Releases

Meta released the first LLaMA model family for approved research use, spanning 7B to 65B parameters.

AWS and Hugging Face announced a strategic collaboration to make generative AI more accessible and optimize Transformers training and deployment on AWS infrastructure.

Microsoft releases Semantic Kernel to help developers integrate language models, plugins, memory and planning into applications.

Microsoft launches a new AI-powered Bing and Edge with conversational search, synthesized answers and content generation.

Gen-1 established Runway's Gen family of generative video models.

Runway released Gen-1 for text- and image-guided video transformation.

Google announces Bard, a LaMDA-powered conversational AI service, for trusted testers ahead of public access.

Google Cloud and Anthropic announce a strategic partnership covering cloud infrastructure, AI accelerators and responsible development of large AI systems.

Anthropic selected Google Cloud as a cloud partner for training and deploying its AI systems, alongside a strategic investment relationship.

ElevenLabs introduced high-fidelity voice cloning for authorized professional use.

OpenAI launched the $20-per-month ChatGPT Plus subscription in the United States.

Google Research introduces MusicLM, a hierarchical text-to-music generation model for high-fidelity audio.

CoreWeave acquired Conductor Technologies and its cloud task-management and burst-rendering platform, extending the cloud into end-to-end VFX and animation workflows.

Microsoft announces a multiyear, multibillion-dollar extension of its OpenAI partnership covering supercomputing, model deployment and Azure commercialization.

OpenAI and Microsoft announced a multiyear, multibillion-dollar extension of their partnership, including Azure supercomputing investment and exclusive cloud-provider status.

Microsoft makes Azure OpenAI Service generally available with enterprise access to OpenAI models through Azure.

The release of Eleven v1 established ElevenLabs' proprietary audio-model family.

ElevenLabs launched its browser-based text-to-speech product for expressive synthetic speech.

ElevenLabs launched its first text-to-speech model and opened the platform in beta.

Scale announced a restructuring that reduced its employee workforce by roughly 20 percent after expanding too quickly during the prior growth cycle.

Replit expanded integrated storage and application database capabilities.

Replit expanded managed deployment and application hosting.

Shield AI demonstrated autonomous air-combat maneuvering and dogfighting capabilities.

Cursor introduced predictive Tab completion and next-action editing.

Cursor introduced repository-aware conversational coding.