Microsoft reportedly plans to introduce upgraded Workplace apps with AI options within the coming weeks. In response to The Verge, the tech big is getting ready to point out what its Prometheus AI know-how and OpenAI’s language AI can do for Phrase, PowerPoint, Outlook and different Microsoft 365 apps as quickly as this March. Microsoft just lately launched a reimagined Bing that may generate conversational responses to go looking queries, due to the Prometheus mannequin, which was constructed with the assistance of OpenAI. 

Moreover, the corporate launched a brand new Edge with a built-in “AI copilot” that is additionally powered by Prometheus. A button on the top-right nook provides customers fast entry to Bing’s new chat characteristic, and as we talked about in our hands-on, it is like having ChatGPT proper in your browser. The Verge says Microsoft desires its AI know-how to have the ability to generate graphs and graphics to be used in PowerPoint or Excel. In response to a earlier report printed by The Data, the corporate additionally desires its AI mannequin to have the ability to generate textual content utilizing easy prompts inside its Workplace apps. 

That Microsoft appears to be in a rush to launch new AI-powered options for its merchandise comes as no shock. The corporate possible intends to maneuver quick to get as many individuals as attainable to start out utilizing its merchandise earlier than Google can launch its ChatGPT rival. Apparently, Microsoft was initially imagined to introduce the brand new Bing in late February, however it moved up the launch and scheduled it earlier than Google’s Bard announcement. The corporate can also be certain to maintain increasing its AI-powered characteristic listing, seeing because it just lately signed a “multi-billion greenback” funding in OpenAI final month.