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Nine months after launching its AI-powered chatbot Bing Chat, Microsoft has renamed it Copilot. Microsoft announced new features in Copilot this week, intended to further optimize AI performance.
In a blog post, Microsoft revealed the new features users can expect to see in 2024, and even some you can take advantage of right now, that will expand the chatbot’s capabilities in several different aspects.
GPT-4 Turbo
The most notable improvement is that Copilot will soon be able to use OpenAI’s latest model, GPT-4 Turbo, to generate responses. This feature is currently being tested with selected users and will be widely integrated into Copilot over the coming weeks, Microsoft says.
First announced during OpenAI DevDay, GPT-4 Turbo pushes the limits of its chatbot in two ways: first by extending its knowledge until April 2023, then thanks to a 128 KB pop-up window, which allows it to fit more than 300 pages of text in a single prompt.
OpenAI has not yet powered ChatGPT with GPT-4 Turbo, and so Microsoft’s decision to include it in Copilot is important, especially for those who could benefit from these advanced capabilities in their daily workflow.
DALL-E 3
Another important improvement in Copilot is that it will now have an updated version of DALL-E 3, allowing it to generate better and more accurate images. Users can start enjoying it now by visiting bing.com/create or using Copilot.
To optimize multimodal messages on Copilot, Microsoft combines GPT-4 with Bing image search and web search data to better understand image queries, according to the company. This new feature will be available soon.
Furthermore, if you use Copilot for technical tasks – like math or coding – Microsoft has good news: the company is working on a new feature, a code interpreter, which will allow you to use Copilot for complex tasks, including more precise calculations, code, data analysis… and much more. This feature is still in the feedback collection phase, but Microsoft plans to make it available to as many people as possible shortly.
Writing help
Finally, those who use Microsoft’s Edge browser will soon be able to use Copilot to write content from most websites, thanks to the Compose function. All you have to do is select the text you want to rewrite, and Copilot will take care of it for you.
Finally, the Bing search engine is getting a new deep search function, powered by GPT-4. The latter will make it possible to explore subjects in more depth by offering more complete and more reliable answers to user queries.
Source: ZDNet.com