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AI releases in May 2024
In May 2024, we tracked 10 releases from 5 companies. That is down 1 from April 2024 (11). Anthropic shipped the most (4), then Manus (2) and Ollama (2).
Releases
10
April 2024: 11
Companies shipping
5
April 2024: 6
Most shipped
Product
8 releases
Key launches in May 2024
- Product
Ollama
An entirely open-source AI code assistant inside your editor
Ollama's Continue enables open-source AI code assistance in VS Code and JetBrains using models like Codestral, DeepSeek Coder, and Llama 3, with local deployment options
- Product
Mistral AI
Codestral Code Generation Model Release
Codestral is a 22B open-weight generative AI model designed for code generation tasks, supporting 80+ programming languages and available via HuggingFace and Mistral AI endpoints.
- Product
Anthropic
Golden Gate Claude Research Demo
Golden Gate Claude was available for a 24-hour research demo on May 23, 2024, showcasing interpretability research by modifying model activations to focus on the Golden Gate Bridge concept.
- Product
Anthropic
Golden Gate Claude
A research demo of Claude 3 Sonnet with modified features to focus on the Golden Gate Bridge, available for 24 hours. The model was adjusted to activate specific neurons related to the Golden Gate Bridge, altering its responses. This is a research demonstration only.
- Product
Ollama
Google announces Firebase Genkit with Ollama support
Google announces Firebase Genkit with Ollama support for running Google’s open-source Gemma model locally.
- Product
Manus
Scheduled Tasks 2.0
Scheduled Tasks 2.0 introduces context-aware automation that extends beyond time-based scheduling, enabling workflows to maintain context across tasks, integrate with web applications, and provide enhanced visibility into scheduled executions.
- Product
Manus
New: Projects That Learn from Every Task
Manus introduces self-updating projects that learn from tasks, allowing automatic updates to instructions, files, and workflows based on user approval.
Who shipped most
Releases per company in May 2024. Each name opens that company's May 2024 changelog.
Through the month
Releases by day of the month, across every company. A longer bar is a busier stretch.
- Days 1–71
- Days 8–141
- Days 15–213
- Days 22–282
- Days 29–313
By category
- Product8
- Developer Tools1
- Research1
Every AI release in May 2024
Grouped by company, busiest first, with each company's latest releases. Titles open the entry on the company's month page; source links go to the official announcement.
May 2024 AI releases FAQ
Which AI company shipped the most in May 2024?
Anthropic shipped the most, with 4 releases, mostly Product. Manus was next with 2.
How many AI releases were there in May 2024?
We tracked 10 releases from 5 companies in May 2024. A release is one announced change, so a major model launch and a small fix each count once.
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