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The Definitive Record of AI's Evolution

A curated timeline tracking breakthroughs, tools, and industry shifts in artificial intelligence—updated as history unfolds.

Tracking developments from 2000 to 2026 · Community-sourced · MIT Licensed

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Models & Research

New model releases, landmark papers, benchmark achievements, and architectural innovations.

Tools & Frameworks

Developer tools, libraries, infrastructure updates, and the building blocks of AI systems.

Products & Applications

Consumer apps, enterprise solutions, and real-world implementations of AI technology.

Industry & Business

Funding rounds, acquisitions, policy developments, and the business of artificial intelligence.

AGI Benchmarks

Tests measuring progress toward AGI—reasoning, abstraction, coding, and frontier capabilities.

Open-Source Ecosystem

Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek, Mistral—the open models, tools, and Hugging Face infrastructure democratizing AI.


Learning Paths

Curated journeys through AI history. Understand how breakthroughs connect and why they matter.

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The Reasoning Revolution

From o1 to IMO gold. How chain-of-thought changed what AI can do.

~20 min · 12 events
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Open Source AI

Llama, DeepSeek, Mistral. The democratization of frontier models.

~25 min · 15 events
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Rise of AI Agents

From chatbots to autonomous workers. Computer use, MCP, and beyond.

~25 min · 12 events
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Deep Dives

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Models & Research

An editorial exploration of AI model evolution from ChatGPT to GPT-4o, Claude 3, and reasoning breakthroughs.

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Tools & Frameworks

LangChain, vLLM, and the infrastructure powering modern AI applications.

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Industry & Business

The $500B Stargate project, DeepSeek's disruption, and AI's corporate landscape.

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Significance Levels

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Breakthrough Industry-changing developments
Notable Significant updates worth knowing
Regular Minor news and updates

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