Lesson 51 of 1169
AI Family Tree Match-Up
Match each famous AI model to the company that built it.
Explorers · AI Foundations · ~7 min read · Interactive
Who Made Who?
AI models are like pets with a last name. Each one has a human family that raised it, fed it training data, and taught it tricks. Today you get to match the pets with their families.
- Claude lives at Anthropic
- ChatGPT and GPT lessons happen at OpenAI
- Gemini comes from Google DeepMind
- Llama is from Meta
- Copilot lives at Microsoft
Interactive
Family tree
Drag a line from each AI to the company that made it.
A tiny rivalry story
These companies race each other. When one drops a smarter model, the others try to beat it within months. That is why AI changes so fast. You can switch models the way you switch apps.
Interactive
Match ‘em up
Match each AI to one word people say about it.
Matched: 0 / 4
The big idea: AI is not one thing. It is a whole zoo of models from different labs, each with its own personality. Knowing the families helps you pick the right one for the job.
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