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Microsoft Absorbs Inflection: Microsoft pays Inflection AI $650 Million, hires most of its staff
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Microsoft Absorbs Inflection: Microsoft pays Inflection AI $650 Million, hires most of its staff

Microsoft took over most of the once high-flying chatbot startup Inflection AI in an unusual deal.

April 3, 20242 min read
Microsoft Absorbs Inflection: Microsoft pays Inflection AI $650 Million, hires most of its staff
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Microsoft Absorbs Inflection: Microsoft pays Inflection AI $650 Million, hires most of its staff

Microsoft took over most of the once high-flying chatbot startup Inflection AI in an unusual deal.

April 3, 20242 min read
Cost Containment for Generative AI: Microsoft's quest to reduce the size and cost of language models
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Cost Containment for Generative AI: Microsoft's quest to reduce the size and cost of language models

Microsoft is looking to control the expense of its reliance on OpenAI’s models. Microsoft seeks to build leaner language models that perform nearly as well as ChatGPT but cost less to run.

October 18, 20232 min read
Cost Containment for Generative AI: Microsoft's quest to reduce the size and cost of language models
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Cost Containment for Generative AI: Microsoft's quest to reduce the size and cost of language models

Microsoft is looking to control the expense of its reliance on OpenAI’s models. Microsoft seeks to build leaner language models that perform nearly as well as ChatGPT but cost less to run.

October 18, 20232 min read
Chatbots for Productivity: Microsoft extends Copilot to 365 and Windows.
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Chatbots for Productivity: Microsoft extends Copilot to 365 and Windows.

Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered assistants will roll out in the coming months.

September 27, 20232 min read
Chatbots for Productivity: Microsoft extends Copilot to 365 and Windows.
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Chatbots for Productivity: Microsoft extends Copilot to 365 and Windows.

Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered assistants will roll out in the coming months.

September 27, 20232 min read
GenAI Violated Copyright? No Problem: Microsoft commits to cover copyright violation costs for GenAI services.
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GenAI Violated Copyright? No Problem: Microsoft commits to cover copyright violation costs for GenAI services.

Microsoft promised to shield users of its generative AI services against the potential risk of copyright infringement. Microsoft said it would cover the cost for any copyright violations that may arise from use of its Copilot features, which generate text, images, code, and other media within its...

September 13, 20232 min read
GenAI Violated Copyright? No Problem: Microsoft commits to cover copyright violation costs for GenAI services.
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GenAI Violated Copyright? No Problem: Microsoft commits to cover copyright violation costs for GenAI services.

Microsoft promised to shield users of its generative AI services against the potential risk of copyright infringement. Microsoft said it would cover the cost for any copyright violations that may arise from use of its Copilot features, which generate text, images, code, and other media within its...

September 13, 20232 min read
Conversational Search, Google Style: Details leak about Magi, Google's answer to Bing with GPT-4.
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Conversational Search, Google Style: Details leak about Magi, Google's answer to Bing with GPT-4.

Google’s response to Microsoft’s GPT-4-enhanced Bing became a little clearer. Anonymous insiders leaked details of Project Magi, the search giant’s near-term effort to enhance its search engine with automated conversation.

April 26, 20232 min read
Conversational Search, Google Style: Details leak about Magi, Google's answer to Bing with GPT-4.
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Conversational Search, Google Style: Details leak about Magi, Google's answer to Bing with GPT-4.

Google’s response to Microsoft’s GPT-4-enhanced Bing became a little clearer. Anonymous insiders leaked details of Project Magi, the search giant’s near-term effort to enhance its search engine with automated conversation.

April 26, 20232 min read
Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing
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Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing

Microsoft aimed to reinvent web search. Instead, it showed that even the most advanced text generators remain alarmingly unpredictable. In the two weeks since Microsoft integrated an OpenAI chatbot with its Bing search engine, users have reported...

February 22, 20233 min read
Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing
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Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing

Microsoft aimed to reinvent web search. Instead, it showed that even the most advanced text generators remain alarmingly unpredictable. In the two weeks since Microsoft integrated an OpenAI chatbot with its Bing search engine, users have reported...

February 22, 20233 min read
Search War!: Google and Microsoft both announce AI-Powered search.
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Search War!: Google and Microsoft both announce AI-Powered search.

The long-dormant struggle to dominate the web-search business reignited in a display of AI-driven firepower — and hubris. Google and Microsoft announced competing upgrades powered by the latest generation of chatbots. Baidu, too, flexed its natural-language-processing muscles.

February 15, 20233 min read
Search War!: Google and Microsoft both announce AI-Powered search.
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Search War!: Google and Microsoft both announce AI-Powered search.

The long-dormant struggle to dominate the web-search business reignited in a display of AI-driven firepower — and hubris. Google and Microsoft announced competing upgrades powered by the latest generation of chatbots. Baidu, too, flexed its natural-language-processing muscles.

February 15, 20233 min read

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