Microsoft Office with AI text generation coming as soon as March

AppleInsider

Beyond just internet search, Microsoft is also gearing up to push AI features into its line of Microsoft Office products, including Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Microsoft is working closely with OpenAI

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced an upgraded version of its Bing search engine and Edge browser that integrates the ChatGPT chatbot. Now the company wants to integrate AI into even more of its products.

According to The Verge, Microsoft plans on announcing the feature sometime in March.

The company will detail its plans for integrating OpenAI's language AI technology and its Prometheus Model into its products.

The feature will be similar to ChatGPT, which has taken the world by storm since its launch in November. It's essentially an advanced chatbot that can answer questions posed to it.

Google is also preparing to release its own conversational AI service, currently known as the "Bard" project. The company is now using "trusted testers" to shake down Bard before making it more widely available to the public within weeks.

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tht

Well, the next few years are not going to be pleasant with the millions of documents with errors coming out of nowhere. Those will be easy to spot. It’s the subtle ones that are going to be dangerous. 

daalseth

Yeah, this will end well. Just an hour ago I came across this article. 

https://futurism.com/neoscope/magazine-mens-journal-errors-ai-health-article

MAGAZINE PUBLISHES SERIOUS ERRORS IN FIRST AI-GENERATED HEALTH ARTICLE

THE OWNERS OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED AND MEN’S JOURNAL PROMISED TO BE VIRTUOUS WITH AI. THEN THEY BUNGLED THEIR VERY FIRST AI STORY — AND ISSUED HUGE CORRECTIONS WHEN WE CAUGHT THEM.

foregoneconclusion

Fair use laws were created in the context of human capability. These programs go well beyond human capability and obviously new laws are needed. For example: where are the text/images that the program is using coming from? Does the programmer of the AI own the rights/permissions to them? Are they public domain? IMO, any AI program that is producing text/images should be limited to a database that is either owned, leased through permissions that include AI use as part of the agreement or public domain. If not, it should be illegal. 

edited February 2023

hexclock

Droves of now useless white collar workers head to the unemployment line. Better learn a trade skill. 

hydrogen

The likely consequences remind me this F Zappa quote :

“Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think, in order to prepare articles for people who can't read.”

― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

edited February 2023

m68000

Just want an OFF switch.   

tht

You know, if I was on a school board, I would demand that all homework in the 2023-2024 school year and beyond be in the form of written paper. 

They really should get in front of this now. 

daalseth

Apocalypse

First they replaced the cleaners
And I did not object
Because nobody likes mopping and vacuuming

Then they replaced the factory workers
And I did not object
Because those were boring jobs I would never want

Then they replaced the writers, artists, and musicians
And I did not object
Because I was not talented, I just wanted the results

Then they replaced the drivers
And I did not object
Because I assumed they would be safer and less expensive

Then they replaced the soldiers
And I did not object
Because it’s better to not put people in danger, and anyway war is always amoral 

Then they replaced the engineers, planners, and designers
And I did not object
Because I just wanted their products, for cheap

Then they replaced the reporters, investigators, the watchdogs
And I did not object
Because it was all bad news anyway and I had stopped paying attention

Then they replaced me
And there was no one left to object
Because everyone around was poor, jobless, and homeless, they had no voice

I came across a man in the gutter
He said he once was once rich, he ran the company
But they replaced him too, to save costs

As I looked out over the ugly, grey, joyless, landscape
Governed by unfeeling, unaesthetic, uncaring, efficiency
I understood now that The Robot Apocalypse was self inflicted

ravnorodom

foregoneconclusion said:

Fair use laws were created in the context of human capability. These programs go well beyond human capability and obviously new laws are needed. For example: where are the text/images that the program is using coming from? Does the programmer of the AI own the rights/permissions to them? Are they public domain? IMO, any AI program that is producing text/images should be limited to a database that is either owned, leased through permissions that include AI use as part of the agreement or public domain. If not, it should be illegal. 

ChatGPT sounds more like a AI generated art. Instead of art form, it's in literature form.

9secondkox2

So far, I’ve seen so helpful as a chat bot or like a more direct search engine for questions. 

The graphic design side of things has been a mashup of other people’s work, but with some weird creepy spin on it. The website generation is a mixed bag as well. 

Not really feeling it as a mainstream, legal, focused tool. More of a hobby thing. 

theirongiant

DAalseth said:

Apocalypse

First they came for the cleaners...

Bravo.  Did you write this poem as an original work on this forum?

dutchlord

On to the matrix 2.0

japhey

DAalseth said:

Apocalypse

First they replaced the cleaners
And I did not object
Because nobody likes mopping and vacuuming

Then they replaced the factory workers
And I did not object
Because those were boring jobs I would never want

Then they replaced the writers, artists, and musicians
And I did not object
Because I was not talented, I just wanted the results

Then they replaced the drivers
And I did not object
Because I assumed they would be safer and less expensive

Then they replaced the soldiers
And I did not object
Because it’s better to not put people in danger, and anyway war is always amoral 

Then they replaced the engineers, planners, and designers
And I did not object
Because I just wanted their products, for cheap

Then they replaced the reporters, investigators, the watchdogs
And I did not object
Because it was all bad news anyway and I had stopped paying attention

Then they replaced me
And there was no one left to object
Because everyone around was poor, jobless, and homeless, they had no voice

I came across a man in the gutter
He said he once was once rich, he ran the company
But they replaced him too, to save costs

As I looked out over the ugly, grey, joyless, landscape
Governed by unfeeling, unaesthetic, uncaring, efficiency
I understood now that The Robot Apocalypse was self inflicted

Wow. I’m familiar with the source upon which this is based (the confessional of Niemöller), but I’ve never seen this variation. Is this an original by you? And is it published? It’s excellent either way. 

fred257

Apple has one of these AI events this month internally as well. Most likely for their new search engine. Blah!!

macseeker

Well, I see a lot of dumb students graduating.