Generative AI News Rundown 6 - GPT-4, MS 365 Copilot, Google, South Park, and More - Voicebot Podcast 308

The Generative AI News (GAIN) rundown for March 16, 2023,
required some tough decisions. So much happened this week that we
zeroed in on the biggest stories and how they will shape the
market. We might get to some of the others, like Midjourney 5,
next week. In this episode, Bret Kinsella hosts along with Eric
Schwartz. The top stories in generative AI land this week
include:
Generative AI for Knowledge Workers



Microsoft 365 Copilot: A natural
language assistant that is a system and not just a bunch
of bolt-on LLM features. Can it live up to the ambition? It’s
definitely impressive.




Google Workspace: Some generative AI
features are coming to Google Docs and Gmail. Still closed
access and little detail, but an official signal about new
features. Also, the approach today is less ambitious than
Microsoft's.


The Long Wait is Over



GPT-4 is Here: The much-hyped and
long-awaited GPT-4 launch finally arrived. It is
multimodal with a vision input element, but that is not
widely available. However, the output quality is clearly
better, OpenAI claims that factuality is higher and
hallucinations rarer, and the context window quadrupled.


ChatGPT Contenders Take a Step Forward



Anthropic Claude: The ChatGPT competitor was
formally announced. However, there is still a waitlist!




Quora to Monetize Poe: Quora might face an
existential crisis as answers become easier to find with
ChatGPT, Perplexity, and the New Bing. However, Poe doesn’t
rely on one LLM. It allows the user to access many. And Quora
is charging for access.


LLMs and Popular Culture



ChatGPT on South Park: The latest South Park
episode featured ChatGPT. When new enterprise technology
starts showing up in iconic popular culture venues, something
important is happening. Plus, this is just funny.


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