Microsoft executives appeared in New York City this morning to unveil a torrent of new AI features for Windows and other products, in addition to new Surface PCs. “It’s kind… Read More
Can I use this for homework? What’s the point of school if this can do all these things? That was the response from Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi‘s teenage son after… Read More
Amazon says it’s using artificial intelligence to automatically generate and present summaries of customer reviews, helping shoppers quickly understand the overall sentiment and key highlights about products before purchasing. The… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft staked its financial claim in the AI gold rush this week, announcing pricing for its upcoming Microsoft 365 Copilot technology: a whopping $30/user… Read More
Microsoft will seek to capitalize on the intense interest in artificial intelligence at work with a significant price hike for businesses that decide to use its Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities… Read More
For more than four decades, since the 1980s, pointing and clicking has been the primary method of using a personal computer. Of course, the traditional computer mouse isn’t going away.… Read More
Microsoft is launching a new AI Skills Initiative that includes a global grant challenge, free online courses, and a training toolkit for teachers. The initiative, announced Wednesday morning by Microsoft… Read More
This week: the origins of data, and the future of the digital species. Our guest on the GeekWire Podcast is business and tech leader Bob Muglia, a startup investor and… Read More
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stepped down from the Expedia Group board effective June 1, after helping the company get a jump on the new era of generative AI toward the… Read More
Microsoft says Bing will become the default search engine for OpenAI’s ChatGPT, giving the popular generative AI chatbot “timelier and more up-to-date answers with access from the web,” including citations.… Read More
There’s nothing like a heartfelt Mother’s Day message to let your mom know how much you appreciate her and everything she does. Sitting down to write mine this weekend, some… Read More
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Has AI found its VisiCalc? That’s what I’m wondering after spending Wednesday at Google I/O, the search giant’s annual developer conference at Shoreline Amphitheatre. Have we… Read More
Gathered around a conference room table, with one person scribbling on the whiteboard, a group of industry veterans sizzles with energy. Participants build on each other’s thoughts and bounce from… Read More
Microsoft is updating its OpenAI-powered Bing search chatbot with several new features, and expanding its availability beyond the initial limited preview, looking to build on its momentum three months after… Read More
AI-powered chatbots are already changing how professors teach, said University of Washington educators during a panel discussion Wednesday. “Our role is to help guide people to understand how these tools… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: what AI means for startups. We’re joined by Ali Partovi, a technology investor, entrepreneur, and mentor who is the CEO of Neo, a startup… Read More
One of the pivotal figures in the rise of the graphical user interface says he sees a similar revolution in the new age of artificial intelligence. In a post Tuesday… Read More
Are robots more poetic than humans? That was my question as I saw Alandra Markman seated on the sidewalk with an old typewriter on a recent brisk Sunday morning at… Read More
Editor’s note: Four months after the release of its ChatGPT chatbot, OpenAI unveiled its latest artificial intelligence technology, GPT-4, on Tuesday. Oren Etzioni, former CEO of the Allen Institute for… Read More
With OpenAI’s unveiling of GPT-4 today, its partner Microsoft acknowledged something that had been largely assumed but never confirmed: its AI-powered Bing search engine has been using GPT-4 all along.… Read More
Microsoft is expanding the preview of its AI-powered search and composition features to its Bing and Edge mobile apps starting today, two weeks after introducing the technology for desktop. The… Read More
For the past couple days, I’ve been trying out Microsoft’s new AI-powered Bing search engine, a chatbot that uses an advanced version of ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s large language model to… Read More
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft unveiled new versions of its Bing search engine and Edge web browser that take advantage of next-generation OpenAI artificial intelligence models in a move that promises to… Read More
After calling up the website Smartynames.com this week, I typed in a description for a business idea: “Drone photography business in the greater Seattle area.“ Like lots of people, I’ve… Read More
Microsoft is making a big new investment in OpenAI, the artificial intelligence powerhouse behind ChatGPT, extending a partnership that has the potential to reshape some of its biggest products. The… Read More
Having trouble reliably accessing OpenAI’s ChatGPT? Microsoft has a solution. The tech giant says it will soon make the generative AI chat technology available as part of its Azure OpenAI… Read More
A potential $10 billion investment by Microsoft in OpenAI would strengthen the tech giant’s partnership with the ChatGPT maker as it eyes new integrations that leverage breakthroughs from the AI… Read More
What would a combination of OpenAI’s ChatGPT natural language chatbot with Microsoft’s Bing search engine look like? This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss the potentially surprising possibilities with… Read More
“Extremely impressive.” “Incredibly rich.” “Super exciting.” That’s how tech leaders are describing ChatGPT, the new conversational chatbot model released last week by OpenAI. The bot builds on existing GPT natural… Read More
As a key figure in the PC revolution, late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen understood the power of new technologies to create world-changing companies. Later in life, Allen saw the same… Read More
