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Google AI-Generated Ads The company offers the new features to advertisers for free, but says they could increase its revenue if AI-generated text and images encourage businesses to place more ads, or draw more clicks from consumers. Offering generative AI in ads is likely expensive, because the computing costs to operate text- and image-generating models…

Microsoft Build 2023: What to Expect Microsoft is holding its Build developer conference. Similar to other developer conferences like Google I/O and Apple’s WWDC, Microsoft uses Build to make feature announcements for its platforms and provide in-depth sessions for developers and other professionals that rely on its tools. There will be an in-person event taking…

Microsoft announces Windows Copilot, an AI personal assistant for Windows 10 Microsoft is adding a Copilot AI assistant to Windows 11. Called Windows Copilot, the new assistant will be integrated directly into Windows 11 and available to use from the taskbar. It will work just like the other sidebars we’ve seen in Edge, Office, and…

Windows Terminal is getting AI features thanks to GitHub Copilot The launch of GitHub Copilot comes just months after GitHub announced a new ChatGPT-like assistant to help developers write and fix code. The company also experiments with adding AI-powered features to other developer tools like its own WinDbg debugger. Today, it announces that it will…

Windows app reinstallation made easy with Microsoft’s new Dev Home Microsoft is making it easier for developers to set up and use Windows dev machines with Dev Home. It uses the Windows Package Manager to generate a configuration file to install the apps, tools, and packages that developers need. It also includes the ability to…

Microsoft’s Copilot and Bing AI Plugins to Work with ChatGPT Microsoft and OpenAI announce that they will support the same open plug-in standard for their chatbots, enabling interoperability between plug-ins for Bing Chat, Microsoft’s Copilot platform, and ChatGPT. Until now, only Google has supported this kind of standard, but it’s limited to two companies that…

Microsoft is using AI to generate app review summaries for the Microsoft Store Microsoft is making a big AI-focused change to the Microsoft Store. AI-generated review summaries will now start appearing across the store, showing top-line synopsis of the reviews in addition to the usual rating of up to five stars. Developers will be able…

ChatGPT now defaults to Bing for search Microsoft and OpenAI have teamed up to make Bing the default search experience for ChatGPT. The company says the new search engine will be rolling out to Plus users today and will be enabled for all free chat clients soon. It also notes that this is the second…

Meta’s acquisition of Giphy is blocked by the UK, so Shutterstock picks up Shutterstock is buying Giphy for $53 million, after its acquisition was blocked by the British Competition Regulator. That price represents a steep discount compared to what Meta originally agreed to pay for the company in 2020.As part of the deal, Meta will…

Microsoft is launching its Dev Boxes this July, cloud-powered workstations that Microsoft begins accepting pre-configured, ready-to-code cloud-based workstations in its Dev Box. The company has been experimenting with Dev Box since last year’s Build event, and today it officially announces that it will become available in July 2023.First teased at the Build event , the…