Microsoft has published a lengthy post that reveals some details on creation their Bing bot. The OpenAI's model combined with the Bing data allowed them to build an exciting product, but the bot's history dates back at least six years.
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The AI-powered Bing comes to Skype and Edge on mobile, adds voice input support
Microsoft has released preview versions of the Bing and Edge apps that support the recently launched ChatGPT-based Bing chatbot for Android and iOS. The company notes that 64% of search queries are on smartphones, so they consider it a very important release.
Microsoft is experimenting with OpenAI technologies in Minecraft
Mojang Studios and Microsoft are experimenting with bringing AI to Minecraft. They are trying to make it more accessible to gamers. The information comes from Semafor that refers to its own sources. Moreover, Microsoft has already held an internal presentation where it demonstrated a version of Minecraft with large-scale integration of the OpenAI platform.
Microsoft to release WebView2-based Teams in March as a preview
Next month Microsoft will start public testing of the new Teams client. It has been developed for several years as 'Microsoft Teams 2.0' or and 'Microsoft Teams 2.1'. The new version is built from scratch, will consume 50% less memory and be more power efficient than the current app.
Windows Subsystem for Linux has got hardware acceleration for video
Microsoft today announced that WSL now supports hardware video encoding and decoding. The implementation makes it possible to use hardware processing, encoding and decoding of video in any application that supports VAAPI. The above is supported for AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA graphics cards.
Microsoft has officially announced new ChatGPT-powered Bing
Microsoft has announced a new version of the Bing search engine that comes bundled with the latest version of the ChatGPT chatbot from OpenAI. As you could expect, Microsoft Edge will also have AI-powered features via tighter integration with Bing.
ChatGPT-based Bing screenshots leaked online
Some screenshots of Microsoft Bing integrated with ChatGPT found their path to the Internet. A user reportedly managed to get access to the preliminary version of the search service for some brief moment of time before it was shut off.
PowerToys 0.67 is here with Quick access-like launcher
Microsoft has released a new stable version of PowerToys. PowerToys 0.67 include the recently announced Quick access-like launcher that opens via the system tray icon and allows you to access the tools faster. Besides, there are fixes and general improvements.
Rumor: Microsoft Bing to get ChatGPT-4 integration ‘in the coming weeks’
Microsoft's Bing search engine may reportedly receive integration with an updated version of ChatGPT, also known as GPT-4, in the coming weeks. The new model is significantly faster than GPT-3, on which ChatGPT is currently based.
A new PowerToys app ‘Mouse Jump’ allows quickly moving the mouse over large distances
The Microsoft PowerToys suite is getting a new utility. Dubbed as Mouse Jump, it will significantly improve users' mouse movements on hi-res displays, ultra-wide screens, and multi-monitor setups.