This open working list is sequenced largely per the date of the publishing link. It provides a sense of the speed and diversity of consumer-accessible AI tools after ChatGPT became available to the public in December 2023.
| Name | Description | Published (Plus link) | |
| A | ChatGPT | SB LIFT Response to Microsoft’s Initial Shot to Shake Up Google’s Search Engine Dominance | 2023.02 |
| B | Aristophanes | Interesting Exercise Using ChatGPT Posed on Twitter | 2023.02 |
| C | The Atlantic | Critical Review of ChatGPT’s Output | 2022.12 |
| D | Bing | Microsoft Integration of ChatGPT into Search Engine Bing | 2023.05 |
| E | Bard | Google’s Response to Microsoft’s ChatGPT Integration | 2023.05 |
| F | The Verge | Critical Review of Google’s AI Applied to Email | 2023.05 |
| G | Read.Ai | Video Conferencing Plugin Summarizes and Improves Productivity | 2023.05 |
| H | Microsoft’s Windows Copilot | Microsoft’s AI Assistant Summarizes Documents, Schedules Routine Tasks, and More [Update 2023.07: Microsoft July 2023 price increase announcement increased stock share price] | 2023.05 |
| I | The Verge | Ai products and Google challengers will rise (and fall) Case study: Neeva closes its search engine | 2023.05 |
| J | New York Times | [Example of danger and abuse of AI] AI-generated child sex images could undermine efforts to find real-world victims | 2023.06 |
| K | Forbes | [Example of business people trying to leverage AI] 8 ChatGPT Prompt to Finish Hours of Work in Seconds | 2023.06 |
| L | Yahoo Finance | [Example of AI LLM limitations becoming clearer] ChatGPT went from correctly answering a simple math problem 98% of the time to just 2% | 2023.07 |
| M | Nature | [Example of AI LLM limitations becoming clearer] World’s best AI LLM’s current limitations are becoming more evident (e.g., they cannot solve visual logic puzzles although they might pass the Turing test) and need to be explored | 2023.07 |
| O | CNBC | [Example of Companies monetizing and expanding AI usage] Google prices its Duet AI option at $30 per user (on top of Google Workspace fees) matching Microsoft’s $30 per user 365 Copilot option | 2023.08 |
| P | Forbes | Will companies have their own Enterprise LLMs? | 2023.09 |
| Q | Business Insider | [Example of big business impact of a small technological change] OpenAI’s making a small update to ChatGPT which allowed chatbots to analyze uploaded PDF files. Jasper.ai (which is built on top of ChatGPT) cut its internal valuation by 20% on top of laying off staff in July. This is just 12 months after it raised $125M on a $1.5B valuation. | 2023.10 |
| R | CNBC | Ai LLM race remains an international one. China’s Alibaba launches its AI LLM, Tongyi Qianwen 2.0, to compete with OpenAI and Google | 2023.10 |
| S | AI News | Amazon building Olympus (its own AI LLM) to be 2x the size of ChatGPT’s 3.5 | 2023.11 |
| T | Yahoo Finance | Jasper AI and AI Smart Marketing (https://aismartmarketing.com/) partner to seek to profits through educational courses | 2023.11 |
| U | New European Parliament | EU sets first regulation on artificial intelligence | 2023.12 |
| V | Time Magazine | [Example of Ever-Changing Nature of AI LLM Space] Sam Altman (CEO of Open AI at 38 years old) was unexpectedly fired on Nov 17, hired by Microsoft, and then rehired. Named Time Person of the Year. | 2023.12 |
| W | The Verge | Google launches Gemini, its largest LLM, to power Bard and compete with ChatGPT 3.5 | 2023.12 |
| X | Google AI School | Google launches Startup School: Gen AI (6-week free class showcasing Google Cloud’s latest gen AI tools) | 2024.01 |
| Y | Google Blog | Google retires Bard and rebrands simply as Gemini. Google also makes Gemini an AI assistant accessible on Android and iPhones through the Google app. | 2024.02 |
| Z | Wired | OpenAI rolls out an AI personalization feature called “Memory” for ChatGPT. This long-term memory function “maintains a memory of who you are, how you work, and what you like to chat about.” | 2024.02 |
AI LLMs are continually being adjusted as are the responses of other impacted players (e.g., Google updated its SEO policy again with its March 2024 algorithm update to adjust to this). For our perspective on how to navigate through this, please see our 2024 and 2023 Annual Messages to our clients and colleagues.
