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Search engines are at a new stage of development with the integration of artificial intelligence. Now you don't need to browse a bunch of websites to find the information you need - it will be presented to you in short (or not) messages generated by AI. However, the question arises: how reliable is such a system?
Yesterday, 7 February, Microsoft held an event dedicated to artificial intelligence and its integration into the company's products. Of course, the most anticipated novelty was the updated Bing with built-in ChatGPT and it is already available to all users in the form of a "limited preview". That is, you will have a limited number of queries that you can use, but you can sign up for a list to get early access to the full version.
Microsoft has revealed the new Xbox controller Stellar Shift Special Edition in purple, which, among other things, features a new exclusive feature.
Microsoft has discontinued support for its Apple Watch authenticator, which means you can no longer conveniently sign in to your accounts using only your Apple Watch.
Microsoft has started encouraging software developers to use ads in the Store, which allows developers to improve the placement of their apps in the store. In its blog, the company says that the ads are designed "to help developers grow their business by showing their apps or games to the right customers at the right time in the form of ads," but it should be noted that similar to Adnroid and iOS, this has been a rather negative experience.
For several weeks now, there have been rumours that Microsoft will integrate ChatGPT into its Bing search engine, but we still have no answer as to what it will look like. Or do we?
Microsoft is not going to close the Xbox 360 Marketplace yet, despite its own statement on the official Xbox support page.
Microsoft Teams Premium is now available with new features based on OPenAI GPT 3.5. The new tier includes an intelligent summary feature that automatically records tasks and meeting highlights, as well as branded meeting templates and watermarks for better content protection.
Google has announced that later in 2023, it plans to integrate Microsoft 365 tools into its chromeOS desktop operating system to make it easier for users to interact with Microsoft software. chromeOS already supports the PWA versions of Microsoft 365 and One Drive, but Google promises deeper integration at the system level.
January is coming to an end, and Microsoft has already published the Game Pass catalogue for February, and now it has become known which titles will be available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers.
Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI have teamed up to appeal a class action complaint accusing the companies of scraping code to create GitHub's artificial intelligence-based Capilot tool.
It has been reported that Microsoft is working on a major update to Windows Explorer that will change its design and bring new features, such as deeper integration with Microsoft 365 and OneDrive.
Microsoft has started testing a split-screen feature for two tabs in its Edge browser. The feature was first reported by a user under the nickname @Leopeva64-2 on Reddit and can now be enabled by checking the box in the experimental menu of the Canary beta version of Microsoft Edge. After you enable it and restart the browser, a new button will appear next to the address bar, which will allow you to split the Edge window into two separate tabs.
Microsoft plans to shut down the virtual social platform AltspaveVR, which it acquired in 2017. The announcement was published on the website of the platform developers. This is happening against the backdrop of layoffs of more than 10,000 employees due to the "economic crisis."
Microsoft will stop selling Windows 10 Home and Pro editions on January 31. This applies to the license keys for the operating systems, which are required to activate and download them. As a reminder, support for Windows 10 is due to end on October 14, 2025.
