AI Firms Agree to Voluntary Guidelines: U.S. companies agree to uphold a list of responsible AI commitments.
Microsoft

AI Firms Agree to Voluntary Guidelines: U.S. companies agree to uphold a list of responsible AI commitments.

In the absence of nationwide laws that regulate AI, major U.S. tech companies pledged to abide by voluntary guidelines — most of which they may already be following.

July 26, 20232 min read
Copyright Owners Take AI to Court: Artists and writers sue big tech companies over copyright infringement.
Microsoft

Copyright Owners Take AI to Court: Artists and writers sue big tech companies over copyright infringement.

AI models that generate text, images, and other types of media are increasingly under attack by owners of copyrights to material included in their training data. Writers and artists filed a new spate of lawsuits alleging that AI companies violated their copyrights...

July 19, 20233 min read
Copyright Owners Take AI to Court: Artists and writers sue big tech companies over copyright infringement.
Microsoft

Copyright Owners Take AI to Court: Artists and writers sue big tech companies over copyright infringement.

AI models that generate text, images, and other types of media are increasingly under attack by owners of copyrights to material included in their training data. Writers and artists filed a new spate of lawsuits alleging that AI companies violated their copyrights...

July 19, 20233 min read
Making Government Multilingual: This app is bridging the language gap between the Indian government and its citizens
Microsoft

Making Government Multilingual: This app is bridging the language gap between the Indian government and its citizens

An app is bridging the language gap between the Indian government and its citizens, who speak a wide variety of languages. Jugalbandi helps Indians learn about government services, which typically are described online in English and Hindi, in their native tongues.

July 5, 20232 min read
Making Government Multilingual: This app is bridging the language gap between the Indian government and its citizens
Microsoft

Making Government Multilingual: This app is bridging the language gap between the Indian government and its citizens

An app is bridging the language gap between the Indian government and its citizens, who speak a wide variety of languages. Jugalbandi helps Indians learn about government services, which typically are described online in English and Hindi, in their native tongues.

July 5, 20232 min read
Rising Calls for Regulation: Tech CEOs and governments aim for AI laws.
Microsoft

Rising Calls for Regulation: Tech CEOs and governments aim for AI laws.

Amid growing worries about AI’s power, tech leaders and politicians alike are arguing for regulating the technology. Leaders of OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google spoke publicly in favor of regulation. Meanwhile, national governments proposed new guardrails for generative AI.

June 1, 20232 min read
Rising Calls for Regulation: Tech CEOs and governments aim for AI laws.
Microsoft

Rising Calls for Regulation: Tech CEOs and governments aim for AI laws.

Amid growing worries about AI’s power, tech leaders and politicians alike are arguing for regulating the technology. Leaders of OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google spoke publicly in favor of regulation. Meanwhile, national governments proposed new guardrails for generative AI.

June 1, 20232 min read
For Better Answers, Generate Reference Text: AI-generated reference text improves LLM output.
Microsoft

For Better Answers, Generate Reference Text: AI-generated reference text improves LLM output.

If you want a model to answer questions correctly, then enriching the input with reference text retrieved from the web is a reliable way to increase the accuracy of its output. But the web isn’t necessarily the best source of reference text.

May 3, 20232 min read
For Better Answers, Generate Reference Text: AI-generated reference text improves LLM output.
Microsoft

For Better Answers, Generate Reference Text: AI-generated reference text improves LLM output.

If you want a model to answer questions correctly, then enriching the input with reference text retrieved from the web is a reliable way to increase the accuracy of its output. But the web isn’t necessarily the best source of reference text.

May 3, 20232 min read
Conversational Search, Google Style: Details leak about Magi, Google's answer to Bing with GPT-4.
Microsoft

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.
Microsoft

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
How AI Kingpins Lost the Chatbot War: Why Microsoft beat other tech giants to market on generative AI
Microsoft

How AI Kingpins Lost the Chatbot War: Why Microsoft beat other tech giants to market on generative AI

Amazon, Apple, and Google have been building chatbots for years. So how did they let the alliance between Microsoft and OpenAI integrate the first smash-hit bot into Microsoft products?

March 22, 20232 min read
How AI Kingpins Lost the Chatbot War: Why Microsoft beat other tech giants to market on generative AI
Microsoft

How AI Kingpins Lost the Chatbot War: Why Microsoft beat other tech giants to market on generative AI

Amazon, Apple, and Google have been building chatbots for years. So how did they let the alliance between Microsoft and OpenAI integrate the first smash-hit bot into Microsoft products?

March 22, 20232 min read
Microsoft Cuts Ethics Squad: Microsoft eliminates its Ethics & Society unit.
Microsoft

Microsoft Cuts Ethics Squad: Microsoft eliminates its Ethics & Society unit.

Microsoft laid off an AI ethics team while charging ahead on products powered by OpenAI. On March 6, the tech giant dissolved the Ethics & Society unit in its Cognition group, which researches and builds AI services, amid ongoing cutbacks that have affected 10,000 workers to date...

March 22, 20232 min read
Microsoft Cuts Ethics Squad: Microsoft eliminates its Ethics & Society unit.
Microsoft

Microsoft Cuts Ethics Squad: Microsoft eliminates its Ethics & Society unit.

Microsoft laid off an AI ethics team while charging ahead on products powered by OpenAI. On March 6, the tech giant dissolved the Ethics & Society unit in its Cognition group, which researches and builds AI services, amid ongoing cutbacks that have affected 10,000 workers to date...

March 22, 20232 min read

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