From CNET: Copilot, the AI assistant baked into Windows 11, is getting some enhancements for more robust text and image generation, Microsoft said in a press release on Tuesday.
GPT-4 Turbo, the latest AI model by OpenAI, creators of ChatGPT, will be coming to Windows 11 in the coming weeks. Along with GPT-4 Turbo, Dall-E 3, a text-to-image generator also made by OpenAI, will be making its way to Microsoft's operating system. Both of these new models will allow for smarter and more robust text and image generation with fewer errors.
Microsoft's deep dive into AI comes after it upped its investment into OpenAI earlier this year. Last year, OpenAI grabbed headlines by releasing ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that could answer seemingly any question with a novel answer. With Microsoft's investment into OpenAI, ChatGPT made its way to Bing, giving some heated competition to Google. Google was also quick to release its own AI chatbot, named Bard, and is currently experimenting with AI-generated answers in Google Search. Microsoft wasn't satisfied with bringing AI to Bing, so it also integrated generative tech into Windows 11 via a tool called Copilot. It's an AI assistant that can help you summarize documents or write emails, among many other things. Given how quickly AI is permeating tech, tech companies are planting their flags early as generative AI is estimated to bring in $4.4 trillion annually.
While OpenAI has attracted plenty of attention for its AI tech, it has also grabbed headlines for its corporate upheavals. OpenAI's nonprofit board recently fired its CEO Sam Altman, only to rehire him days later after an internal revolt by employees. Microsoft quickly swooped in to hire Altman and offered to hire other engineers from OpenAI that were threatening to leave the company. This potential mass exodus put OpenAI in a precarious position, and the nonprofit board, which says it priorities human interest over profit interest, found itself in a bizarre quagmire: either maintain its ethical position or lose key talent to a multi-trillion dollar conglomerate. OpenAI's board was reportedly concerned about the speed in which Altman was pushing AI tech without enough consideration for its potential downsides.
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