Initial `gpt_index` Release

Jerry Liu publicly releases the first version of `gpt_index` on GitHub, an open-source library designed to connect LLMs with external data sources.

Significance

This marked the birth of LlamaIndex, providing a crucial missing piece for developers to build grounded, data-aware LLM applications, foreshadowing the RAG paradigm.

Key facts

Year
2022
Type
invention
Location
Online (GitHub)