A short history
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June
20262 events
Jun 02
2026
milestoneSam Altman: Sam Altman shares inspiring Ecclesiastes 9:10 quote
Altman shares Ecclesiastes 9:10 as a quote he finds inspiring during difficult days.
Jun 02
2026
milestoneSam Altman: Altman shares inspiring Ecclesiastes quote for hard days
Sam Altman posted a biblical quote from Ecclesiastes 9:10 about doing work with full effort as inspiration for difficult days.
May
20264 events
May 19
2026
milestoneAndrej Karpathy: Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to return to LLM R&D
Karpathy announces he has joined Anthropic, expressing excitement about returning to LLM research and development.
May 19
2026
milestoneAndrej Karpathy: Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic as MTS to focus on LLM R&D
Karpathy announces joining Anthropic as an MTS to work on LLM research while maintaining his passion for education.
May 19
2026
milestoneAndrej Karpathy: Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to return to R&D
Andrej Karpathy announces he has joined Anthropic, expressing excitement about returning to R&D at the frontier of LLMs while maintaining his passion for education.
May 19
2026
milestoneDemis Hassabis: Demis Hassabis declares he is 'locked in'
The DeepMind CEO posts a cryptic but enthusiastic one-liner signaling intense focus just ahead of a wave of major product announcements.
October
20251 event
Oct 30
2025
milestoneSam Altman: Altman promises more silly philosophy tweets
Sam Altman joked that he would post more lighthearted philosophy content and lamented not sharing baby photos due to privacy concerns.
November
20221 event
Nov 30
2022
milestoneChatGPT launches — and AI breaks containment
OpenAI ships a polished chat UI on top of GPT-3.5. One million users in five days. The moment AI enters the mainstream consciousness.