Microsoft Bing has launched a free AI video generator called Bing Video Creator, powered by OpenAI’s Sora model, allowing users with a Microsoft account to create up to 10 videos for free, with additional videos costing 100 Microsoft Rewards points each. The tool currently only supports vertical videos and is not yet available on desktop, with videos taking hours to generate even in fast mode.
GitHub has made Copilot Enterprise, a $39/month version of its code completion tool, available for large businesses, offering features like referencing internal code and knowledge base, integration with Microsoft's Bing search engine, and fine-tuning models based on a team’s existing codebase. This version also includes IP indemnity and is designed to cater to the needs of larger teams, allowing new developers to access organization-specific information and processes. GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke also hinted at future plans to integrate Copilot into more developer workflows and discussed the underlying technology powering the tool.
Microsoft Bing is introducing a new "Deep Search" feature powered by OpenAI's GPT-4, aimed at providing users with more relevant and comprehensive answers to complex search queries. Deep Search enhances Bing's existing web search by expanding the search query into a more detailed description of what the results should include. It finds pages that match the expanded query, even if they don't explicitly include the original keywords, and ranks them based on relevance, details, trustworthiness, and popularity. Deep Search is optional and may take up to 30 seconds to complete, offering users the choice between more comprehensive answers or instant regular search results.
Rep. Maxine Waters is urging the House Financial Services Committee to hold a hearing on the implications of big tech's foray into artificial intelligence (AI) for the housing and financial services industry. Waters warns that if AI’s growth is not monitored closely, it could inflict large-scale societal and economic harm, including the potential for exposing consumers’ data, creating inaccurate financial assessments, and spreading misinformation, posing risks to financial stability. Waters spearheaded a task force last congress on financial technologies and AI, which raised ethical and legal concerns about bias and discrimination by algorithms.
OpenAI's ChatGPT model has added internet connectivity to its features, allowing users to browse the web and access real-time information during chat sessions. This puts ChatGPT in competition with Google Bard and Microsoft Bing. While ChatGPT's responses were not as fast or detailed as its competitors in a side-by-side comparison, it excelled in tasks requiring creative results. The feature is currently in beta and only available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers.
OpenAI's GPT-4 API is not publicly available, but there are platforms that allow users to test it for free, including Forefront AI, Hugging Face, and Microsoft Bing. Poe and Ora.sh also offer limited access to GPT-4. These platforms provide personalized chatbot experiences and the ability to generate high-quality images.
With the rise of AI chatbots, it's important to be cautious of scams and cons. While companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google offer trustworthy chatbots, it's difficult to distinguish legitimate apps from those looking to make a quick buck. Be wary of AI chatbot ads on Facebook and Google, as well as web browser add-ons promising AI productivity hacks. It's recommended to only try AI chatbots from companies you can trust, such as those powered by ChatGPT, Bing AI, and Bard. However, even these chatbots may give you wrong information. Be cautious of unfamiliar chatbot apps claiming to be powered by ChatGPT, as it's not always clear what's genuine and what's falsely claiming to use the technology.
TechRadar's UK-based Computing writer tested Google Bard's capabilities by playing the game Wordle with it, hoping to use it as a helper. While Bard impressed with its first guess, it quickly fell apart and struggled to guess the correct word. The writer believes that Google Bard has potential but needs major updates to compete with more sophisticated chatbots like Microsoft Bing.
OpenAI's GPT-4 model, which is multimodal and supports 26 different languages, is only accessible to ChatGPT Plus users. However, a hack allows free access to GPT-4 through Microsoft Bing Chat. Bing AI has additional features such as producing images from prompts and citing sources for information. Microsoft is widely testing a new Bing search engine that uses GPT-4 and is overhauling its Office software. Startups working in generative AI saw funding hit $2.65 billion in 2022, a 71% increase from the prior year.
The CEO of Bing at Microsoft, Mikhail Parakhin, has stated that Google Bard is "pretty far behind" compared to Bing Chat and that Google's machine learning algorithms are trailing behind the state of the art by about six months. Despite this, Parakhin acknowledges that Google has achieved a lot with a low amount of compute and warns against underestimating the tech giant.
