2022
AI & Gen Tech
2024
/ phenomenon
AI became part of everyday life, and generative neural networks gave millions of users the ability to create content with a single click
The era of the internet’s inception, when technologies developed for science and defense became the foundation of the global network
/ resources
6 services
ChatGPT
Midjourney
Runway
Sora
Pika
Threads
The World Wide Web
Email
Mosaic
Geocities
IBM
Importantevents{ 6 }of the era{ 2022 - 2024 }
ChatGPT2022
/ web & App
ChatGPT was launched in 2022 by OpenAI and became the fastest-growing consumer application in history in just two months
it’s the start of a new digital era
Threads2023
Runway GEN-12023
Pika2023
Text-to-video generation: the beginning of a new era in video content
Sora2024
Midjourney2022
/ web
Midjourney was founded in 2021 by David Holz. The open beta of the service began on July 12, 2022
Initially, Midjourney operated exclusively through Discord
Services thatbecomeiconic{ 3 }
>100m
users in the first 2 months
14b
visits per month by mid-2023
85%
of U.S. companies tested AI integration into their business
ChatGPT
>15m
users on Discord
>2b
images generated
0.5
seconds — average time to generate a preview image
Midjourney
10 000+
videos generated per day by early 2024
4
seconds — average video length at launch
1 000 000
users using AI video generation
Runway
1960
First era
0%
1994
