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Microsoft to charge more for AI in office, secure Bing from leaks
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Microsoft to charge more for AI in office, secure Bing from leaks

[ad_1] Microsoft on Tuesday said it would charge at least 53% more to access new artificial intelligence features in its widely used office software, in a glimpse at the windfall it hopes to reap from the technology.The company also said it would make a more secure version of its Bing search engine available immediately to businesses, aiming to address their data-protection concerns, grow their interest in AI and compete more with Google. At its virtual Inspire conference, the company said customers would pay $30 per user, per month for its AI copilot in Microsoft 365, which promises to draft emails in Outlook, pen documents in Word and make virtually all an employee's data accessible via the prompt of a chatbot. The voluntary upgrade is on top of publicly listed, monthly plans ranging ...
5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI scam, EVE robot, Sam Altman and much more
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI scam, EVE robot, Sam Altman and much more

[ad_1] The artificial intelligence race has just got even more intense. Microsoft, during the keynote session of its developer-centric event Microsoft Build, announced a wide range of AI copilots for its products as well as a full copilot stack for its developers to build apps and plugins. With Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) just a couple of weeks away, it remains to be seen if Apple too will join the AI bandwagon. In other news, a scammer in China used AI technology to scam people. This and more in our daily AI roundup. Let us take a look.Scammer uses AI technologyIn Northern China, a scammer used AI ‘deepfake' technology to scam an unsuspecting victim and steal his money. According to a report by Reuters, the incident occurred in Baotou, in the region of Inner Mongoli...
Microsoft Build 2023: Day 2 features sessions across AI copilot, Microsoft Azure, more
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Microsoft Build 2023: Day 2 features sessions across AI copilot, Microsoft Azure, more

[ad_1] The Microsoft Build 2023 opened with a band when CEO and Chairman Satya Nadella took the stage for the opening keynote session and announced that Microsoft is taking a big step towards copilots. Copilots are essentially the AI-powered assistive chatbot technology that Microsoft has built for its platforms through a collaboration with OpenAI. Nadella announced that the copilots will now enter various Microsoft offerings including Edge, Windows 11, and Microsoft 365 as well as a copilot stack that will enable developers to make apps and plugins for the Microsoft platform. And that was just the keynote session. Now we are arriving on Day 2, and the fixtures continue to get more insightful and interesting.On day 2 of the developer conference, Microsoft is featuring a number of live s...