Recent History of AI (2022–2025)
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The last few years have been a distinct era: generative models, public safety debates, and regulation. This sub-article expands Section 7 of History and complements Recent Topics.
The ChatGPT Era (2022)
- ChatGPT (Nov 2022) brought LLMs to the public.
- Adoption exploded; companies and institutions raced to integrate.
Frontier Models and Multimodal Systems (2023–2025)
- GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, Llama, and open models advanced rapidly.
- Multimodal and agentic systems emerged. See The Generative and Agentic Era.
Safety and Governance Milestones
- The 2023 “pause” letter and Geoffrey Hinton’s warnings. See The AI Safety Debate.
- Bletchley Summit (2023) and EU AI Act (2024).
- Compute governance and export controls expanded. See Compute Governance.
Why It Matters
This era shifted AI from research to infrastructure, making safety, trust, and governance central.
Sources
- OpenAI. ChatGPT announcement (2022).
- European Parliament. AI Act (2024).
- Bletchley Declaration (2023).
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