53%
of the population reached by generative AI in three years.
Stanford, AI Index 2026Artificial Intelligence
It has advanced more in the last three years than in the six decades before. The question is no longer whether it's worth using. Now it's how to use it well, with your team ready.
How it evolved
Decades of slow steps and then, suddenly, a rush forward. Drag or scroll to see.
The Dartmouth conference, organized by John McCarthy, gives artificial intelligence its name and its start as a field of study.
SourceIBM's computer beats the world chess champion 3.5 to 2.5, under official tournament time controls.
SourceAlexNet shows the power of deep neural networks to recognize images and opens the decade of deep learning.
SourceGoogle DeepMind's AI defeats Lee Sedol 4 to 1, in a game considered too hard for machines.
SourceThe paper that introduces the Transformer lays the groundwork for almost every language model in use today.
SourceOn November 30, OpenAI launches ChatGPT, and generative AI becomes part of daily life for millions of people.
SourceGPT‑4 is introduced as a model that understands images and text at the same time.
SourceAnthropic launches computer use: the AI operates a computer by looking at the screen, clicking and typing.
SourceIn tests of computer tasks, AI agents jumped from about 12% to about 66% success, close to the 72% scored by people.
SourceThe AIs on the market
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The speed
Generative AI reached more than half the population in three years, faster than the personal computer and the internet. And it got much cheaper along the way.
53%
of the population reached by generative AI in three years.
Stanford, AI Index 202688%
of organizations already use AI regularly in at least one area.
Stanford AI Index 2026 and McKinsey280x
cheaper to run an AI at the level of GPT‑3.5, in two years.
Stanford, AI Index 20255x
a year: that's how fast the computing power used to train leading models has grown since 2020.
Epoch AIWhat it's already changing
In customer service. A study of more than 5,000 support agents, published by the NBER, showed that an AI assistant increased issues resolved per hour by 14%. Among beginner agents, the gain was 34%. AI helped the least experienced work like the most experienced.
In production. In a controlled GitHub experiment, programmers with an AI assistant finished the same task about 55% faster.
In Brazil's small businesses. According to Sebrae, the main use of AI in micro and small businesses is marketing and promotion. And the biggest difficulty for MEIs (Brazilian sole proprietors) is not knowing how to apply it to their own business. That's where we come in.
The tool is public. The gain is in putting AI in the right place in your process.
Where AI fits in
We start with the process, choose the technology afterwards and only wrap up when your team knows how to use it.
Getting the team ready
Companies that keep up are training their people now. Those who wait will compete for the same customers against faster teams.
39%
of workers' skills are expected to change or become outdated by 2030.
World Economic Forum, 202585%
of employers will make training their teams a priority.
World Economic Forum, 202566%
of leaders say they wouldn't hire someone without AI skills.
Microsoft and LinkedIn, Work Trend Index 202415%
of micro and small businesses use AI often, even though 96% already know the tools.
Sebrae, FGV IBRE and Google, 2025How to start
You don't need to transform the whole company at once. You need to start right.
Start with a process that gets stuck every day: answering quotes, scheduling, producing content, putting reports together. One visible gain convinces more than a giant plan.
Run AI on that process for a few weeks and compare time and quality with the old way. If it worked, expand. If not, adjust.
A tool nobody knows how to use ends up in a drawer. Training starts from the work the team already does, with real cases from the company.
AI speeds things up, but human review protects your brand's voice and your customers' data. It works with your team, not in its place.
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