchmarks equivalent to GPT-4
• The New York Times sued OpenAI for copyright infringement

Looking ahead, the development path of AI is full of opportunities and challenges. As members of society, we need to work together to ensure that this technological force can drive human progress while also upholding our common values and ethical standards.

2023 is just the beginning; 2024 will bring us more surprises! Let's build together in the new year! 🚀🚀🚀🚀

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