Product
4 milestones in AI history
iRobot Roomba
iRobot released the Roomba, a robotic vacuum cleaner that used sensors and algorithms to autonomously navigate and clean floors. At $200, it brought autonomous robots into millions of homes.
Apple Launches Siri
Apple introduced Siri as a built-in feature of the iPhone 4S — the first major voice assistant integrated into a mainstream consumer device. Users could ask questions, set reminders, and control their phone with natural speech.
Amazon Echo & Alexa
Amazon launched the Echo smart speaker with Alexa voice assistant, creating an entirely new product category. Alexa could play music, control smart home devices, answer questions, and run third-party 'skills.' It brought always-on AI into the living room.
GitHub Copilot: AI Writes Code
GitHub launched Copilot as a technical preview — an AI pair programmer powered by OpenAI Codex that could autocomplete entire functions, write boilerplate, and suggest code from natural language comments. It was trained on billions of lines of public code.