Microsoft has made 6 major announcements in the past few weeks regarding artificial intelligence.
- Microsoft OpenAI partnership
- GPT & Bing & Edge
- GPT & Viva Sales
- GPT & Teams Premium
- Microsoft on Responsible AI
- General availability of “Azure OpenAI Service”
Additionally, Microsoft previously announced exclusive licensing of GPT-3 language model.
For State & Local Government decision makers, the opportunity is excellent:
- BLOG: How OpenAI can benefit State and Local Government
- BOOK: Generative Artificial Intelligence Use Cases in State & Local Governments: Scratching the surface of the "Why" & "How" to initiate implementing … through the lens of 100 use cases
Azure has made OpenAI services available in “commercial” tenants:
- SITE: Azure OpenAI Service – Advanced Language Models
- DOCS: Azure OpenAI – Documentation, quickstarts, API reference
- BLOG: General availability of Azure OpenAI Service expands access to large, advanced AI models with added enterprise benefits
There’s been lots of coverage from the press.
- New York Times:
Microsoft’s ChatGPT-Powered Bing Makes Search Interesting Again - Bloomberg:
Microsoft’s AI Chatbot Finds Early Success in Bing Searches - Wall Street Journal:
I Tried Microsoft’s New AI-Powered Bing. Search Will Never Be the Same. - Business Insider:
Microsoft Bing Vs Google Search: Why Bing Is so Much Better - CNET:
Microsoft’s AI-Powered Bing Can Run Rings Around Google Search: For eight of 10 tough questions I asked, I liked Bing’s answers better. - CNBC:
Microsoft will offer ChatGPT tech for companies to customize: source - Windows Central:
Microsoft unveils crazy new Bing powered by ChatGPT AI tech | Windows Central - Yahoo! Finance:
ChatGPT on track to surpass 100 million users faster than TikTok or Instagram: UBS - SiliconAngle:
Microsoft integrates OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 model into its Viva Sales application - Inverse:
Microsoft Teams Premium Has the First Actually Useful Application of OpenAI’s GPT-3 - ZDNet:
ChatGPT – One million people have joined the waitlist for Microsoft’s AI-powered Bing