After ChatGPT was launched on Nov. 30, 2022, the world modified. No matter you would possibly personally take into consideration AI, the occasions of final 12 months confirmed that AI was able to human-level creativity in artwork, music, writing, and coding. And, for the primary time, AI demonstrated widespread sense. Or, no less than, one thing shut sufficient to widespread sense for all sensible functions.

Firms like Google that had been sitting on their AI initiatives for years, unwilling to do any harm to their present enterprise fashions, are having to rethink their plans.

Google introduced a Code Pink and introduced cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Web page again from retirement. It has additionally invested $400 million in OpenAI rival Anthropic, which has its personal model of ChatGPT known as Claude, which is in closed beta however early customers say it’s higher.

Apple is holding an AI summit for workers subsequent week, the corporate’s first stay and in-person occasion in years.

Microsoft takes the lead

“The AI race begins right this moment,” mentioned Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at a press convention right this moment.

The corporate introduced that it’s integrating AI chat into the Bing search engine and its Edge browser — after it invested a reported $10 billion into ChatGPT maker OpenAI final month. The corporate has additionally beforehand introduced plans to combine AI all through its complete portfolio merchandise.

Including AI chat to Bing, nonetheless, is a direct shot at Google’s bow.

“We are able to enhance the best way billions of individuals use the Web,” mentioned Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s shopper chief advertising and marketing officer, in right this moment’s presentation.

As of the top of 2022, Bing solely had a 9 % share of the search engine market. Google had 85 %, and the remainder was cut up between Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, DuckDuckGo and different opponents, all of whom have been within the low single digits.

So Bing has loads of alternative for enchancment.

And talking of Baidu, a Chinese language search engine, it additionally plans to launch its personal AI chatbot, known as Ernie Bot. In accordance with CNN, it’s anticipated to go stay in March and is at the moment being examined internally.