Microsoft's foray into the world of AI image generation has hit a snag, and it's a doozy. A staff engineer with a conscience, Shane Jones, took it upon himself to expose the dark underbelly of Copilot, Microsoft's AI image generator. Jones, a digital Robin Hood for the responsible AI movement,…
AMD's XDNA and XDNA2 AI NPUs will soon be monitored by Windows Task Manager, allowing users to track their utilization and improve software development and device optimization. READ ARTICLE
Microsoft is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure in Spain with a $2.1 billion investment over the next two years. This follows a similar announcement of a €3.2 billion ($3.45 billion) AI investment in Germany. READ ARTICLE
State-backed hackers from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea have been using large language models like OpenAI's ChatGPT for spying purposes, prompting Microsoft to ban such groups from accessing its AI tools. READ ARTICLE
Major tech companies like IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon have pledged to train millions of workers in AI skills by 2025-2026 to address the talent gap and prepare workforces for AI adoption across industries. IBM aims to train 2 million people in AI skills by end of 2026 through its online…
Microsoft's Copilot AI app climbed app store charts after its Super Bowl ad, presenting an opportunity for Microsoft to capitalize on the public interest, but inconsistencies in Copilot's responses pose a risk that could undermine its success. READ MORE
Researchers from Microsoft and Peking University are developing a training environment called AndroidArena to study how large language models like GPT-4 can interact with and control operating systems autonomously. READ ARTICLE
Microsoft has updated its Copilot AI assistant with new image creation and editing capabilities powered by DALL-E, as well as a refreshed interface. READ ARTICLE
Microsoft is rolling out new AI-powered features and capabilities in Copilot, its suite of generative AI tools, along with a revamped design and upgrades to the underlying AI model. This is timed with a Super Bowl ad campaign to promote Copilot. Microsoft's Copilot tools have seen rapid adoption with over…
Microsoft researchers have developed a new method called LASER that can improve the accuracy of large language models by removing some data correlations. READ MORE
Microsoft AI engineer Shane Jones discovered vulnerabilities in OpenAI's DALL-E 3 image generator in early December 2023 that allowed users to bypass safety filters to create violent and explicit images. He alleges Microsoft impeded his attempts to bring public attention to the issues and did not adequately respond to his…
Project Gutenberg used AI technology to produce 5,000 audiobooks, showing how AI is increasingly being integrated into book publishing. However, the AI-produced audiobooks lack emotion and variation compared to human-narrated audiobooks. READ MORE
Nvidia faces threats to its growth and dominance in AI chips from big tech customers like Microsoft and Meta, who are among its biggest spenders but are also developing their own AI chips to reduce reliance on Nvidia. READ MORE
Microsoft's Semantic Kernel tools and framework for building AI agents using large language models finally delivers on the decades-old vision of intelligent, autonomous software agents. READ MORE
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT reached mass adoption extremely quickly in 2023, transforming the AI industry and resetting expectations for the pace of adoption of new technologies. READ MORE
BDO, a prominent UK accountancy and advisory firm, has launched an innovative AI platform called "Personas" to enhance efficiency and productivity of its 7,500 employees. READ MORE
Perplexity AI, a startup building an AI-native search engine, has raised $73.6 million in series B funding to take on Google and Microsoft Bing. The company plans to use the funds to build out its conversational, ad-free search offering. READ MORE
Microsoft is introducing a dedicated "Copilot" AI key on new Windows keyboards, marking the first addition of a new key in almost 30 years since the Windows key was introduced in 1994. The key activates Microsoft's Copilot AI service to help users with tasks like summarizing documents and answering questions.
Microsoft has launched a new ChatGPT-like Android app called Copilot that provides advanced conversational AI capabilities to enhance user productivity and streamline tasks. The report summarizes the essential details about the Microsoft Copilot Android app launch, covering its key capabilities, features, use cases and the broader impact of this AI…
Microsoft's AI-powered Copilot feature could make the Windows operating system more accessible and usable by providing an easy way for users to access settings and controls through natural language queries. READ MORE
The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, for alleged copyright infringement and misuse of the newspaper's intellectual property in developing AI models. READ MORE
Key Takeaway Microsoft has launched a new AI companion app called Copilot for Android devices, providing access to advanced AI capabilities like chat, image generation, and document drafting without needing the Bing mobile app. READ MORE
Key Takeaway Microsoft has added Suno, an AI music generator, as a plugin to Copilot. While Suno can quickly generate original songs based on text prompts, the quality of the vocals and lyrics is inconsistent. The AI struggles with complex prompts and tends to use repetitive lyric structures. Overall, Suno…