https://carlesabarca.com/tags/year-in-review/Recent content in Year in Review on Carles AbarcaHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Carles AbarcaTue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://carlesabarca.com/posts/year-two-ai-era-2024/Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://carlesabarca.com/posts/year-two-ai-era-2024/A month-by-month tour of the most important AI milestones of 2024. <h2 class="relative group">January 2024 <div id="january-2024" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#january-2024" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Rodney Brooks, former director of MIT&rsquo;s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, predicts a possible &ldquo;AI winter&rdquo; for generative AI.</p> <h2 class="relative group">February 2024 <div id="february-2024" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#february-2024" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>More than 20 tech companies, including Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, TikTok, and X, sign the &ldquo;Tech Pact Against Deceptive Use of AI in the 2024 Elections.&rdquo;</p> <h2 class="relative group">March 2024 <div id="march-2024" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#march-2024" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Anthropic launches Claude 3, a new version of its language model.</p> <h2 class="relative group">April 2024 <div id="april-2024" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#april-2024" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Meta presents its Llama 3 model, improving on its predecessor&rsquo;s capabilities.</p> <h2 class="relative group">May 2024 <div id="may-2024" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#may-2024" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>OpenAI launches GPT-4o, a multimodal model capable of processing text, audio, and images simultaneously.</p> <h2 class="relative group">June 2024 <div id="june-2024" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#june-2024" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Apple introduces Apple Intelligence, its suite of AI tools for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. I predicted that AI would leave the &ldquo;text cave&rdquo; and acquire human senses, mastering speech, sight, and hearing.</p> <h2 class="relative group">September 2024 <div id="september-2024" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#september-2024" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>The IFA 2024 technology fair in Berlin highlights AI integration in consumer technologies, from laptops to home appliances.</p> <h2 class="relative group">October 2024 <div id="october-2024" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#october-2024" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Rev Lebaredian, VP of Omniverse and Simulation Technology at Nvidia, states that the next big leap will be the development of humanoid robots.</p> <h2 class="relative group">November 2024 <div id="november-2024" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#november-2024" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Web Summit Lisbon 2024 showcases how AI is revolutionizing diverse sectors, from timber certification to air transport.</p> <h2 class="relative group">December 2024 <div id="december-2024" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#december-2024" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Dell Technologies presents its 2025 predictions, highlighting that the coming year will be defined by intensive AI use across all industries.</p>