Le Chat adds web search, Canvas and image generation
On 18 November 2024 Mistral AI added web search with citations, a Canvas workspace, image generation and reusable agents to its Le Chat assistant, all free during the beta.
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT search
On 31 October 2024 OpenAI launched ChatGPT search for Plus and Team users, evolving from the SearchGPT prototype. It drew on third-party search providers and content from many news publishers, and it became free without an account in February 2025.
First Apple Intelligence features ship in iOS 18.1
On 28 October 2024 Apple released the first Apple Intelligence features as a free update to iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1. They brought writing tools, a more capable Siri and photo search to supported devices.
NotebookLM adds Audio Overviews
On 11 September 2024 Google added Audio Overviews to NotebookLM, turning a user's sources into a spoken discussion between two AI hosts; interactive questions came in December 2024 and Video Overviews in July 2025.
Baidu renames the ERNIE Bot app Wenxiaoyan
On 4 September 2024 Baidu upgraded and renamed its ERNIE Bot app as Wenxiaoyan (文小言), repositioning it as a "new search" assistant that combines search with text, image and multimodal generation.
ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode rolls out to paid users
In September 2024, ChatGPT Plus and Team subscribers got Advanced Voice Mode, a real-time spoken conversation feature built on GPT-4o. Its rollout, the removal of one of its launch voices, and its later replacement trace how voice became a default part of ChatGPT.
iFlytek makes Spark Lite API free in China's model price war
On 22 May 2024 iFlytek made its Spark Lite API permanently free and opened Spark API capabilities for free, while pricing its top-tier Spark3.5 Max at RMB 0.21 per 10,000 tokens, in the same weeks that ByteDance, Alibaba Cloud, Baidu and Tencent cut model prices.
Kimi extends its context window to 2 million Chinese characters
In March 2024 Moonshot AI opened a closed beta of its Kimi assistant with a 2 million Chinese character context window, roughly ten times what the chatbot handled at launch, and gave it to invited users first.
ChatGPT starts remembering users across conversations
In 2024 OpenAI gave ChatGPT a memory, letting it carry information about a user from one conversation to the next, with switches to turn the feature off and a temporary chat mode that leaves no memory.
Bard is renamed Gemini and Gemini Advanced launches
On 8 February 2024 Google renamed its assistant Bard to Gemini, matching the name of its model family, and launched Gemini Advanced on the Ultra 1.0 model through a paid Google One plan in more than 150 countries.
Tesla reveals Optimus Gen 2
On 12 December 2023 Tesla posted an unannounced video of Optimus Gen 2, a lighter, faster humanoid with Tesla-designed actuators and sensors, an 11-degree-of-freedom hand and tactile sensing.
Bing Chat is renamed Microsoft Copilot
On 15 November 2023 Microsoft renamed Bing Chat and Bing Chat Enterprise to Copilot, giving the assistant its own site and a commercial version with data protection.
ChatGPT can now see, hear and speak
On 25 September 2023 OpenAI announced that ChatGPT could see, hear and speak, adding image input powered by GPT-4V and voice conversations; two days later it also gained web access to current information.
ERNIE Bot opens to the public after regulatory approval
On 31 August 2023 Baidu opened its ERNIE Bot chatbot fully to the public through a website and mobile app after Chinese regulatory approval; more than a million users tried it within a day.
Cohere's Command model arrives on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
On 29 June 2023, Cohere announced that its Command text-generation model was available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. The same month it partnered with Oracle to bring its models to Oracle's cloud, where Command was later retired in favour of Cohere's chat models.
OpenAI announces ChatGPT plugins
On 23 March 2023 OpenAI announced ChatGPT plugins, which connected the chatbot to third-party services and the web, letting it fetch current information, run computations and use outside tools.