Microsoft

“Microsoft just pushed new Copilot updates, including a visual makeover, inline image editing, and more. The company also showed off its first Super Bowl ad in 4 years, putting AI center stage. No mention of Bing though — the branding transition is real 👀https://t.co/Kh5Eghql66” / X – https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1755429274167791852

Delivering Copilot for everyone – The Official Microsoft Blog – https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/02/07/delivering-copilot-for-everyone/ 

“Satya Nadella announced plans to provide AI skills training to 2M workers in India. The Microsoft CEO is currently on his ‘India Visit 2024’, highlighting opportunities for the country to accelerate through AI adoption. https://t.co/4ou1J4bZdF” / X – https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1755429363560980883 
Microsoft brings AI image editing to Copilot, unveils Deucalion | VentureBeat – https://venturebeat.com/ai/microsoft-brings-ai-image-generation-to-copilot-adds-new-model-deucalion/

Be Sure To Read “This Week In AI”

This week’s executive overview and top links are here:

AI News #19: Week Ending 02/02/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 18 Stories

The post you just read is an extension of my weekly newsletter, This Week In AI, an executive summary of the top things to know in AI. Each week, I create an accessible overview for laypeople to feel confident they are conversant with the week’s AI developments. I include a curated list of must-click links of the week, to offer everyone a hands-on opportunity to explore the most intriguing updates in artificial intelligence across various categories, including robotics, imagery, video, AR/VR, science, ethics, and more. Beyond the overview, I post these topic-based deeper dives (below). If you haven’t read this week’s overview, I recommend starting there.

• Agents/Copilots
• Apple
• Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
• Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR)
• Autonomous Vehicles
• AI Audio
• Business and Enterprise AI
• Chips and Hardware
• Consumer Products
• Education
• Ethics/Legal Security
• Images/Photos
• Google
• Locally Run AI Models
• Meta
• Microsoft
• OpenAI
• Open Source
• Podcasts/YouTube
• Publishing and News
• Robots and Embodiment
• Science and Medicine
• Video
• Vision/Multimodality
• X/Twitter/Grok
• Tech and Development

Credits/Sources

Most of these links come from just a few incredible sources.  Please follow them:

• Robert Scoble: https://x.com/Scobleizer
• Ethan Mollick:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/emollick/
• David Armano: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darmano/
• Alan Thompson: https://lifearchitect.ai/
• Theoretically Media: https://www.youtube.com/@TheoreticallyMedia 
• The Rundown: https://www.therundown.ai/
• Borriss: https://twitter.com/_Borriss_  
• Bilawal Sidhu:  https://twitter.com/bilawalsidhu/ 
• TLDR: https://tldr.tech/ai 
• Jeremiah Owyang: https://twitter.com/jowyang 
• Wes Roth: https://www.youtube.com/@WesRoth 

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• AI News: Week Ending 01/26/2024: https://ethanbholland.com/2024/02/06/ai-news-17-week-ending-01-26-2024-with-executive-summary-and-top-12-stories/
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