Microsoft is holding a shock occasion at its Redmond headquarters at the moment, the place it’s anticipated to deal with its OpenAI partnership and introduce a model of Bing with ChatGPT. In contrast to most of Microsoft’s occasions over the previous few years, this particular press occasion shall be held in individual and never livestreamed in any respect. You’ll must observe The Verge’s dwell weblog under for all of the bulletins as they occur.

Microsoft invited media to this occasion final week earlier than making the main points public simply minutes after Google introduced its personal ChatGPT rival. That ought to let you know how essential this occasion is for Microsoft and what’s on the agenda. Whereas Microsoft is preserving particulars skinny, the invite says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will “share some progress on a number of thrilling tasks,” so count on plenty of essential bulletins.

Chief amongst these bulletins shall be a ChatGPT-powered model of Bing. This integration briefly leaked final week, with some Bing customers recognizing a brand new chat part with a chatbot-like UI for acquiring solutions from Microsoft’s search engine. Microsoft merely refers to this as “the brand new Bing” that can present “full solutions” to actual questions.

What else will Microsoft present, although? There are rumors Microsoft is planning to combine OpenAI fashions all through its apps and providers, and Microsoft’s Home windows and Floor chief, Panos Panay, not too long ago teased that “AI goes to reinvent the way you do the whole lot on Home windows.” Panay says he’s pumped for the occasion, as all the time.

Microsoft’s occasion begins at 1PM ET / 10AM PT, and our dwell weblog will kick off shortly earlier than then. We would not see something as shocking because the HoloLens announcement, however there’s positive to be a number of speak about the way forward for AI.