# Two Years After ChatGPT: Reflections on The State and Future Directions of Generative AI

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On the two-year anniversary of the release of ChatGPT, this webinar reflects on the journey to today and the current state of generative AI with a focus on what has changed compared to our expectations in 2022, what has stayed the same and what we can see coming on the horizon.

Webinar · Microsoft Teams · 28 November 2024

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## About this item

- Type: Webinar
- Date: 28 November 2024
- Time: 16:00-17:30 GMT
- Venue: Microsoft Teams

Topics: What was it that was so transformational about ChatGPT?, Key technological breakthroughs that enabled Large Language Models to become widely useful, How capabilities of Large Language Models have changed in two years, Cutting edge developments that promise future improvements, The application landscape with two years worth of investment, Wider impact on society and higher education, Opportunities arising from full multimodality, Consequences of large context windows, Agents and other promising developments in AI engineering, Smaller language models and on-device use.

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