Before its pizza glue, the technology was cut back in its search
Microsoft has reportedly been asked to provide information about the safety of its AI-generated answers to search queries called AI Overviews. The feature was criticised after it produced incorrect answers to several queries. Google had recently made adjustments to its new search feature, AI Overviews, after screenshots of bizarre and misleading answers to queries went viral.
Microsoft aims to win over developers who use artificial intelligence
Microsoft has revealed it’s building a ‘Copilot runtime’ that can be used to integrate AI-based features into its apps like Studio Effects, filters and portrait blur. The runtime also includes a library of APIs that developers can use to tap into for their own apps. Microsoft also announced a new feature to automatically translate videos from sites like YouTube.
How does the Surface Laptop stack up to the MacBook Air?
Microsoft has claimed that its “Copilot Plus PCs” will be “58 percent faster” than an “M3 MacBook Air”. The Copilot Plus PC’s neural processing unit can perform 45 trillion operations per second. The machine learning-enabled Surface Laptop 7 is powered by a Snapdragon X Plus chip and has a 20-hour battery life, compared to 13 hours on an M3 MacBook Air.
The US is working with key allies to create a global artificial intelligence safety network
South Korea and the UK on Tuesday opened a two-day AI Safety Summit which is being hosted by the two countries. This is the first of its kind since the first AI Safety Summit in the UK was held in November. It will also feature talks between world leaders and industry leaders, including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI.
The new Windows Copilot runtime is meant to be used by developers of artificial intelligence
Microsoft has unveiled a Surface Pro with ContextAware Integration and a Copilot Library to make it easier for developers to add contextual information to their apps that feeds into the database powering Windows’ new Recall feature. “We will make this capability available for developers…with Vectordings API to build their own vector store and RAG within their applications and with their app data,” Microsoft said.
Everything was announced at the Surface event
Microsoft has unveiled two new Surface devices, theSurface Laptop and Surface Pro, which will run onQualcomm Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus processors. The devices will reportedly deliver the highest neural processing unit (NPU) performance per watt. The new devices are 58% faster with 20% longer battery life than the most advanced MacBook Air with M3.
After several failures, Microsoft treats security as its top priority
Microsoft has released a review of security principles and goals for the next generation of product development and service architecture, following the US Cyber Safety Review Board report that found the company’s security culture was inadequate and requiring an update. The principles aim to put security first during the design phases of products and services and place greater focus on protections that are enabled by default.
The New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune and other publications are taking on OpenAI and Microsoft
Eight US newspapers, including the New York Daily News, sued OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement, claiming they are using their copyrighted material to create artificial intelligence models. They have asked for an “excessive amount” of money and a stop to the practice of using their copyrighted work. They also demanded the destruction of any models using their work.
What is the next step in the advancement of artificial intelligence?
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that the company has over 20 million customers for its generative AI tool Copilot and 60% of Fortune 500 companies are using it. He further said that 65% of companies are using Microsoft Azure Cloud service that enables them to access generative AI software from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
Microsoft already has in it, but that is because it believes it can cash in on Generative AI
Apple and Microsoft have released language models for iPhone that can be run on a phone. This week, Meta released its AI model called GPT-4, which it claims is the most powerful open-source AI model. Sizzle, an AI tutor, currently uses GPT-4 and other AI models, both closed and open, to craft problem sets and curricula for students.