Microsoft now wants to add ChatGPT to Word, email

Date:
Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:04:08 +0000

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Despite concerns that artificial intelligence isnt where it needs to be, Microsoft is pushing ahead.

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Microsoft is reportedly in discussions to bring OpenAIs AI writer ChatGPT to Microsoft Office as part of an effort to modernise the office software suite.

The news, courtesy of The Information via two insiders at Microsoft, comes after TechRadar Pro recently reported that the company is looking to bring OpenAIs ChatGPT to its Bing search engine for web browsers.

Plans to bring ChatGPTs text-generation capabilities to Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and other apps follow another stalled attempt to implement AI tools that use OpenAIs machine-learned language models into Office to generate emails and documents. Microsoft, ChatGPT, and the future

According to the insiders, Microsoft wants to leverage ChatGPT to provide
more useful search results when Outlook email customers look for information in their inboxes.

For instance, GPT has the ability to figure out what emails the customer
might be searching for even if they dont type the exact keywords that are in the relevant emails.

Moving forward, its expected that Microsoft will want ChatGPT to write e-mail replies, rewrite documents for clarity, and produce entire documents
according to prompts, similar to how ChatGPT currently works. Read more

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ChatGPT has created a culture of fear in its recent rise to prominence, as
the world speculates what it might be capable of, despite limited evidence that its anywhere near ready.

Google executives are concerned about its inaccuracy , and educators are worried it will break an already broken system , but even Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, says that ChatGPT is unreliable , and at most a proof-of-concept
at this stage.

Its entirely possible that Microsoft may have big plans in mind for ChatGPT and other products driven by OpenAIs GPT language model, but as yet, theres
no fixed estimate for when they might become a reality.

Theres a reason why ChatGPT is currently marked as a free research preview, and peppered with warnings that it may occasionally generate incorrect information, harmful instructions or biased content. Its not there yet.

And until it is, instead of chasing the tails of insiders and how companies may or may not end up leveraging nascent technology, maybe we would all benefit from doing something else with our lives until ChatGPT is at the
point not just where it can impress us, but that its also readily applicable to different aspects of our lives. Heres our list of the best live chat software right now



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