AI Wrapped 2024: A Year in Review

Revisiting the Biggest AI Moments That Shaped 2024

2024 was undeniably the year of AI.

With the world of AI moving at breakneck speed, it’s easy to lose track of the developments and advancements. As we step into 2025, here’s a quick recap of the highlights from last year to help you dive right back into the conversation.

This isn’t an exhaustive list—just the moments that stood out to us.

January- February- March

In the first quarter of 2024, OpenAI launched the GPT Store in January, creating a dynamic marketplace for customized ChatGPT models, enabling tailored solutions for businesses and developers. February saw Google rebranding its conversational AI Bard under the Gemini umbrella, signaling a new direction for its AI initiatives. By March, Anthropic introduced the Claude 3 family of models, including Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus, bringing fresh competition and advancements in AI capabilities.

April- May- June

In Q2, the momentum in AI continued with groundbreaking developments. April saw Meta setting a new benchmark for open-source large language models with the release of LLaMa 3 8B and 70B, showcasing remarkable advancements in AI accessibility and performance. In May, OpenAI introduced their first natively multimodal models, 4o and 4o Mini, while Ilya Sutskever left OpenAI to establish Safe SuperIntelligence (SSI). June marked Apple's bold entry into the AI space with Apple Intelligence, partnering with OpenAI, while Anthropic launched Claude 3.5 Sonnet and debuted Artifacts, a feature for creating mini apps, signaling a shift in market dynamics.

July- August- September

The third quarter of 2024 brought interesting shifts with Meta launching the Llama 3.1 series in July, including the groundbreaking 405B model, positioning open-source models on par with leading proprietary models like GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet. August saw Elon Musk's xAI solidify its presence with the launch of Grok2, while Google announced its plans to acquire Character AI for $2.5 billion, underscoring its continued focus on conversational AI. In September, OpenAI introduced O1-mini and O1-preview models designed for reasoning and problem-solving, while NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature went viral, and Safe SuperIntelligence raised an impressive $1 billion under Ilya Sutskever’s leadership.

October- November- December

The final quarter of 2024 wrapped up a year of relentless AI advancements. October saw OpenAI introducing the Realtime API with prompt caching, while Anthropic’s Claude Computer Use brought human-like computer interaction to AI. ChatGPT launched Canvas for managing complex projects, and Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield won the Physics Nobel for neural networks, igniting debates on interdisciplinary recognition in AI.

In November, ChatGPT unveiled SearchGPT, a feature for automatic web searches, setting the stage for competition with tools like Perplexity, while its macOS app gained enhanced system integration. December was packed with milestones as OpenAI released O3, a reasoning model nearing AGI capabilities, and Meta launched the efficient LLaMa 3.3. Google introduced Veo 2, a next-gen video generator, xAI raised $6 billion, and GitHub Copilot became free for all, democratizing coding assistance.

If there’s anything you feel we’ve missed, we would love to hear your thoughts in the comments.