Last week, Microsoft revealed its intention to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, among other office suites. The news was made the day after Google gave developers and a restricted group of companies access to its own AI capabilities, which can be used with Gmail, Google Docs, and other products. Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) tools, dubbed “Copilot,” will provide writing and input recommendations in these apps. Microsoft claims that it will expedite the production of content and free up employees’ time. About twenty companies will be allowed to test Copilot.
Google, which is owned by Alphabet, is leading the way in AI, but Microsoft has an advantage over its rivals thanks to its early investments in OpenAI. ChatGPT was developed by OpenAI, which leverages historical data to generate human-like text rapidly. OpenAI began releasing GPT-4, a more potent version, only last week. According to Microsoft, the new version is included in the Copilot features, along with the previous GPT-3.5. RBC is a Canadian firm where Rishi Jaluria works as a researcher.
According to him, Microsoft’s cloud service’s new features will boost the company’s revenue and expansion. Copilot, according to Jaluria, will “drive more usage of Microsoft Office and increase the separation versus competitors”. One of the major modifications was made to the Excel spreadsheet program, which is an electronic document. According to Microsoft, anyone may use their AI program to build a spreadsheet by just describing the computation they would like done in plain text. The work frequently calls for the expertise of skilled analysts. Microsoft vice president Jon Friedman talked to Reuters. He claimed that the most significant change from last week was Microsoft’s new “business chat” feature. It can manage work across many business programs, he claimed.
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