Collaborate Disseminate
Overly reliant on OpenAI and facing a coming generation of on-device AI that it can’t control, Microsoft’s latest small language model (SLM) is most notable for the PR offensive that accompanies it.
Phi-3 Mini is an SLM that runs on locally on smartpho… Continue reading Microsoft Puts the PR in AI (Premium)
Today, Microsoft announced a $1.5 billion investment in G42, a UAE-based AI company, to expand its presence in the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa.
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The phrase “embrace and extend” was long synonymous with Microsoft, but it’s also widely misunderstood and unfairly vilified as a strategy. Worse, it’s been mischaracterized as “embrace, extend, and extinguish” and “embrace, extend, and exterminate,” l… Continue reading Embrace, Extend, and … Copilot? (Premium)
AI is complicated, with lots of new technology and terminology to learn. So I created a brief presentation to explain the basics.
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Microsoft Copilot can write basic SQL code, which could help your employees be more efficient and productive. Continue reading Can Microsoft Copilot Write Simple SQL Commands for You?
Trying to decide which version of Microsoft Copilot is right for you? This guide will help you compare and choose the one that best suits your needs. Continue reading Determine Which Version of Microsoft Copilot Is Right for You
Generative AI is finding its niches within business in 2024, with multimodal models providing new capabilities. At the same time, artists glaze their work against AI scraping. Continue reading Top 5 AI Trends to Watch in 2024
We’re barely one year into the generative AI era, but we’re finally starting to understand the ways in which this technology can improve our productivity. Part of the hurdle here is our natural tendency to make AI work in familiar ways. But AI is well-… Continue reading A Tale of Three AIs (Premium)
A stunning new report details how OpenAI/Microsoft, Google, and Meta quietly stole content wherever they could find it to help train their generative AI services.
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Microsoft uses Copilot as a product name, but more and more often the word sums up a generic class of generative AI bots. Continue reading Is AI ‘Copilot’ a Generic Term or a Brand Name?