Microsoft Announces Copilot Agents for Microsoft 365
These agents, built using Microsoft Copilot Studio, can automate and execute business processes by interacting with users and performing tasks on their behalf.
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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 Partners with StopNCII to Combat Intimate Image Abuse
The pilot program has already shown promising results. By the end of August, the company had taken action on 268,899 images flagged through the StopNCII database, preventing them from appearing in Bing image search results.
Microsoft Unveils Phi-3.5: Powerful AI Models Punch Above Their Weight
All three Phi-3.5 models are available on Hugging Face under a permissive, open-source MIT license. Developers can freely use, modify, and commercialize them.
Microsoft to Use Consumer Data to Train AI, But You Can Opt-Out
By incorporating data from consumer interactions, including those with advertisements, the company hopes to build AI models that better understand and respond to user needs.
Microsoft and Palantir Team Up to Bring AI to Classified U.S. Defense Networks
Palantir will be the first industry partner to deploy Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service in classified environments.
Microsoft Lists OpenAI as Competitor: Strategic Move in AI Search Race
The filing specifically mentions OpenAI alongside Google as rivals in search, coinciding with OpenAI's launch of SearchGPT. But this competitive positioning doesn't tell the whole story.
GitHub Models Makes it Easier to Get Started With AI Engineering
You can access industry-leading AI models via a built-in playground that lets you test different prompts and model parameters, for free, right in GitHub.
Microsoft Urges Congress to Enact Federal Deepfake Fraud Statute
President Brad Smith is urging lawmakers to pass a comprehensive 'deepfake fraud statute' that would give law enforcement the necessary legal framework to prosecute deepfake-related crimes.
Microsoft Unveils Bing's New Generative Search Experience
When a user enters a query, Bing's generative search creates a bespoke and dynamic response. The system understands the search query, reviews millions of sources of information, dynamically matches content, and generates search results in an AI-generated layout.
Microsoft Designer Now Available for iOS and Android
Copilot Pro subscribers can now access Designer's capabilities directly within Word and PowerPoint, allowing for seamless image and design creation within documents and presentations.
Microsoft Departs OpenAI's Board
In a letter to OpenAI, Microsoft expressed its decision to step down from the observer role, effective immediately. The letter highlighted the significant progress made by OpenAI’s reconstituted board over the past eight months and Microsoft’s growing confidence in the company’s trajectory.
Microsoft Reveals 'Skeleton Key': A Powerful New AI Jailbreak Technique
The jailbreak allowed top models to comply fully with requests across various risk categories, including explosives, bioweapons, political content, self-harm, racism, drugs, graphic sex, and violence.
The Center for Investigative Reporting Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over Copyright Infringement
The lawsuit seeks to establish clear boundaries for the use of copyrighted material in AI training and to ensure that content creators are fairly compensated for their work.
OpenAI Earns More from Selling GPT Access than Microsoft
The startup's API business, which allows developers to use models like GPT-4, reached $1 billion in annual revenue back in March.
Microsoft Delays Controversial Recall Feature for Copilot+ PCs
The AI-powered Recall feature, which can screenshot everything on your PC, has been postponed until a later date.
Microsoft Retires GPT Builder, Shifts Focus to Commercial and Enterprise Offerings
Copilot Pro subscribers will no longer be able to create new GPTs as of July 10. Additionally, all existing GPTs and their data will be deleted between July 10 and July 14, 2024.
Apple's ChatGPT Integration Accelerates OpenAI's Need for More AI Infrastructure
Despite Microsoft's ongoing efforts to dedicate additional infrastructure to support OpenAI's needs, it has become evident that even the tech giant's resources alone are not sufficient to meet the demand.
SAP and Microsoft Are Integrating their Generative AI Copilots
The goal is to create a seamless workflow for users by providing access to information from both business applications in SAP and Microsoft 365, all without the need to switch platforms.
Microsoft's Aurora AI Makes Rapid Global Weather and Air Pollution Forecasts Possible
Its remarkable speed and accuracy could revolutionize decision-making in fields such as public health, agriculture, and transportation.
5 Announcements that Show Why Copilot is the Best Platform to Build AI Products Today
Microsoft has made strategic investments in talent, technology, and strategy over the past decade to drive their AI vision forward.
Third Party Extensions Are Coming to GitHub Copilot
With Copilot Extensions, developers can interact with tools using natural language within GitHub Copilot Chat.
Microsoft Partners with Cognition Labs to Bring Devin to Developers
Devin will help engineers tackle complex tasks such as code migration and modernization projects.
Microsoft Unveils Phi Silica: A Small Language Model for Copilot+ PCs
Phi Silica stands out as the first state-of-the-art SLM to be shipped with Windows, marking a significant milestone in bringing advanced AI capabilities directly to end-users.
Khan Academy and Microsoft to Bring Free AI Teaching Tools to All US K-12 Educators
Microsoft is donating access to Azure AI infrastructure, enabling Khan Academy to offer Khanmigo for Teachers free to all K-12 educators in the country.
Microsoft Introduces Team Copilot and Agent Capabilities at Build 2024
Team Copilot is designed to expand Copilot's role beyond personal assistance, enabling it to work on behalf of a team.