A Microsoft began this Tuesday (21) the Building Conference, a three-day developer event where the company offers in-depth sessions for developers and professionals to familiarize themselves with the tools that support new features in Windows 11 and Microsoft 365. In this edition, several announcements related to new projects and product updates were expected. artificial intelligence (AI) from the company.
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Many of the advertisements Microsoft were related to the Windows and AI. The company, like almost everyone in the industry, is striving to incorporate AI into every corner possible. Innovations such as search and simultaneous translation using AI in Copilot or Microsoft Edge are some examples of this movement.
The entire event lasted over two hours, but you can check out the highlights below:
Windows now has copy and paste with AI
A Microsoft PowerToys for Windows 11 is adding a new Advanced Paste feature to PowerToys for Windows XNUMX that can convert your clipboard contents in real time with the power of AI. The new feature can help people speed up their workflows by doing things like copying code in one language and pasting it in another, although its best tricks require API credits. OpenAI.
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Advanced Paste is included in PowerToys version 0.81 and, once enabled, can be triggered with a special key command: Windows Key + Shift + V. This opens an Advanced Paste text window that offers paste conversion options, including plain text, markdown and JSON.
Sam Altman appears in Microsoft Build to discuss what's next
The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, just took the stage at Microsoft Build. He is having a conversation with the CTO of Microsoft, Kevin Scott, on what's next for OpenAI and the company's grand supercomputer plans Microsoft.
Clearly Sam Altman, from OpenAI, is not in Microsoft Build to announce a new model, but he's happy to hint that the next big one is on the way. A Microsoft built an even bigger supercomputer for this work, and now Altman hints that new modalities and general intelligence will be key to the next model of OpenAI. “The most important thing and it seems like the most boring thing I can say…models are going to get smarter, generally across the board,” says Altman.
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Microsoft and Khan Academy partner on AI tools
Sal Khan, CEO of Khan Academy, is on stage at Microsoft Build to talk about the nonprofit’s use of AI in education. A Microsoft is partnering with Khan Academy on AI tutoring tools that will be free to all US educators starting today.
Microsoft emphasizes the importance of GPT-4o
“It’s 12 times cheaper to make a call to GPT-4o than to the original model,” says Kevin Scott, CTO and EVP of AI at Microsoft. “It is also 6 times faster in initial response time.” These speed increases and cost reductions are super important for the latest model from OpenAI, but things are not going to slow down. Things will get cheaper and more robust over time, Scott says.
The role of Microsoft on the wave of AI
“We’re riding an extraordinary platform wave,” says Kevin Scott, CTO and EVP of AI at Microsoft, on the Build stage. He compares this to the evolution of the PC and Moore's Law or even broadband internet. A Microsoft has contributed to this with the set of tools Copilot company, which helped build AI products quickly. “We’re nowhere near…how powerful we can make AI models,” says Scott.
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A Microsoft is making File Explorer more powerful with versioning and 7z compression
Here's one more way to stay on top of your favorite programming projects: have them sync with the same File Explorer you already use to browse your hard drive in Windows.
In Build, the Microsoft now says it's adding native version control to File Explorer, integrating systems like Git, allowing you to see new changes and comments directly in the app.
The new Windows Runtime Copilot da Microsoft aims to win over AI developers
A Microsoft launched a range of PCs yesterday Copilot Plus that includes new AI features built directly into Windows 11. Behind the scenes, the company now has more than 40 AI models running on Windows 11 thanks to a new Windows Runtime Copilot which will also allow developers to use these templates for their applications.
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No Microsoft Build today, the company is providing many more details about exactly how this Windows Runtime works Copilot. The runtime includes a library of APIs that developers can use in their own applications, with AI frameworks and toolchains that are designed for developers to launch their own on-device models on Windows.
“Windows is the most open platform for AI.” The head of Windows Microsoft, Pavan Davuluri, is discussing the company's new push to get developers building AI apps on Windows. He argues that Windows is the most open platform for AI, just hours after announcing a new Windows Runtime Copilot which sets the stage for the next decade of application development for Windows.
The extensions Copilot da Microsoft are designed to extend your AI assistant
Jeff Teper, head of collaboration applications and platforms at Microsoft, is guiding the Build audience through the new connectors and extensions of Copilot from the company. They are designed for companies to extend AI assistant to their business applications and add data from public websites, SharePoint, OneDrive and more.
A Microsoft now there is one Copilot for Teams
The new Team feature Copilot da Microsoft will allow the assistant to manage meeting agendas and notes, moderate long team chats, or help assign tasks and track deadlines in Microsoft Planner.
A Microsoft is making some improvements to Teams aimed at developers. You can now paste source code inside Teams with syntax formatting. There's even co-editing with Loop, better keyboard shortcuts, and custom emojis.
1,8 million GitHub subscribers Copilot
One of the first major uses of generative AI for Microsoft, GitHub Copilot, now has 1,8 million paid users. A Microsoft is releasing GitHub extensions Copilot today to make the service even more extensible.
GPT-4o is now available on Azure OpenAI
The latest model from OpenAI, GPT-4o, is now available for enterprises to use through Azure OpenAI Service from Microsoft. The model includes multimodal input and output, and the Microsoft demonstrated new ways that developers can leverage this model for conversational AI in their applications.
Nvidia GPUs will be released on PCs Copilot Plus “in the coming months”
A Microsoft mentioned yesterday that in addition to all the Snapdragon-powered PCs announced, we would also see these AI PC experiences launch on computers powered by Intel, AMD, and Nvidia. Now, Nvidia suggests it won't be a long wait: In the coming months, PCs Copilot+ equipped with new power-efficient systems-on-chip and RTX GPUs will be released, giving gamers, creators, enthusiasts and developers greater performance to handle demanding local AI workloads, along with new features Copilot+ from Microsoft.
The Arm-based CPU from Microsoft enters public preview
A Microsoft is now allowing companies to preview its new Arm-based Cobalt CPU in Azure virtual machines. The CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, announced on the Build stage that preview starts today, and these chips should include some performance boosts for cloud workloads.
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