ByAnisha Sircar,
Contributor.
Sunday marked the third anniversary of an event that took the world by storm.
On Nov. 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a simple chat interface for its large language model. Within months, it became one of the fastest-adopted consumer applications in history, unleashing a phenomenon that has since influenced industries, ignited geopolitical tensions and triggered an investment frenzy.
In just three years, the generative AI landscape has evolved from a niche research field into the defining economic and technological narrative of the decade. The journey has been a relentless sprint, marked by competing breakthroughs, corporate drama, sobering setbacks and a growing chorus of concern — as well as simultaneous excitement — about what comes next.
