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