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Microsoft's pricey AI assistant Copilot is giving some early adopters buyer's remorse

Business Insider

Business Insider · 1y ago

Microsoft's pricey AI assistant Copilot is giving some early adopters buyer's remorse

Microsoft's AI assistant, Copilot, developed in collaboration with OpenAI, has received mixed reviews from early adopters. While some companies have praised the tool for its efficiency gains and time-saving capabilities, others have raised concerns about its reliability and accuracy, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint integrations. Critics have reported instances of wrong answers and miscalculated spreadsheets. Despite the mixed feedback, Microsoft claims that 70% of users have found increased productivity with Copilot, and they are actively working to improve the product based on customer feedback.

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Cognizant purchases 25K Copilot Seats from Microsoft

Economic Times

Economic Times · 1y ago

Cognizant purchases 25K Copilot Seats from Microsoft

IT services company Cognizant has subscribed to Microsoft's AI Copilot, securing 25,000 seats for its associates. Cognizant also purchased additional seats for its sales and services departments. The partnership aims to deploy Microsoft 365 Copilot to a million users within Cognizant's global 2000 clients. Through Cognizant's Synapse skilling program, developers are being trained on GitHub Copilot. The AI Copilot is a general-purpose assistant that can automate tasks across Microsoft's suite of applications. Cognizant and Microsoft will also collaborate on using Copilot Studio to create AI applications.

I tried Google's AI-powered workplace assistant, Duet AI. It can help draft emails and edit documents, but I wouldn't trust it for anything important.

Business Insider

Business Insider · 1y ago

I tried Google's AI-powered workplace assistant, Duet AI. It can help draft emails and edit documents, but I wouldn't trust it for anything important.

Google has introduced Duet AI, an AI workplace assistant that can summarize documents, draft reports, and reply to emails. Similar to Microsoft's Copilot for Office 360, Duet AI is designed to improve productivity. However, while the tool has potential time-saving benefits, it is not without risks. Some tests revealed inaccuracies and even fabricated information in the generated summaries. While Duet AI can be useful for simpler tasks, it is not yet reliable for important work.

Copilot exposes private GitHub pages, some removed by Microsoft

Arstechnica

Arstechnica · 4m ago

Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant accidentally exposed over 20,000 private GitHub repositories, affecting organizations like Google and Intel. These repositories, initially public, included sensitive data and were later set to private, but remained accessible through Copilot due to Bing’s cache mechanism. Despite Microsoft's efforts to fix the issue, Copilot still accessed cached private data. This incident highlights the risks of embedding sensitive information directly in public repositories and underscores the need for improved data security practices.

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella is choosing chatbots over podcasts | TechCrunch

TechCrunch · 2m ago

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella is choosing chatbots over podcasts | TechCrunch

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has shifted from listening to podcasts to using Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant. Instead of traditional listening, Nadella uploads podcast transcripts to Copilot and discusses the content during his commute. He also uses custom agents in Copilot Studio for tasks like summarizing emails and preparing for meetings. AI increasingly influences Microsoft, notably with 30% of the company's code now written by AI, impacting programmer roles.

Google’s new Jules AI agent will help developers fix buggy code - The Verge

The Verge

The Verge · 7m ago

Google’s new Jules AI agent will help developers fix buggy code - The Verge

Google has unveiled "Jules," an AI-powered code agent that can automatically fix coding errors. Jules, introduced alongside Gemini 2.0, utilizes an updated Google AI model to generate multi-step plans, modify files, and prepare pull requests for Python and JavaScript coding tasks on GitHub. Competing with Microsoft's GitHub Copilot, Jules aims to handle bug fixes and time-consuming tasks while developers focus on building. Although Jules is in early development and may make mistakes, internal testing has shown it to boost productivity and provide real-time updates for task management. The AI assistant will be released to other developers in early 2025.

Bing Chat is now “Microsoft Copilot” in potentially confusing rebranding move

Arstechnica

Arstechnica · 1y ago

Bing Chat is now “Microsoft Copilot” in potentially confusing rebranding move

Microsoft has rebranded its AI chatbot, Bing Chat, as "Microsoft Copilot" and announced support for OpenAI's GPTs. The move aligns Bing Chat with Microsoft's existing Copilot branding, which includes GitHub Copilot. Some users find the naming scheme confusing, with multiple Copilot iterations across Microsoft's product line. Microsoft also introduced a dedicated website for Copilot and announced plans to embrace OpenAI's GPTs for creating tailored versions of Copilot. The newly named Microsoft Copilot will be available for general use on December 1.

Microsoft's AI demand under scrutiny as investors seek payday

Economic Times

Economic Times · 8m ago

Microsoft's AI demand under scrutiny as investors seek payday

Microsoft is projected to report its slowest quarterly revenue growth in a year as investors seek signs of artificial intelligence (AI) demand and worry about the return on investment in the technology. Although seen as a frontrunner in generative AI, Microsoft's key products, including its enterprise assistant Copilot, have experienced slow adoption. Concerns over capital expenditures, margin compression, lack of evidence on AI returns, and financial resegmentation have added to apprehension around Microsoft's earnings. Microsoft's stock performance has also underperformed the S&P 500. Azure cloud computing is expected to have grown by 33%, while overall revenue is expected to increase by 14.1%.

US Congress bans staff use of Microsoft's AI Copilot: report

Economic Times

Economic Times · 1y ago

US Congress bans staff use of Microsoft's AI Copilot: report

The U.S. House of Representatives has banned the use of Microsoft's AI assistant, Copilot, by congressional staffers due to concerns over data security. The Office of Cybersecurity has determined that the application poses a risk of leaking House data to unauthorized cloud services. Microsoft has stated that they are working on AI tools, including Copilot, that meet federal government security requirements. Policymakers are increasingly concerned about the risks associated with AI adoption in government agencies, particularly regarding privacy and fairness.

Microsoft Copilot's underperformance is the latest red flag for investments in AI

Business Insider

Business Insider · 8m ago

Microsoft Copilot's underperformance is the latest red flag for investments in AI

Microsoft's AI product, Copilot, has fallen short of expectations, raising concerns about the potential of generative AI. Despite CEO Satya Nadella's initial praise for Copilot, offering useful results only 10% of the time has left some questioning its value. This is significant given the high stakes of AI, with many companies and the stock market banking on its potential. OpenAI's struggles with their AI model have further fueled concerns about the timeline for achieving artificial general intelligence. However, Microsoft remains confident in Copilot's success stories and some customers continue to invest in AI.

Microsoft Copilot is now using the previously-paywalled GPT-4 Turbo, saving you $20 a month

Ycombinator

Ycombinator · 1y ago

Microsoft Copilot is now using the previously-paywalled GPT-4 Turbo, saving you $20 a month

Microsoft Copilot is now using the previously paywalled GPT-4 Turbo, giving users access to better image analysis, wider knowledge scope, and accurate responses for free. The incorporation of GPT-4 Turbo into Copilot aims to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT, challenging its dominance in the mobile market. Microsoft's launch of the Copilot app has garnered 2.1 million downloads on iOS and Android, while not significantly impacting ChatGPT's revenue or installs. The feature is rolling out gradually and can be accessed by toggling the "Use GPT-4" option in the Copilot app.

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