Timeline of Microsoft Copilot
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This is a timeline of Bing Chat, a chatbot developed by Microsoft, which uses a large language model to generate responses to user input.
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| 2023 | January 23 | Microsoft and OpenAI have announced the third phase of their partnership through a multiyear, multibillion dollar investment to accelerate AI breakthroughs and ensure these benefits are broadly shared with the world. Microsoft will increase its investments in the development and deployment of specialized supercomputing systems to accelerate OpenAI’s independent AI research. Additionally, Microsoft will deploy OpenAI’s models across its consumer and enterprise products and introduce new categories of digital experiences built on OpenAI’s technology. As OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider, Azure will power all OpenAI workloads across research, products, and API services.[1] | |
| 2023 | February 7 | Microsoft initiates the release of a significant revamp to Microsoft Bing, which involves introducing a novel chatbot functionality powered by OpenAI's GPT-4.[2] | |
| 2023 | March 16 | Microsoft's Chief Communications Officer, Frank X. Shaw, provides some starter prompts for communicators to use the new AI-powered Bing. Shaw highlights that Bing is in preview at the time and can assist in media interview prep, media coverage snapshots, social media post inspiration, and headline generation. Bing is capable of generating 10 interview questions in the voice of a specific person, provide quick snapshots of media coverage, brainstorming ideas for social media posts, and creating engaging headlines.[3] | |
| 2023 | May 4 | Microsoft makes Bing GPT-4 chatbot available to everyone without the need for a waitlist. Users can access the preview version by signing in to Bing or Edge with their Microsoft account. The new version is powered by GPT-4 and includes smart features such as image and video results, persistent chat and history, and plug-in support. By this time, Microsoft is also reportedly working with OpenTable and WolframAlpha to enable their plug-ins for restaurant bookings and generating visualizations, respectively.[4] | |
| 2023 | May 6 | Competition | An article compares ChatGPT to Bing Chat, announcing a list of new features that are comparable to what ChatGPT offers to its paid subscribers. The author concludes that ChatGPT Plus is not worth the money and OpenAI needs to rethink its approach to charging for ChatGPT.[5] |
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- ↑ "Microsoft and OpenAI extend partnership". The Official Microsoft Blog. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ↑ Peters, Jay (15 March 2023). "The Bing AI bot has been secretly running GPT-4". The Verge. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ↑ "Prompts for communicators using the new AI-powered Bing". The Official Microsoft Blog. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ↑ Warren, Tom (4 May 2023). "Microsoft's Bing Chat AI is now open to everyone, with plug-ins coming soon". The Verge. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ↑ "Why am I wasting $20 a month on ChatGPT Plus when Bing Chat is free?". windowscentral.com. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
