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AI boom
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<p>The AI boom is an ongoing period of rapid <a href="/facts/Progress_in_artificial_intelligence/SX9RqKh2">progress in</a> the field of <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">artificial intelligence</a> (AI) that started in the late 2010s before gaining international prominence in the early 2020s. Examples include <a href="/facts/Large_language_model/WnogWVJY">large language models</a> and <a href="/facts/Generative_AI/ykT3GGyT">generative AI</a> applications developed by <a href="/facts/OpenAI/V7WVK1t4">OpenAI</a> as well as <a href="/facts/Protein_structure_prediction/sj6AbLjI">protein folding prediction</a> led by <a href="/facts/Google_DeepMind/n5ehBwCx">Google DeepMind</a>. This period is sometimes referred to as an AI spring, to contrast it with previous <a href="/facts/AI_winter/DLpU1wxl">AI winters</a>. </p>