Season 1 · 5 episodes · 2022–2023
AI, over a coffee. A question we all ask. The history of AI as the answer. In the time it takes to drink a coffee.
Free · no account · in French for now, English version in production
30 Nov 2022 — ChatGPT arrives.✦5 Dec 2022 — A million users in five days.✦Feb 2023 — Bard (Google) gets it wrong in a public demo.✦14 Mar 2023 — Claude (Anthropic) joins the race. GPT-4 already describes an image… in a demo.✦May 2023 — Samsung bans generative AI for its teams.✦May 2023 — A Google researcher’s memo leaks: “no moat”.✦11 May 2023 — Claude reads a whole novel in twenty-two seconds.✦12 May 2023 — ChatGPT browses the Web (beta, Plus subscribers).✦Jun 2023 — New York: lawyers sanctioned over invented court decisions.✦Jul 2023 — Browsing is suspended.✦6 Jul 2023 — ChatGPT reads the files you give it.✦11 Jul 2023 — Claude 2 reads your PDFs. On the 18th, Llama 2 (Meta) hands out its plans.✦25 Sep 2023 — ChatGPT sees your photos, hears your voice, and answers out loud.✦27 Sep 2023 — Browsing is back. Mistral 7B bursts out of Paris.✦Early Nov 2023 — Twenty-eight countries and the EU sign a declaration on AI risks.✦6 Nov 2023 — Custom GPTs.✦Nov 2023 — Hollywood: actors win rules for their digital doubles.✦17 Nov 2023 — OpenAI’s wild weekend: fired, then back.✦30 Nov 2023 — ChatGPT turns one.✦6 Dec 2023 — Google unveils Gemini. Its demo video was edited.✦8 Dec 2023 — Europe agrees on a law: uses ranked by risk.✦
2022–2023
Season 1 · What it can do
Episode 1It said WHAT?
The question · Why does ChatGPT make things up?
Episode 2It found the Internet!
The question · Does it know what’s happening today?
Episode 3Can you read my document?
The question · Can you read my document?
Episode 4It sees and it speaks!
The question · Can I just show it? Talk to it?
Episode 5Season finaleHappy birthday, Bulle!
The question · Can I have my own assistant? And what do people think?
Season 2 · 2026
Three years later…
Bulle has grown up. A new developer arrives. And everyone is talking about agents.
Coming soonThe idea
Original, fictional characters. Facts are dated and sourced.
- 1. A question
Each episode starts from something you hear at the office: “It said WHAT?”, “Can you read my document?”
- 2. History answers
Real dates and real events, told as newsflashes and as a bike race.
- 3. Takeaways
Three sentences to keep, to use it better from tomorrow morning.
- Chat30 Nov 2022 Locked
- Web browsing12 May 2023 Locked
- Read your files6 Jul 2023 Locked
- See · Hear · Speak25 Sep 2023 Locked
- Create my GPTs6 Nov 2023 Locked
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The timeline
The real events of 2022–2023, and the episode that tells them.
- NOV30
30 Nov 2022
ChatGPT arrives.
Episode 1 · 0:09 - DEC5
5 Dec 2022
A million users in five days.
Episode 1 · 0:37 - FEB2023
Feb 2023
Bard (Google) gets it wrong in a public demo.
Episode 3 · 0:49 - MAR14
14 Mar 2023
Claude (Anthropic) joins the race. GPT-4 already describes an image… in a demo.
Episode 3 · 1:12 - MAY2023
May 2023
Samsung bans generative AI for its teams.
Episode 3 · 4:32 - MAY2023
May 2023
A Google researcher’s memo leaks: “no moat”.
Episode 4 · 4:09 - MAY11
11 May 2023
Claude reads a whole novel in twenty-two seconds.
Episode 3 · 1:19 - MAY12
12 May 2023
ChatGPT browses the Web (beta, Plus subscribers).
Episode 2 · 0:44 - JUN2023
Jun 2023
New York: lawyers sanctioned over invented court decisions.
Episode 1 · 2:02 - JUL2023
Jul 2023
Browsing is suspended.
Episode 2 · 2:10 - JUL6
6 Jul 2023
ChatGPT reads the files you give it.
Episode 3 · 2:53 - JUL11
11 Jul 2023
Claude 2 reads your PDFs. On the 18th, Llama 2 (Meta) hands out its plans.
Episode 3 · 3:58 - SEPT25
25 Sep 2023
ChatGPT sees your photos, hears your voice, and answers out loud.
Episode 4 · 0:41 - SEPT27
27 Sep 2023
Browsing is back. Mistral 7B bursts out of Paris.
Episode 2 · 2:47 - NOV2023
Early Nov 2023
Twenty-eight countries and the EU sign a declaration on AI risks.
Episode 5 · 5:42 - NOV6
6 Nov 2023
Custom GPTs.
Episode 5 · 0:19 - NOV2023
Nov 2023
Hollywood: actors win rules for their digital doubles.
Episode 5 · 5:51 - NOV17
17 Nov 2023
OpenAI’s wild weekend: fired, then back.
Episode 5 · 3:59 - NOV30
30 Nov 2023
ChatGPT turns one.
Episode 5 · 6:18 - DEC6
6 Dec 2023
Google unveils Gemini. Its demo video was edited.
Episode 5 · 6:51 - DEC8
8 Dec 2023
Europe agrees on a law: uses ranked by risk.
Episode 5 · 6:59
The characters
Click to hear their signature line (in French).
Karim
The host with a coffee. Calm, patient, never condescending.
« Rangez la perruque, Descartes. »
Chloé
The curious manager. She asks the question everyone is asking.
« QUOI ?! »
Bulle
ChatGPT as a character. Eager, confident… sometimes too much.
« Je vous assure qu’elle existe. »
Le Flash
The newsflash anchor. Real facts, with dates.
« Précédemment, dans L’IA avec un café… »
Security
The security officer. She was just passing by.
« Bonjour. Je passais juste. »
The Sceptical Professor
Bow tie, chalk, and plenty of doubts.
« C’est juste de l’autocomplétion. »
Season 2 · 2026
Bulle has grown up. A new developer arrives. And everyone is talking about agents.