I have been writing about AI for quite a while now, but this is probably the first time I genuinely do not know what to think. Not because the technology has suddenly slowed down, but because the rules of the game may be changing.
I wanted to write something lighter today, but I feel like I have to share some thoughts from the last few days. It is getting harder and harder to ignore what is happening around the newest AI models. @pascal_cescato_692b7a8a20 post, 1%, only confirmed that I am not the only person wondering what comes next.
But let’s start from the beginning. Last Friday, well-known technology journalist Adrian Bridgwater asked me for a comment for this article: OpenAI GPT-5.6 Access Restricted. As someone who used to work in media, I know exactly what journalists hope for when they ask for a comment: a quick response, a short quote, and one strong punchline. 😅 But this time, the topic made me stop and think.
Four years that changed everything
In the last few years, the progress of AI has been incredible. We all know that. On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, based on GPT-3.5, and generative AI suddenly became mainstream. It took only a few months, and by January 2023 ChatGPT had already reached around 100 million monthly users.
