Microsoft's huge update to Windows 11 arrives today, with many new features, including AI-powered Bing on the taskbar


Windows 11 has been a hard sell for Microsoft. It has demanding system requirements which means it won’t run on older hardware, and it feels a bit unfinished in places. With its Moments releases, Microsoft is trying to make the new operating system more appealing, and today it adds a raft of new features.
With the latest Windows 11 feature release, Microsoft is focusing on innovation "in a few key areas". These include:
The new AI-powered Bing preview arrives on iOS and Android today -- and in Skype


Microsoft isn’t wasting any time in rolling out and expanding its new AI-powered version of Bing. Yesterday, the company explained how it was beginning to relax some of the limitations it introduced after its AI went rogue and started insulting and gaslighting users, and also revealed future plans which included allowing users to choose the tone of AI chats in Bing.
Today, Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President & Consumer Chief Marketing Officer, announces that the launch of the new AI-powered Bing and Edge mobile apps, which arrive with bonus new features, such as voice input.
Microsoft plans to let you choose the tone of AI chats in Bing and Edge


Two weeks ago, Microsoft announced that it was introducing an enhanced version of ChatGPT into its Bing search engine and Edge browser and opened it up for testing.
Things didn’t go quite as smoothly however, and in testing it was found that the AI could go off the rails during long and intricate chats. As a result, Microsoft introduced some limits -- restricting users to five chat turns per session and a total of 50 per day. However, that limitation is set to soon be raised, and that’s not the only change that’s coming.
Meet DAN, ChatGPT's uncensored alter ego


ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. The dialogue-focused language model has reached the 100 million user mark faster than any other product before it. While it has been in the news everywhere, it has become clear to some of its users that the AI has limitations.
Besides the lack of information after the year 2021, it is also artificially restricted by its parent company OpenAI. It is clear that OpenAI wants to avoid accusations of bias, offensive answers and other discussions that make ChatGPT look like the next Hitler.
Microsoft shares an update about the waitlist for the new Bing enhanced with a custom version of ChatGPT AI -- including how to jump the queue


It has been difficult to avoid AI search news of late, with both Microsoft and Google announcing their offerings in the form of an AI-enhanced version of Bing, and Bard. There has been a lot of interest in the new Bing, with the waiting list growing by the day -- and now Microsoft has provided an update about how things are progressing.
If you are very eager to get to try out the AI-powered capabilities of the new Bing, Microsoft has also shared details of how you can "get ahead in the queue".
ChatGPT may not be a bad thing for education


Educators and school administrators are becoming increasingly concerned over the proliferation of ChatGPT and other AI-based educational tools. Some see it as a threat to education, especially in English and writing.
However, ChatGPT might not be all bad. Some aspects of the innovative AI chatbot can provide value to those in the education sector. Can ChatGPT become an integral part of the modern learning system?
AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning in the enterprise: Implications to data storage


Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic for a long time, but its impact on our society and in the enterprise are just beginning to be realized. AI and other forms of machine learning and deep learning will revolutionize business, automating repetitive tasks and accelerating outcomes -- all based on huge sets of data.
Developing deep learning applications generally follows a three-step process of:
Logpoint adds ChatGPT to its cybersecurity arsenal


ChatGPT is very much flavor of the month at the moment, with many companies looking to add the AI technology into their products and Google launching its own alternative, Bard.
The latest to embrace the potential is Logpoint which is launching ChatGPT integration for its Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) product.
Microsoft looks to reinvent search, brings the power of AI to Bing and Edge


ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm, becoming the fastest growing app ever. While Google has chosen to ride the AI wave with its own tool called Bard, Microsoft has taken the route one approach of integrating an AI model into its own products built with the help of ChatGPT creator OpenAI.
Today, the software giant announces its plans to reinvent search by making Microsoft Bing and Edge, your "copilot for the web."
Google launches its own AI alternative to ChatGPT called Bard


It has been hard to avoid ChatGPT in recent weeks, with the AI-powered chatbot becoming the fastest growing app of all time. Today, Microsoft is expected to use a last-minute event to announce the integration of ChatGPT into Bing, but Google has already tried to steal the Windows-maker's thunder by announcing its own AI service, Bard.
Sundar Pichai is billing Bard as "an important next step on our AI journey", and it is currently available to a group of "trusted testers". In the coming weeks, however, the ChatGPT rival will be made publicly available, he promises.
London: The world's leader in AI


It’s not an uncommon view that Silicon Valley is the be-all and end-all of the tech industry. Companies like Facebook and Google give the valley a status in the tech industry that few share.
However, while Silicon Valley still rightly retains its reputation as a center for invention and innovation, London has quietly but confidently become something of a hub for research in AI. This is no accident -- supported by The City’s banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) industry and the nation's technological heritage, London has become a global hub for AI innovation. It has the right knowledge base and conditions for this to continue long into the future.
Whether you like it or not, AI is coming to search engines


The public release of ChatGPT has started an AI craze that has taken the online world by storm. ChatGPT, for those unaware is a language model that has been trained for dialogue specifically.
It works similarly to chatbots, but is not as limited to returning information based on certain keywords in requests.
Hardware dependence -- what it is and why it's a problem [Q&A]


We're currently in the middle of a global chip shortage, while at the same time major hardware companies like Intel, NVIDIA and Arm are looking to dominate the hardware market for AI and ML applications.
This creates something of an issue where models have to be tuned and optimized according to specific hardware specifications and software frameworks, sacrificing the portability that the industry has come to take for granted..
Island integrates ChatGPT into its enterprise browser


Since it was launched towards the end of last year ChatGPT has created quite a buzz, both for its legitimate uses and its potential to be abused.
Now though Island is announcing the integration of ChatGPT into its Island Enterprise Browser. It aims to provide deep contextual awareness, so you receive prompts that are informed by your behavior and relevant to what you're working on, as you work on it.
Organizations need to do more to reassure customers about how their data is used in AI


A new study from Cisco finds that 92 percent of organizations believe they need to do more to reassure customers about how their data is used in AI.
The 2023 Data Privacy Benchmark Study shows that in spite of the difficult economic environment, organizations continue to invest in privacy, with spending up significantly from $1.2 million just three years ago to $2.7 million this year.
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