Chatbot

3 entries between March 2016 and March 2023, 1 turning point.

Turning points

  1. OpenAI releases ChatGPT as a free research preview

    OpenAI published ChatGPT on 30 November 2022: a conversational interface to a model trained with human feedback and described as a sibling of InstructGPT. It was free during the research preview and reached through a web page, with no API key and no waitlist.

Every entry

  1. Anthropic launches Claude, its first public assistant

    Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI researchers, released Claude on 14 March 2023 through a chat interface and an API, after a closed alpha with partners including Notion, Quora and DuckDuckGo. Two versions shipped: Claude, and the faster and cheaper Claude Instant.

  2. OpenAI releases ChatGPT as a free research preview

    OpenAI published ChatGPT on 30 November 2022: a conversational interface to a model trained with human feedback and described as a sibling of InstructGPT. It was free during the research preview and reached through a web page, with no API key and no waitlist.

  3. Microsoft takes the Tay chatbot offline after 16 hours

    Microsoft launched Tay, a Twitter chatbot for 18- to 24-year-olds that learned from its conversations. Coordinated trolling pushed it into racist and inflammatory posts, and Microsoft withdrew the account after about 16 hours.