Phi-4: Microsoft's Small AI Model Beats the Giants at Math
Its performance on many widely used reasoning-related benchmarks meets or exceeds that of Llama-3.1-405B
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Microsoft is an early investor and a long-term partner of OpenAI. Their diverse AI portfolio includes Copilot, an AI assistant integrated into offerings such as GitHub, Dynamics, Microsoft 365, Windows OS, and the Edge Browser. With Azure AI, users can build and deploy tailored AI solutions as well as construct their own machine learning models.
Microsoft Rolls Out Copilot Vision Preview for Edge Users
The company’s AI assistant can now see what’s on your screen and provide insights in real time.
The 8 Biggest Announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2024
This year, Microsoft's annual Ignite conference brought a wave of significant AI announcements, with business integration, ROI and security taking center stage. Here are the seven most impactful revelations from the event:
1. Microsoft 365 Copilot Gets Powerful New Agents
Microsoft is revolutionizing workplace productivity with new purpose-built
Microsoft Copilot in Outlook Gets Smarter About Your Calendar
With Copilot's new scheduling and agenda-drafting features, you can focus more on meaningful work and less on logistics.
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Excel: The New Start Experience That Eases Spreadsheet Creation
Users just need to describe what they want to create, and Copilot will suggest and refine templates, complete with headers, formulas, and visuals.
Microsoft Announces 5 New AI Agents to Help with HR, Collaboration, and Project Management
These new AI agents act as dedicated digital workers, handling everything from meeting notes to project management – potentially saving companies millions in operational costs.
Microsoft Introduces New PowerPoint Copilot Tools to Make Presentation Creation Easier
Microsoft is doubling down on AI to simplify day-to-day tasks, ensuring business users can focus more on delivering their message and less on formatting and manual editing.
Microsoft Updates Copilot Studio with Voice, Image Support, and Dev Tools
The company is doubling down on empowering 'citizen developers' and code-first experts alike, bringing next-level integration, flexibility, and functionality to Copilot Studio.
Microsoft Announces Zero Day Quest with $4M in Bug Bounties
Microsoft's largest-ever bug bounty event underscores a growing focus on proactive security around AI system and cloud infrastructure, especially as both technologies become increasingly critical to business operations and more deeply integrated into our daily lives.
Microsoft Announces Breakthrough in Reliable Quantum Computing
The companies achieved a record 24 logical qubits that can detect and correct errors. This represents the largest number of error-corrected qubits demonstrated to date across all quantum computing platforms.
Microsoft Launches First AI Research Lab in Japan, Focusing on Robotics and Society
The lab's mission isn't just about advancing technology; it's also about talent development. Microsoft Research Asia Tokyo plans to run joint research initiatives, offer internships, and host visiting scholars.
Microsoft and NASA Built Earth Copilot to Democratize Access to Satellite Data
The AI assistant could dramatically simplify access to NASA's vast collection of Earth science data - from wildfire patterns to climate change trends - making it available to people beyond just scientists and researchers
You Can Now Generate Themes for Outlook with AI
Microsoft is aiming to make digital workspaces feel more personal and welcoming, especially in apps used daily, like Outlook.
Microsoft and a16z Propose Joint Public Policy Ideas for AI Startups
The challenge lies in implementation. The choice isn't between regulation and no regulation – it's between smart, innovation-enabling oversight and bureaucratic obstacles that could cede America's technological leadership to competitors.
Microsoft and OpenAI Launch $10M Program to Bring AI Tools to Local Newsrooms
The first round of recipients includes Chicago Public Media, The Minnesota Star Tribune, Newsday, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Seattle Times.
A First Look at Creating Autonomous AI Agents With Microsoft's Copilot Studio
The company envisions organizations running on what it calls "AI-first business processes," where every department has multiple agents handling routine tasks while employees focus on strategic work.
Microsoft Expands Collaboration with Be My Eyes to Improve Accessible AI
Be My Eyes will provide Microsoft with a unique video dataset featuring real-world scenarios faced by blind and low-vision individuals, including challenging lighting conditions and uncommon objects.
Microsoft AI Heavyweight Sebastien Bubeck Joins OpenAI
A Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement that he had "decided to leave Microsoft to further his work toward developing" artificial general intelligence
Microsoft Announces AI Agents for Healthcare in Copilot Studio to Ease Clinical Workloads
These AI agents can handle a range of healthcare duties, from scheduling appointments to matching patients with clinical trials.
Microsoft Adds 3 New Multimodal Medical Imaging AI Models to Azure
These models, developed in collaboration with partners like Providence Healthcare and digital pathology company, Paige.ai, offer a range of functionalities to enhance medical imaging processes.
Microsoft Unveils Major OneDrive Upgrades, Brings Copilot to All Commercial Users
Copilot agents can now be created by users to automate repetitive tasks and provide quick access to information across multiple files and folders.
Microsoft Unveils New Personal Copilot AI Companion
You’ll notice a cleaner, simpler, and warmer user interface, designed to be more engaging and responsive. The focus is on giving you shorter, faster answers to keep you in the flow of your day.
Microsoft Announced new AI-Powered Features for Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11
The updates, available starting this holiday season, are all about making your PC smarter, faster, and more secure, putting the full power of AI right at your fingertips.
Microsoft Expands Global Engineering Footprint to UAE
The Abu Dhabi facility joins Microsoft's network of development centers worldwide, aiming to create cutting-edge technologies that will be integrated into the company's global solutions.
Microsoft Launches New Correction Capability to Reduce AI Hallucinations
The new correction feature works by first detecting ungrounded content using connected grounding documents. When an inaccuracy is identified, it triggers a request to the AI model for correction.