March 14, 2023
GPT-4 released
OpenAIAn AI research company — created GPT, ChatGPT, DALL-E, and the o-series reasoning models. released GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-4 on March 14, 2023 — a multimodalAI models that process multiple input types — text, images, audio, and video in one system. large language model powering ChatGPTOpenAI's conversational chat product — brought large language models to hundreds of millions of users. Plus, CopilotAn AI coding assistant — suggests completions and edits inside the editor as you type. integrations, and a wave of AI products.
What it was for
GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-4 improved reasoningStep-by-step logical thinking in AI models — chain-of-thought before answering hard problems., coding, and instruction-following over GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-3.5 — and accepted image inputs in the APIApplication programming interface — a defined way for programs to talk to each other or to a service.. It shifted AI from chat novelty to embedded feature in search, IDEs, office suites, and enterprise workflows within months.
Companies
- OpenAI
Why it's here
GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-4 was the capability jump that made LLMs credible for production coding and analysis.
Why it mattered
multimodalAI models that process multiple input types — text, images, audio, and video in one system. input and reliability gains triggered the 2023–2024 AI product explosion.
What it solved
Earlier models hallucinated too often for high-stakes tasks; teams needed a stronger general model.
Media
- ImageGPT-4
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- ChatGPT launchedNovember 30, 2022