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Google Partners with AI Startup Replit to Take on Microsoft’s GitHub
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Google Partners with AI Startup Replit to Take on Microsoft’s GitHub

[ad_1] Alphabet Inc.'s Google is striking a partnership to combine its artificial intelligence language models with software from startup Replit Inc. that helps computer programmers write code, a bid to compete with a similar product from Microsoft Corp.'s GitHub and OpenAI.Replit, which has 20 million users, said its Ghostwriter app will rely on Google's language-generation AI to improve its ability to suggest blocks of code, complete programs and answer developer questions. Google Cloud Vice President June Yang declined to specify which language AI products Replit will use, noting that it's a customized combination of systems that address different tasks like chat and code-generation. Previously, Replit built the product with its own AI. Google “has much better technology than most pe...
Microsoft Wants AI To Change Your Job—If It Can Work Out the Kinks
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Microsoft Wants AI To Change Your Job—If It Can Work Out the Kinks

[ad_1] Microsoft believes its artificial intelligence tools are poised to reshape ‘thousands’ of professions. There are just a few legal and ethical hazards The most hyped words in tech today may be “generative AI.” The term describes artificially intelligent technology that can generate art, or text or code, directed by prompts from a user. The concept was made famous this year by Dall-E, a program capable of creating a fantastic range of artistic images on command. Now a new program from Microsoft Corp., GitHub Copilot, seeks to transform the technology from internet sensation into something broadly useful. Earlier this year, Microsoft-owned GitHub widely released the artificial intelligence tool to work alongside computer programmers. As they type, Copilot suggests snippets of c...