The story so far
People have dreamed of talking machines for a long time.
Tap the years to walk through the story, from 1948 until today.
What comes next? Nobody knows for sure.
Maybe you will help build it.
Your turn
Tap a year. Tap a picture to see only that kind of idea.
public sources, each one linkedA guessing game for English
Claude Shannon showed that you can make English-looking text by guessing each next word from the word before.
Checked on 17 October 2026. New models come out almost every week, so this list will go out of date. Visited: 1 of 26.
A curious learner
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Language models grew from a simple guessing game into helpers that see, talk and use tools.
Grown-up corner: the precise version
Every entry links to its source. Entries from 2026 were checked against the labs' own pages or major news coverage on the date shown; new models appear almost weekly, so this list will go out of date.