Newsletter #4: Ai, Ai, Ai...and layoffs
The first quarter of 2023 filled with Ai and layoff news
Ai
The many tools of Ai
ChatGPT was introduced to the world late last year and the dam broke loose
![](https://openaicom.imgix.net/7f6c5b76-875f-455d-ac21-317aa984652e/chatgpt-og.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&q=80&rect=36%2C0%2C1152%2C1152)
It just as quickly got a subscription service and an upgrade
![](https://openaicom.imgix.net/ece19d09-99f5-4d44-94ee-613d789d9ef4/chatgpt-plus.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C2048%2C2048)
![](https://openaicom.imgix.net/b10b0822-5e3d-4161-b02a-9117a2d69302/GPT-4-cover.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&q=80&rect=769%2C0%2C2160%2C2160)
Originally it didn't have a connection to the internet, and latest information it had from 2021. But that quickly changed as well with plugins
![](https://openaicom.imgix.net/c51f2c96-3595-48ae-9fb6-165563fbb086/chat-plugins.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C2048%2C2048)
And Microsoft went all in
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![](https://openaicom.imgix.net/98a4af9d-03b7-4b1a-bf09-0c05d63d81e1/openai-and-microsoft-extend-partnership.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C2048%2C2048)
![](https://blogs.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/2023/02/1920x1080-Hero-1024x576.png)
Microsoft was also one of the companys to layoff several thousand people. Which is the second theme of the first quarter of this year...
Layoffs
![](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/GettyImages-1354846583.jpeg?resize=1200,900)
![](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Spotify-layoffs.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1)
![](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mark-zuckerberg.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1)
![](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gettyimages-500532386.jpg)
![](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/GettyImages-1147203680.jpg?resize=1200,773)
And on and on... The full lists can be found below.
![](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/layoffs.jpg?resize=1200,645)
![](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/Layoffs-scissors.jpg)
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