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2026
9 Jun 2026
LLM
Claude Fable 5 Released
9 Jun 2026
LLM
Claude Fable 5 Released
28 May 2026
LLM
Claude Opus 4.8 Released
28 May 2026
LLM
Claude Opus 4.8 Released
27 May 2026
Audio
ElevenLabs Music v2
27 May 2026
Audio
ElevenLabs Music v2
7 May 2026
Industry
EU AI Act Transparency Rules Finalised
7 May 2026
Industry
EU AI Act Transparency Rules Finalised
23 Apr 2026
LLM
GPT-5.5 Released
23 Apr 2026
LLM
GPT-5.5 Released
15 Mar 2026
Image
Midjourney V8 Alpha
15 Mar 2026
Image
Midjourney V8 Alpha
5 Mar 2026
LLM
GPT-5.4 Released
5 Mar 2026
LLM
GPT-5.4 Released
19 Feb 2026
LLM
Gemini 3.1 Pro Released
19 Feb 2026
LLM
Gemini 3.1 Pro Released
12 Feb 2026
Video
Seedance 2.0 (ByteDance)
12 Feb 2026
Video
Seedance 2.0 (ByteDance)
10 Feb 2026
Video
Open-Source Video Models Reach Parity
10 Feb 2026
Video
Open-Source Video Models Reach Parity
4 Feb 2026
Video
Kling 3.0 Released
4 Feb 2026
Video
Kling 3.0 Released
1 Feb 2026
Video
Video Model Convergence
1 Feb 2026
Video
Video Model Convergence
20 Jan 2026
Audio
Audio Generation Approaches Production Standard
20 Jan 2026
Audio
Audio Generation Approaches Production Standard
20 Jan 2026
Tools
Claude Code Becomes Production Tool
20 Jan 2026
Tools
Claude Code Becomes Production Tool
10 Jan 2026
Tools
Agentic AI Workflows Become Real
10 Jan 2026
Tools
Agentic AI Workflows Become Real
5 Jan 2026
Industry
State of Generative Video: Production-Ready
5 Jan 2026
Industry
State of Generative Video: Production-Ready
1 Jan 2026
LLM
Claude Opus 4 / Claude 4 Family
1 Jan 2026
LLM
Claude Opus 4 / Claude 4 Family
2025
15 Dec 2025
Industry
Prompt Engineering Becomes Art Direction
15 Dec 2025
Industry
Prompt Engineering Becomes Art Direction
1 Dec 2025
LLM
Gemini 2.5 Pro Released
1 Dec 2025
LLM
Gemini 2.5 Pro Released
15 Nov 2025
Industry
AI-Native Advertising Agency Model Emerges
15 Nov 2025
Industry
AI-Native Advertising Agency Model Emerges
15 Nov 2025
3D
Gaussian Splatting in Production for Product Visualisation
15 Nov 2025
3D
Gaussian Splatting in Production for Product Visualisation
10 Nov 2025
3D
World Models and 3D Generation Converge
10 Nov 2025
3D
World Models and 3D Generation Converge
1 Nov 2025
LLM
GPT-5 Released
1 Nov 2025
LLM
GPT-5 Released
20 Oct 2025
Tools
Workflow Orchestration Tools Add AI-Native Features
20 Oct 2025
Tools
Workflow Orchestration Tools Add AI-Native Features
15 Oct 2025
Video
Luma Ray2 Launched
15 Oct 2025
Video
Luma Ray2 Launched
10 Oct 2025
Tools
Adobe MAX 2025 AI Announcements
10 Oct 2025
Tools
Adobe MAX 2025 AI Announcements
1 Oct 2025
Tools
Agentic AI Frameworks Proliferate
1 Oct 2025
Tools
Agentic AI Frameworks Proliferate
20 Sept 2025
Audio
Real-Time Voice Transformation Tools Mature
20 Sept 2025
Audio
Real-Time Voice Transformation Tools Mature
15 Sept 2025
Audio
Music and Audio AI Reaches Production Quality
15 Sept 2025
Audio
Music and Audio AI Reaches Production Quality
1 Sept 2025
Industry
AI Regulations Take Effect Globally
1 Sept 2025
Industry
AI Regulations Take Effect Globally
15 Aug 2025
Video
Runway Gen-4 Released
15 Aug 2025
Video
Runway Gen-4 Released
1 Aug 2025
Industry
Runway Partners with Film Studios
1 Aug 2025
Industry
Runway Partners with Film Studios
10 Jul 2025
Image
Imagen 4 Released
10 Jul 2025
Image
Imagen 4 Released
5 Jul 2025
Industry
EU AI Act First Provisions Take Effect
5 Jul 2025
Industry
EU AI Act First Provisions Take Effect
1 Jul 2025
LLM
Claude 3.5 Sonnet / Claude 4 Family Matures
1 Jul 2025
LLM
Claude 3.5 Sonnet / Claude 4 Family Matures
28 Jun 2025
Industry
Adobe Summit AI Announcements Reshape Creative Tools
28 Jun 2025
Industry
Adobe Summit AI Announcements Reshape Creative Tools
25 Jun 2025
3D
Real-Time 3D Scene Generation Demos Emerge
25 Jun 2025
3D
Real-Time 3D Scene Generation Demos Emerge
20 Jun 2025
Audio
Music Industry AI Licensing Frameworks Emerge
20 Jun 2025
Audio
Music Industry AI Licensing Frameworks Emerge
10 Jun 2025
Video
Dream Machine Major Update
10 Jun 2025
Video
Dream Machine Major Update
1 Jun 2025
Image
FLUX Pro Updates
1 Jun 2025
Image
FLUX Pro Updates
22 May 2025
LLM
Claude 4 Opus Released
22 May 2025
LLM
Claude 4 Opus Released
15 May 2025
Tools
Adobe GenStudio Launches
15 May 2025
Tools
Adobe GenStudio Launches
10 May 2025
Video
Kling 2.0 Released
10 May 2025
Video
Kling 2.0 Released
1 May 2025
3D
3D Generation Reaches Production Viability
1 May 2025
3D
3D Generation Reaches Production Viability
1 May 2025
Tools
Vibe Coding Goes Mainstream
1 May 2025
Tools
Vibe Coding Goes Mainstream
25 Apr 2025
Tools
Claude Code and AI-Assisted Development Matures
25 Apr 2025
Tools
Claude Code and AI-Assisted Development Matures
20 Apr 2025
Video
Veo 2 API Available
20 Apr 2025
Video
Veo 2 API Available
15 Apr 2025
Tools
ComfyUI Enterprise Deployments
15 Apr 2025
Tools
ComfyUI Enterprise Deployments
8 Apr 2025
Video
Wan Video Model Released (Alibaba)
8 Apr 2025
Video
Wan Video Model Released (Alibaba)
1 Apr 2025
Video
Veo 2 Launched (Google DeepMind)
1 Apr 2025
Video
Veo 2 Launched (Google DeepMind)
28 Mar 2025
3D
3D Generation Quality Reaches Game-Asset Viability
28 Mar 2025
3D
3D Generation Quality Reaches Game-Asset Viability
25 Mar 2025
LLM
Claude 3.7 Sonnet with Extended Thinking
25 Mar 2025
LLM
Claude 3.7 Sonnet with Extended Thinking
20 Mar 2025
Image
Midjourney V7 Released
20 Mar 2025
Image
Midjourney V7 Released
1 Mar 2025
LLM
Gemini 2.0 Released
1 Mar 2025
LLM
Gemini 2.0 Released
24 Feb 2025
LLM
GPT-4.5 Released
24 Feb 2025
LLM
GPT-4.5 Released
15 Feb 2025
Image
Luma Photon — Sub-Second Image Generation
15 Feb 2025
Image
Luma Photon — Sub-Second Image Generation
1 Feb 2025
Video
Adobe Firefly Video Launched
1 Feb 2025
Video
Adobe Firefly Video Launched
30 Jan 2025
Industry
First Major AI Content Regulations Take Effect
30 Jan 2025
Industry
First Major AI Content Regulations Take Effect
27 Jan 2025
LLM
DeepSeek R1 Shakes the Industry
27 Jan 2025
LLM
DeepSeek R1 Shakes the Industry
10 Jan 2025
Video
Runway Gen-3 Turbo Improvements
10 Jan 2025
Video
Runway Gen-3 Turbo Improvements
5 Jan 2025
Audio
ElevenLabs Voice Quality Breakthrough
5 Jan 2025
Audio
ElevenLabs Voice Quality Breakthrough
1 Jan 2025
Video
Sora Public Launch
1 Jan 2025
Video
Sora Public Launch
2024
20 Dec 2024
Video
Adobe Firefly Video Model Preview
20 Dec 2024
Video
Adobe Firefly Video Model Preview
15 Dec 2024
LLM
OpenAI o1 Reasoning Model
15 Dec 2024
LLM
OpenAI o1 Reasoning Model
10 Dec 2024
Video
Google Veo 2 Preview
10 Dec 2024
Video
Google Veo 2 Preview
1 Dec 2024
LLM
Gemini 2.0 Flash Released
1 Dec 2024
LLM
Gemini 2.0 Flash Released
15 Nov 2024
Industry
Anthropic Raises $2B+ Funding Round
15 Nov 2024
Industry
Anthropic Raises $2B+ Funding Round
1 Nov 2024
Tools
Adobe MAX 2024: Boards, Morpheus, GenStudio
1 Nov 2024
Tools
Adobe MAX 2024: Boards, Morpheus, GenStudio
20 Oct 2024
3D
Luma AI 3D Capture Platform
20 Oct 2024
3D
Luma AI 3D Capture Platform
1 Oct 2024
Industry
Microsoft Copilot+ PCs Launch
1 Oct 2024
Industry
Microsoft Copilot+ PCs Launch
1 Oct 2024
Audio
NotebookLM Audio Overview Feature
1 Oct 2024
Audio
NotebookLM Audio Overview Feature
25 Sept 2024
Tools
LoRA Training Becomes Accessible to Non-Engineers
25 Sept 2024
Tools
LoRA Training Becomes Accessible to Non-Engineers
20 Sept 2024
Audio
Stable Audio 2.0 Released
20 Sept 2024
Audio
Stable Audio 2.0 Released
15 Sept 2024
Tools
Cursor AI Gains Explosive Traction
15 Sept 2024
Tools
Cursor AI Gains Explosive Traction
1 Sept 2024
Audio
ElevenLabs Major Updates / Voice Design
1 Sept 2024
Audio
ElevenLabs Major Updates / Voice Design
1 Aug 2024
Image
FLUX.1 Released by Black Forest Labs
1 Aug 2024
Image
FLUX.1 Released by Black Forest Labs
20 Jul 2024
LLM
LLaMA 3.1 405B (Meta)
20 Jul 2024
LLM
LLaMA 3.1 405B (Meta)
15 Jul 2024
Audio
OpenAI Voice Engine Preview
15 Jul 2024
Audio
OpenAI Voice Engine Preview
1 Jul 2024
Industry
Stability AI Leadership Turmoil
1 Jul 2024
Industry
Stability AI Leadership Turmoil
28 Jun 2024
Audio
ElevenLabs Sound Effects Generation
28 Jun 2024
Audio
ElevenLabs Sound Effects Generation
25 Jun 2024
Industry
Apple Intelligence Announced at WWDC
25 Jun 2024
Industry
Apple Intelligence Announced at WWDC
25 Jun 2024
LLM
Claude 3.5 Sonnet Released
25 Jun 2024
LLM
Claude 3.5 Sonnet Released
20 Jun 2024
Video
Runway Gen-3 Alpha Released
20 Jun 2024
Video
Runway Gen-3 Alpha Released
17 Jun 2024
Video
Dream Machine Launched by Luma Labs
17 Jun 2024
Video
Dream Machine Launched by Luma Labs
15 Jun 2024
Video
Kling Launched by Kuaishou
15 Jun 2024
Video
Kling Launched by Kuaishou
1 Jun 2024
Audio
Suno V3 Music Generation
1 Jun 2024
Audio
Suno V3 Music Generation
13 May 2024
LLM
GPT-4o Released
13 May 2024
LLM
GPT-4o Released
1 May 2024
Audio
Udio Music Generation Launches
1 May 2024
Audio
Udio Music Generation Launches
18 Apr 2024
LLM
LLaMA 3 Released (Meta)
18 Apr 2024
LLM
LLaMA 3 Released (Meta)
10 Apr 2024
Image
Stable Diffusion 3 Released
10 Apr 2024
Image
Stable Diffusion 3 Released
1 Apr 2024
Video
Stable Video Diffusion Updates
1 Apr 2024
Video
Stable Video Diffusion Updates
20 Mar 2024
Industry
EU AI Act Formally Passed
20 Mar 2024
Industry
EU AI Act Formally Passed
18 Mar 2024
Tools
Cursor AI Launches — Vibe Coding Begins
18 Mar 2024
Tools
Cursor AI Launches — Vibe Coding Begins
14 Mar 2024
LLM
GPT-4 Turbo Generally Available
14 Mar 2024
LLM
GPT-4 Turbo Generally Available
4 Mar 2024
LLM
Claude 3 Family Released
4 Mar 2024
LLM
Claude 3 Family Released
20 Feb 2024
LLM
Gemini 1.5 Pro with 1M Token Context
20 Feb 2024
LLM
Gemini 1.5 Pro with 1M Token Context
15 Feb 2024
Video
Sora Announced by OpenAI
15 Feb 2024
Video
Sora Announced by OpenAI
10 Feb 2024
LLM
Mistral Large and Mixtral Models
10 Feb 2024
LLM
Mistral Large and Mixtral Models
1 Feb 2024
3D
Gaussian Splatting Goes Mainstream
1 Feb 2024
3D
Gaussian Splatting Goes Mainstream
25 Jan 2024
Audio
ElevenLabs Voice Design — Create New Voices from Scratch
25 Jan 2024
Audio
ElevenLabs Voice Design — Create New Voices from Scratch
20 Jan 2024
Image
Midjourney V6 Released
20 Jan 2024
Image
Midjourney V6 Released
10 Jan 2024
Tools
ComfyUI Ecosystem Growth
10 Jan 2024
Tools
ComfyUI Ecosystem Growth
5 Jan 2024
3D
Tripo AI for 3D Generation
5 Jan 2024
3D
Tripo AI for 3D Generation
3 Jan 2024
3D
Meshy AI for 3D Generation
3 Jan 2024
3D
Meshy AI for 3D Generation
2 Jan 2024
3D
InstantMesh and Large 3D Reconstruction Models
2 Jan 2024
3D
InstantMesh and Large 3D Reconstruction Models
1 Jan 2024
Image
Adobe Firefly Image 2/3 Updates
1 Jan 2024
Image
Adobe Firefly Image 2/3 Updates
1 Jan 2024
Tools
LangChain and Agent Frameworks Mature
1 Jan 2024
Tools
LangChain and Agent Frameworks Mature
2023
28 Dec 2023
3D
Gaussian Splatting Papers and Implementations Explode
28 Dec 2023
3D
Gaussian Splatting Papers and Implementations Explode
27 Dec 2023
Industry
New York Times Sues OpenAI
27 Dec 2023
Industry
New York Times Sues OpenAI
6 Dec 2023
LLM
Gemini 1.0 Announced (Google)
6 Dec 2023
LLM
Gemini 1.0 Announced (Google)
1 Dec 2023
Industry
EU AI Act Political Agreement Reached
1 Dec 2023
Industry
EU AI Act Political Agreement Reached
6 Nov 2023
LLM
OpenAI DevDay: GPT-4 Turbo and Custom GPTs
6 Nov 2023
LLM
OpenAI DevDay: GPT-4 Turbo and Custom GPTs
15 Oct 2023
Video
Pika Labs 1.0 Launch
15 Oct 2023
Video
Pika Labs 1.0 Launch
27 Sept 2023
LLM
Mistral AI Founded / Mistral 7B Released
27 Sept 2023
LLM
Mistral AI Founded / Mistral 7B Released
21 Sept 2023
Tools
Adobe Firefly Integrated into Photoshop
21 Sept 2023
Tools
Adobe Firefly Integrated into Photoshop
5 Sept 2023
Audio
Meta AudioCraft Released (MusicGen, AudioGen, EnCodec)
5 Sept 2023
Audio
Meta AudioCraft Released (MusicGen, AudioGen, EnCodec)
1 Sept 2023
Audio
ElevenLabs Voice Cloning Goes Mainstream
1 Sept 2023
Audio
ElevenLabs Voice Cloning Goes Mainstream
1 Aug 2023
Audio
Bark Text-to-Audio Released (Suno AI)
1 Aug 2023
Audio
Bark Text-to-Audio Released (Suno AI)
18 Jul 2023
LLM
LLaMA 2 Released (Meta)
18 Jul 2023
LLM
LLaMA 2 Released (Meta)
14 Jul 2023
Industry
SAG-AFTRA Strike Begins (AI Concerns)
14 Jul 2023
Industry
SAG-AFTRA Strike Begins (AI Concerns)
1 Jul 2023
LLM
Claude 2 Released (Anthropic)
1 Jul 2023
LLM
Claude 2 Released (Anthropic)
26 Jun 2023
Image
Stable Diffusion XL Released
26 Jun 2023
Image
Stable Diffusion XL Released
12 Jun 2023
Video
Runway Gen-2 Released
12 Jun 2023
Video
Runway Gen-2 Released
1 Jun 2023
Tools
IP-Adapter Released
1 Jun 2023
Tools
IP-Adapter Released
18 May 2023
3D
Shap-E Released (OpenAI)
18 May 2023
3D
Shap-E Released (OpenAI)
2 May 2023
Industry
WGA Strike Begins (AI Concerns)
2 May 2023
Industry
WGA Strike Begins (AI Concerns)
5 Apr 2023
Tools
Segment Anything Model Released (Meta)
5 Apr 2023
Tools
Segment Anything Model Released (Meta)
25 Mar 2023
3D
NeRF Techniques Go Mainstream
25 Mar 2023
3D
NeRF Techniques Go Mainstream
21 Mar 2023
Image
Adobe Firefly Launched
21 Mar 2023
Image
Adobe Firefly Launched
15 Mar 2023
Image
Midjourney V5 Released
15 Mar 2023
Image
Midjourney V5 Released
14 Mar 2023
LLM
GPT-4 Released
14 Mar 2023
LLM
GPT-4 Released
10 Mar 2023
LLM
Claude 1 Released (Anthropic)
10 Mar 2023
LLM
Claude 1 Released (Anthropic)
24 Feb 2023
LLM
LLaMA Released (Meta)
24 Feb 2023
LLM
LLaMA Released (Meta)
7 Feb 2023
Industry
Microsoft Integrates AI into Bing
7 Feb 2023
Industry
Microsoft Integrates AI into Bing
6 Feb 2023
Video
Runway Gen-1 Released
6 Feb 2023
Video
Runway Gen-1 Released
1 Feb 2023
Tools
ControlNet Released
1 Feb 2023
Tools
ControlNet Released
20 Jan 2023
Audio
Mubert — AI Music for Content Creators
20 Jan 2023
Audio
Mubert — AI Music for Content Creators
15 Jan 2023
Tools
ComfyUI First Release
15 Jan 2023
Tools
ComfyUI First Release
15 Jan 2023
Tools
LoRA Technique Becomes Mainstream
15 Jan 2023
Tools
LoRA Technique Becomes Mainstream
10 Jan 2023
3D
Point-E Released (OpenAI)
10 Jan 2023
3D
Point-E Released (OpenAI)
1 Jan 2023
Industry
AI Art Copyright Debates Intensify
1 Jan 2023
Industry
AI Art Copyright Debates Intensify
2022
30 Nov 2022
LLM
ChatGPT Launches
30 Nov 2022
LLM
ChatGPT Launches
15 Nov 2022
Tools
ControlNet Paper Published
15 Nov 2022
Tools
ControlNet Paper Published
25 Sept 2022
Audio
Stable Audio — Early Audio Generation Experiments
25 Sept 2022
Audio
Stable Audio — Early Audio Generation Experiments
22 Sept 2022
Audio
Whisper Released (OpenAI)
22 Sept 2022
Audio
Whisper Released (OpenAI)
15 Sept 2022
Tools
Textual Inversion Published
15 Sept 2022
Tools
Textual Inversion Published
25 Aug 2022
Tools
DreamBooth Paper Published
25 Aug 2022
Tools
DreamBooth Paper Published
22 Aug 2022
Image
Stable Diffusion Released Open-Source
22 Aug 2022
Image
Stable Diffusion Released Open-Source
12 Jul 2022
Image
Midjourney V1-V2 Launch
12 Jul 2022
Image
Midjourney V1-V2 Launch
1 Jul 2022
Industry
Stability AI Funding ($101M Seed)
1 Jul 2022
Industry
Stability AI Funding ($101M Seed)
6 Apr 2022
Image
DALL-E 2 Unveiled
6 Apr 2022
Image
DALL-E 2 Unveiled
Before the Explosion
2021
1 Oct 2021
Tools
GitHub Copilot Technical Preview
1 Oct 2021
Tools
GitHub Copilot Technical Preview
1 Aug 2021
LLM
OpenAI Codex Released
1 Aug 2021
LLM
OpenAI Codex Released
1 Apr 2021
Image
DALL-E 1 Announced
1 Apr 2021
Image
DALL-E 1 Announced
1 Jan 2021
Tools
CLIP Released (OpenAI)
1 Jan 2021
Tools
CLIP Released (OpenAI)
2020
1 Dec 2020
Image
Latent Diffusion Paper (Rombach et al.)
1 Dec 2020
Image
Latent Diffusion Paper (Rombach et al.)
1 Jun 2020
LLM
GPT-3 Launches
1 Jun 2020
LLM
GPT-3 Launches
1 Jan 2020
Image
Diffusion Models Gain Traction (DDPM)
1 Jan 2020
Image
Diffusion Models Gain Traction (DDPM)
1 Jan 2020
Image
StyleGAN2 — Realistic Face Generation Goes Viral
1 Jan 2020
Image
StyleGAN2 — Realistic Face Generation Goes Viral
2019
1 Feb 2019
LLM
GPT-2: 'Too Dangerous to Release'
1 Feb 2019
LLM
GPT-2: 'Too Dangerous to Release'
2018
1 Oct 2018
LLM
BERT Released (Google)
1 Oct 2018
LLM
BERT Released (Google)
1 Jun 2018
LLM
GPT-1 Released (OpenAI)
1 Jun 2018
LLM
GPT-1 Released (OpenAI)
2017
1 Jun 2017
LLM
Attention Is All You Need
1 Jun 2017
LLM
Attention Is All You Need
2015
1 Nov 2015
Tools
TensorFlow Open-Sourced by Google
1 Nov 2015
Tools
TensorFlow Open-Sourced by Google
1 Jun 2015
Image
DeepDream Goes Viral
1 Jun 2015
Image
DeepDream Goes Viral
2014
1 Jun 2014
Image
GANs Introduced (Ian Goodfellow)
1 Jun 2014
Image
GANs Introduced (Ian Goodfellow)
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