Microsoft founder Bill Gates gave sky-high praise to ChatGPT, which he said would change human life.
This was stated by Gates when interviewed by the German daily Handelsblatt. According to him, ChatGPT is an invention that is as important as the internet and will change human life.
"Until now, artificial intelligence can only read and write, but not understand content. New programs like ChatGPT will make office work more efficient by helping write invoices or letters. This will change our lives," said Gates.
It's only natural that Gates praised ChatGPT, apart from the fact that this chatbot is revolutionary, Microsoft has indeed injected large amounts of funds into OpenAI -- the maker of ChatGPT --. In addition, ChatGPT is the fastest growing consumer app in history.
Microsoft has just announced a new version of its search engine Bing which is powered by the brains behind ChatGPT. The same artificial intelligence (AI) technology is used to bring new features to the Edge browser.
At the launch event for the new version of Bing, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said web browsing had not changed in decades, but the presence of AI would be able to provide information more smoothly and quickly than traditional methods.
In the demonstration that was showcased at the event, Microsoft showcased the new version of Bing in several configurations. One of them displays traditional search results with a summary from AI next to them, while the other mode allows users to talk directly to the Bing chatbot and ask questions like the ChatGPT interface.
Microsoft showed several search examples, including asking Bing for recipes, vacation tips, and shopping for furniture on Ikea. In one after another, Bing was asked to make travel plans for a five-day vacation in Mexico City, and that question was fully answered by a chatbot complete with rough details as well as links to resources.
Unlike ChatGPT, whose knowledge is limited until 2021, the new version of Bing can display news and information about the latest events. Microsoft says the feature is powered by the latest version of GPT 3.5, OpenAI's large language model (LMM) that powers ChatGPT.
Microsoft calls this model the 'Prometheus', and says it's more powerful than GPT 3.5 and can answer questions with up-to-date information.