2021 in artificial intelligence

The following is a list of events of the year 2021 in artificial intelligence.

Events

January

  • January 5 – DALL-E is released.[2]
  • January 5 – OpenAI introduces CLIP, a neural network trained to learn visual concepts from natural language supervision.[3]

April

May

  • May 18 – Google introduces LaMDA, a language model designed for dialogue applications.[5]
  • May 18 – Google introduces the Multitask Unified Model (MUM), a model designed to perform multiple tasks and work across multiple languages and modalities.[6]

June

July

August

  • August 10 – OpenAI introduces Codex, a GPT-3-based model designed to translate natural language into code and used to power GitHub Copilot.[10]

October

  • October 22 – NATO adopts its first strategy on artificial intelligence, establishing principles for the responsible use of AI in defence and security.[11]

November

  • November 23 – UNESCO adopts the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, the first global standard on AI ethics.[12]

December

  • December 8 – DeepMind introduces Gopher, a 280-billion-parameter language model that achieves strong performance across a broad range of language tasks.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Henshall, Will; Perrigo, Billy (2023-09-07). "TIME100 AI 2023: Dario and Daniela Amodei". Time. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  2. ↑ "DALL·E: Creating images from text". OpenAI. January 5, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  3. ↑ "CLIP: Connecting text and images". OpenAI. January 5, 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Europe fit for the Digital Age: Commission proposes new rules and actions for excellence and trust in Artificial Intelligence". European Commission. April 21, 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "LaMDA: our breakthrough conversation technology". Google. May 18, 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "MUM: A new AI milestone for understanding information". Google. May 18, 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Introducing GitHub Copilot: your AI pair programmer". The GitHub Blog. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "AlphaFold". Google DeepMind. July 15, 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "DeepMind and EMBL release the most complete database of predicted 3D structures of human proteins". EMBL-EBI. July 22, 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "OpenAI Codex". OpenAI. August 10, 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "NATO releases first-ever strategy for Artificial Intelligence". NATO. October 22, 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence". UNESCO. November 23, 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Language modelling at scale: Gopher, ethical considerations, and retrieval". Google DeepMind. December 8, 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2026.