Microsoft's new Viva platform featuring innovative Copilot technology, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4, is designed to help improve employee engagement and experience. Combining Microsoft 365 tools such as Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel with data and AI, customers can quickly draft OKR recommendations, understand and analyze feedback, and summarize details. With 20 million active Viva users, Copilot is expected to roll out later this year and will provide a safer way to store data and protect user information. Discover how Microsoft is leveraging AI to drive employee engagement.
. Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter, has threatened to take Microsoft to court for their alleged illegal use of Twitter data to power the GPT ChatGPT language model. Microsoft has refused to pay for Twitter’s API, causing the tech giant to implement a paywall for access. Read more about the feud between Microsoft and Twitter and the implications for AI technology.
Google, a leading provider of internet services, has rolled out an update to its video calling service Meet. With this update, users are now able to mute video feeds of other participants in their meeting, providing an opportunity to focus on the presenter or hide participants with distracting video feeds. This functionality for all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers, can simply be activated by selecting 'Audio only' before joining. Additionally, admins are now able to customize the background image for their users to suit their brand guidelines.
Intel, the tech giant has ended its commitment to their Blockscale Bitcoin mining venture after one year. Its 1160, 1140, and 1120 ASICs model, created to optimize Bitcoin mining, proved too expensive to operate and have been discontinued. Intel remains committed to the IDM 2.0 venture. Intel is a leader in the computer hardware industry, based in Santa Clara, California.
Discover how Microsoft's AI powered chatbot ChatGPT is changing the investing game by picking high-growth stocks and offering automated stock advice. Learn more about how ChatGPT shuffled up the stock market in February 2021 and Microsoft's ongoing work with AI technology.