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1926 – 2022Jiang Zemin (1926-2022)Died 30 November 2022, aged 96Chinese politician who led the country from 1989 to 2002, steering it through the aftermath of Tiananmen and into the WTO.
1943 – 2022Christine McVie (1943-2022)Died 30 November 2022, aged 79British singer and songwriter of Fleetwood Mac, who wrote Everywhere, Don't Stop and Songbird.
2022ChatGPT launchedAI chatbot transforms technologyOpenAI launched ChatGPT on November 30, 2022, a conversational AI that reached 1 million users in 5 days and 100 million users in 2 months — the fastest-growing app in history. It triggered a global AI race.
2022ChatGPT launches — Nvidia demand explodesOpenAI launches ChatGPT in November 2022, triggering a global AI arms race. Every company rushes to develop large language models — all requiring Nvidia H100 GPUs. Nvidia's data centre revenues go from $3.8 billion per quarter in early 2023 to $18.4 billion per quarter by late 2023 — the fastest revenue growth of any large company in history. H100 GPUs have waiting lists of 6–12 months. A single H100 costs $30,000–$40,000 on secondary markets. Nvidia's gross margins exceed 70%.
2022Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie diesAged 79The songwriter of Don't Stop and Everywhere dies.