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Author | Wisdom East-West Editorial Office
In the early hours of this morning, Windows ushered in the GPT-4 moment!
At the 2023 Microsoft Build conference, Microsoft President Satya Nadella announced the launch of Windows Copilot, embedding the GPT-4 model into the Windows PC operating system.
This means that users will be able to directly call AI large model capabilities to complete various tasks in work and life through Windows 11, the newly launched Copilot side toolbar without any APP as an intermediary.
For example, when a user asks Windows Copilot to adjust to a working state, they may immediately get suggestions such as "adjust the interface to dark mode", and the user can immediately switch if he answers "Yes".
Windows 11 will become a centralized AI collaborative PC platform, which is Microsoft's new version of Bing, AI version of Office "Family Bucket", GitHub Copilot X intelligent programming assistant since March, further let AI deeply rooted in the underlying PC system, means Microsoft's "Copilot universe" is more complete.
In addition, Microsoft announced the integration of a new version of Bing into ChatGPT. In the list of plug-in features that ChatGPT has just launched, the Browsing with Bing option appears, which is said to be available to Plus users. It's fair to say that ChatGPT is more like a conversational search engine.
At the same time, the plug-in capabilities that ChatGPT has just opened will also enter the new version of Bing, Microsoft 365 Copilot and other applications and Windows Copilot. More plug-in partners are connected, allowing Windows users to complete complex tasks with the help of AI with a click of the mouse.
For developers, Microsoft is full of sincerity this time, and launched more than 50 capability updates, including Copilot Stack service, Azure AI Studio development toolchain, Azure AI Safety service, Microsoft Fabric data analysis platform and other AI infrastructure services, allowing developers to develop their own ChatGPT-like applications in simple steps.
These tools not only support enterprises to use OpenAI's large models for AI application development, but also support their development using Microsoft Cloud and other open source models.
Several "trump cards" of the Microsoft ecosystem were also unveiled at the meeting, including OpenAI President Greg Brockman (Greg Brockman) and the CEO of the code hosting platform GitHub Thomas Dohmke (Thomas Dohmke) came to the scene to cheer for its new AI infrastructure platform.
The Silicon Valley giants' AI enclosure race has intensified. While AWS, Meta and other major manufacturers launched AI infrastructure combinations, Microsoft Azure also started the AI ecological war, and the war has also expanded from individual track applications to the entire PC ecosystem.
Windows Copilot is coming, and the sidebar directly calls the AI robot
What is the experience of having an AI assistant on your computer?
This time, Microsoft announced that Windows 11 will be launched on Windows Copilot, which will be released in preview from June 2023, which can be said to change the interactive experience of PCs. The further integration of ChatGPT with Bing, Microsoft 365 and other applications also makes Microsoft's "Copilot universe" more powerful.
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1, Windows 11 access GPT-4, changing the PC experience
Microsoft officially announced the launch of Windows Copilot, the first PC platform for centralized AI collaboration. When Windows Copilot is activated, the sidebar remains open in all applications and windows to act as the user's personal assistant.
Windows Copilot helps users take actions such as copying and pasting text and rewriting, summarizing, and interpreting content. Windows users can also ask it questions just like they would in a Bing AI chat, such as opening the Copilot sidebar while reading an article in a browser, typing words such as "summary," "rewrite," or "explain," and the system will immediately respond with the application.
At the same time, Copilot will act as a more advanced and personalized search tool that can answer simple or complex questions asked by users. In an example cited by Microsoft, suppose a user wants to call a family member in another country. With Copilot, users can ask for the local time to make sure they are now in the daylight. Similarly, if users want to make plans to visit their family, they can also ask Copilot to book flights and accommodation.
In addition, users can quickly change system settings, work with files, or connect to other applications through Copilot in Settings, File Manager, or other applications.
Microsoft says Copilot is a true "personal assistant" that it knows the user's intentions and can therefore provide appropriate and useful help. Built on cloud computing and AI technology, Copilot has strong learning capabilities and scalability, and allows developers to write plugins and extensions for it.
Copilot is one of the company's latest innovations in AI and embodies its vision for the future direction of the Windows 11 operating system.
2. ChatGPT is connected to Bing, adding new options for Bing search
Previously, Bing Search was connected to ChatGPT in March, and today, Microsoft released a set of data: the new version of Bing users have participated in more than 500 million chats, created more than 200 million images using Bing Image Creator, and the daily downloads of the Bing mobile app have increased 8 times since its launch.
Microsoft also announced a reverse operation, Bing will be connected to ChatGPT from Wednesday. With the premium ChatGPT Plus service, users will get a new real-time connected Bing search experience, and ChatGPT will become more like a search engine.
Satya Nadella says she has been repositioning Microsoft's products around Copilot, an AI assistant that helps users perform tasks in apps like Bing and Office.
In addition to connecting the new version of Bing to ChatGPT, Microsoft also announced that Bing is open to plug-in connections like ChatGPT. In addition to the previously announced OpenTable and Wolfram Alpha, new plugins including Bing Chat, Instacart, Zillow, and Kayak will be integrated into Bing Chat, which means that Bing and ChatGPT are more similar.
3. Microsoft 365 Copilot supports plug-ins to improve office efficiency
365 Copilot, as an office assistant, with the support of OpenAI, has realized that Word, PPT, Excel, Outlook and other common office software are all connected to AI, and launched the first shot of large models to liberate "workers".
This time, Microsoft's Microsoft 365 Copilot open plugins, including ChatGPT and Bing plugins, as well as Teams messaging extensions and PPT connectors, enable developers to leverage their existing investments to achieve more powerful capabilities. Developers will be able to easily build new plugins for Microsoft 365 Copilot through Visual Studio and more.
4. Launch Windows Copilot plug-in, AI assistant and APP deep linkage
To enhance Windows Copilot, Microsoft also opened up Windows Copilot plugins (plug-ins) connections.
Microsoft added Bing Chat plugins to Windows Copilot, including OpenTable, Wolfram Alpha, Kayak, Klarna, and Zillow. With plugins, developers are able to integrate third-party applications with Windows AI chatbots so that users can take advantage of a wider range of services.
The plugin is similar to an extension for web browsers. But with the help of AI, the Bing Chat plugin allows users to access real-time information, integrate company and business data, and perform calculations.
5. Launch Copilot Stack service to enhance the functions of AI systems
In addition, Nadella interpreted the Copilot Stack, which includes support for plugins that enhance AI systems by allowing them to retrieve real-time information, incorporate company or other business data, perform new types of calculations, and act securely on behalf of users.
2. Launched more than 50 capability updates and launched a full-cycle AI development tool chain
Kevin Scott, Microsoft's chief technology officer and executive vice president, said Azure is an AI-intelligent cloud that enables partners to build rich and great applications.
Microsoft is building Copilot applications and its own advanced AI models, and its partners are building their own models based on Microsoft's platform. Microsoft has built a platform to build Copilot apps, which are officially open to developers to develop their own Copilot apps.
1. Azure AI Studio: full-cycle tool chain, supporting AI large model development
After talking about Copilot, Microsoft launched the Azure AI Studio toolchain platform.
According to Satya Nadella, this is a toolchain that covers the entire life cycle of AI development, enabling developers to build their own Copilot applications to responsibly build, customize, train, evaluate and deploy the latest next-generation models.
With just a few clicks, developers can combine AI models with their structured and unstructured data to quickly build applications such as customized conversational experiences.
Azure AI Studio has a rich list of optional models, whether it is OpenAI's GPT model or other companies' open source large models, which can be developed based on the Azure AI Studio platform.
2, Azure AI Safety: five years of security experience process, built into the tool chain
The security of AI has always attracted attention, and this time Microsoft launched the Azure AI Safety service and built it into the daily toolchain.
According to reports, Microsoft has translated the security guidelines formed over the past 5 years into a set of processes to implement in the engineering stack. For example, during the testing phase, AI Safety's liability system helps users ensure that the content developed is safe.
3, Microsoft Fabric: Microsoft data analysis platform unified, support single copy running AI
All AI applications are born from data, and this time Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Fabric data services, which is said to be the largest data product since Microsoft launched SQL Server, a unified data analysis platform.
Data is aggregated and stored in an open format, allowing users to use one copy to train machine learning models, visualize data, and run SQL queries in data lake silos.
Microsoft Fabric is a statistical computing and storage, which unifies computer storage, unifies all analytical product experience, unifies the business model of different types of analysis and workloads, so that SQL, machine learning and other different jobs can use the same computing infrastructure. This unification is expected to drive the development of the next generation of AI.
For business users, Microsoft Fabric brings together data for collaboration and instant analytics on Microsoft 365. Unified governance, security, and compliance are built into all data for enterprise users. With Copilot for Microsoft Fabric, AI can help everyone be more productive, whether it's writing SQL statements, building reports, or setting up automation based on triggers, all data, teams in one place.
In fact, these are just 3 of the 50 updates launched, with the rest of the capabilities to be released during the conference. For example, Microsoft launched the Prompt Flow service, which allows developers to combine relevant data from the organization to more easily create detailed prompts for better training results.
More updates on relevant competencies are available in the sub-forum: https://build.microsoft.com/en-US/home
OpenAI and GitHub executives have stood up to "fight chicken blood" for AI developers
Akay Scott said that a lot has changed in the past four years, and one of the biggest changes is AI. The reason why OpenAI has been so successful with Microsoft since the end of 2022 is that Microsoft has an end-to-end platform to build AI applications.
With the launch of Windows Copilot, developers will be able to call AI model capabilities directly through the Windows PC system, so as to combine their own needs and conduct AI development across the device-edge cloud, which is exciting.
Microsoft has built a platform to build Copilot applications, and the world-famous ChatGPT is the most representative result of the collaboration. At the meeting, OpenAI President Greg Brockman came to the scene to stand for Microsoft, and also brought developers a powerful "chicken soup for the soul" about AI development.
Brock says that when the decision to release ChatGPT was made, the team didn't realize that it would technically play what it is today with such a crazy success. In fact, building ChatGPT is a huge engineering challenge, like building a rocket, with a lot of engineering details, and it's the boring engineering work that brings real success. With the launch of Microsoft's AI development toolchain, developers can use these technologies to build better products.
GitHub, Microsoft's largest code-hosting platform, is another classic example. CEO Thomas Donkey also came to the scene to bring a demo of GitHub Copilot X, Microsoft's AI-assisted programming solution built on the OpenAI model, which was upgraded to Copilot X this spring with the birth of GPT-4, which can automatically detect code problems and give suggestions, which is expected to greatly improve the work efficiency of programmers.
Conclusion: The GPT moment of Windows has arrived, revolutionizing PC interaction
With ChatGPT setting off a new wave of AI fever at the end of last year, Microsoft has successively landed a variety of ChatGPT applications based on GPT-4, such as the new version of Bing, AI version of Office, AI programming assistance tool CopilotX, etc., with the combination of "Microsoft + OpenAI" to impact Amazon AWS, Google Cloud and other cloud vendors.
This time, while announcing the full development of these GPT application products, Microsoft brought the heavy news of Windows access to GPT-4, which is a change from the underlying system of the PC to change the way of human-computer interaction, marking the increasingly complete layout of Microsoft's "Copilot universe".
At the same time, Microsoft Azure announced the blueprint for using AI large models to build Copilot, providing developers with a tool chain to build their own AI solutions, which is expected to further the prosperity of the Windows ecosystem, thereby promoting Microsoft's invincibility in the new AI competition.