Microsoft's Bing Chat is now Copilot
The company first launched Bing Chat in preview in February and has continuously added capabilities since.
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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 to Gain Insight into OpenAI Governance With Non-Voting Board Seat
The observer seat grants Microsoft visibility into board meetings while the nonprofit board maintains authority over the for-profit AI research subsidiary.
Microsoft Releases New Orca 2 Small Language Model with Enhanced Reasoning Capabilities
Comprehensive benchmarks show Orca 2 significantly outperforming other models of equivalent size on metrics related to language understanding, common sense reasoning, multi-step math problems, reading comprehension, summarization, and more.
Microsoft Will Allow Businesses to Create Photorealistic AI-Powered Digital Avatar
Users can upload a few images and video samples of a person to train a custom avatar. The AI system precisely replicates vocal intonations and lip movements to match the individual's voice and likeness with remarkable fidelity.
Microsoft Unveils Azure Maia 100 and Cobalt 100 Chips: Custom Silicon for AI and Cloud Workloads
This vertical integration allows Microsoft cloud to run most efficiently while giving customers more infrastructure choice.
Ramp Announces Microsoft Copilot Integration and Tools to Streamline Financial Operations with AI
Microsoft Team users can now use Copilot to analyze spend patterns, set real-time alerts, and take actions like issuing new cards by using natural language.
Microsoft Unveils Windows AI Studio to Streamline AI Development on Windows
A key goal of Windows AI Studio is to simplify the process of developing generative AI applications. The studio provides an end-to-end guided workspace with tools for customizing and fine-tuning small language models on developers' own data.
Microsoft Unveils Copilot Studio, a Low-Code Tool for Businesses to Customize and Build Their Own AI Assistants
The suite allows users to easily tailor Copilot for Microsoft 365 to their unique enterprise scenarios, quickly develop, test, and publish both standalone copilots and custom GPTs, and effectively manage and secure these customizations with appropriate access, data, user controls, and analytics.
GitHub Brings Copilot Chat to Web and Mobile Platforms
These integrations aim to make Copilot available throughout the software development lifecycle.
GitHub Copilot Chat Coming in December with Powerful New Capabilities
The new features aim to boost productivity, offering an unprecedented level of AI-powered support in the coding process.
Microsoft Announces New Steps to Combat AI-Enabled Misinformation Ahead of Major Elections
Through multi-pronged steps like content authentication and partnerships, Microsoft aims to promote secure and trustworthy elections.
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub Now Includes Free AI Chips
Microsoft is strategically targeting startups focused on pioneering AI innovation, beginning with a private preview for companies in the Y Combinator accelerator program.
Microsoft Taps Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to Support the Explosive Growth of AI Services
The partnership highlights how major cloud platforms are adapting to meet the exploding computational requirements of modern AI systems. Both Oracle and Microsoft have invested heavily in specialized hardware, interconnects, and services purpose-built for machine learning.
Microsoft Partners with Inworld AI to Bring Generative AI to Xbox Game Creation
Together, they will deliver an AI toolset for narrative and character design to be integrated into Xbox's creation engine.
Microsoft Outlines Its Generative AI Roadmap for US Government
Its new roadmap aims to bring cutting-edge generative AI to mission-critical workloads across the public sector.
Siemens and Microsoft Unveil AI-Powered Industrial Copilot to Enhance Productivity
The companies envision copilots for manufacturing, infrastructure, transportation and healthcare.
Microsoft Commits $3.2 Billion to Expand Cloud and AI in Australia
In addition to added data center capacity, the funds will support cybersecurity partnerships, digital skills training for 300,000 Australians, and the launch of a datacenter academy to develop technical talent.
Microsoft Launches AI Bug Bounty Program for Bing Chat
Researchers who provide qualified submissions demonstrating concrete security issues will receive bounties ranging from $2,000 to $15,000.
Microsoft Unveils New Healthcare-Specific Data and AI Tools
At the heart of these innovations is Microsoft Fabric. Introduced earlier this year as a comprehensive analytics platform, Microsoft has now imbued Fabric with healthcare-specific solutions.
Microsoft to Unveil In-House AI Chip, Reducing Reliance on NVIDIA
The chip reveal will likely occur at Microsoft's Ignite conference in Seattle starting November 14th.
Microsoft's New Initiative to Accelerate Foundation AI Model Research
A diverse research ecosystem is essential to realizing the promise of AI. AFMR aims to expand access to powerful models, engaging academics outside of computer science to pursue a broad range of important opportunities.
LinkedIn Unveils New AI-Powered Products to Enhance Hiring, Learning, Marketing and Sales
The new features leverage large language models, generative AI, and other innovations from Microsoft and OpenAI to add automation, insights, and intelligence to LinkedIn's offerings.
DALL-E 3 Capabilities Are Now Available in Bing Chat and Bing Image Creator
DALL-E 3 improves upon previous versions in several ways. The new model delivers higher overall image quality with greater detail, especially for human faces, hands, and text.
Microsoft Rolls Out Major Windows 11 Update With AI Capabilities
The company is focused on infusing AI throughout native Windows apps to enhance workflows. Updates to Paint, Snipping Tool, Photos, and Clipchamp introduce new intelligence-driven features.
Microsoft to Bring Sponsored Links in Snapchat’s My AI chatbot
The collaboration utilizes Microsoft's conversational Chat Ads API to serve relevant ads within Snapchat's highly engaging AI assistant.