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On The Vergecast, David Pierce discusses the controversy surrounding ChatGPT's new voice, Sky, which many believe sounds like Scarlett Johansson, who had declined to voice the AI. The episode also covers Microsoft's Build conference, reactions to the AI-powered Recall app, and various tech news including Sonos Ace headphones and the Live Nation-Ticketmaster antitrust suit.
GitHub Copilot, an "AI pair programming tool," has launched Copilot Extensions, allowing developers to extend it with third-party skills from partners like DataStax, Docker, Microsoft Azure, and more. The goal is to make Copilot the most integrated, powerful, intelligent AI platform, enabling natural language programming and integration with any tool in the developer tech stack. These extensions will live in the GitHub Marketplace, with the ability for developers to create their own private extensions. The aim is to help developers stay in their flow and interact with systems in natural language without switching context, and the extensions are currently in private preview.
Microsoft Build will feature sessions focusing on the "next generation" of Windows on Arm and new Windows AI features, including industry-leading performance for apps and intelligent Windows apps leveraging the capabilities of the NPU. The event will also cover rumored AI Explorer feature for Windows 11, Copilots, and plugins for the AI-powered assistant, as well as additional developer experience improvements in Windows.
Microsoft Build 2023 has announced several AI-focused updates, including the addition of Copilot to Windows 11, Microsoft 365, and Edge, as well as plug-in support for Copilot and Bing Chat. Windows Terminal is also getting an AI-powered chatbot, and Bing is now ChatGPT's default search engine. Microsoft is also introducing a new Dev Home dashboard and AI-generated app review summaries to the Microsoft store.