Canonical event
OpenAI adds native function calling
GPT-4/3.5 APIs gained structured function-call outputs; GPT-3.5 Turbo also gained a 16K variant.
Artifacts
Signals
- Commercial assistant models expanded toward document-scale context windows, increasing workable information scope while leaving retrieval accuracy, cost and reliability unresolved.supported inference
- Model-to-tool interaction moved from isolated alpha and research patterns toward reusable plugin and structured function-call interfaces spanning multiple product and developer ecosystems.supported inference