Two things happened on December 20th that might have gotten buried in Holiday festivities — all of the end of year scurry that makes up lawyers’ lives. Between Holiday parties, end of year projects and collection sprints, it’s understandable if you missed the biggest AI events since the release of ChatGPT.

I follow AI technical developments very, very closely. I pay particular attention to the methodology used to test AI model capabilities, and have a bit of a hierarchy as to who I read and pay attention to when they write about developments in the field. This is all to say that two truly momentous things happened on December 20th that we all need to pay attention to because they are true — I promise you, true — game changers.