INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Microsoft Corp on Monday said it is widening access to hugely popular software from OpenAI, a startup it is backing whose futuristic ChatGPT
chatbot has captivated Silicon Valley.Microsoft said the startup&s tech, which it so far has previewed to its cloud-computing customers in a
program it called the Azure OpenAI Service, was now generally available, a distinction that&s expected to bring a flood of new usage,
Reuters reported.The news comes as Microsoft has looked at adding to the $1 billion stake in OpenAI it announced in 2019, two people
familiar with the matter previously told Reuters
The news site Semafor reported earlier this month that Microsoft might invest $10 billion; Microsoft declined to comment on any potential
deal.Public interest in OpenAI surged following its November release of ChatGPT, a text-based chatbot that can draft prose, poetry or even
ChatGPT is powered by generative artificial intelligence, which conjures new content after training on vast amounts of data — tech that
Microsoft is letting more customers apply to use.ChatGPT itself, not just its underlying tech, will soon be available via Microsoft&s cloud,
it said in a blog post.Microsoft said it is vetting customers& applications to mitigate potential abuse of the software, and its filters can
screen for harmful content users might input or the tech might produce.The business potential of such software has garnered massive
venture-capital investment in startups producing it, at a time funding has otherwise dried up
Already, some companies have used the tech to create marketing content or demonstrate how it could negotiate a cable bill.Microsoft said
CarMax, KPMG and others were using its Azure OpenAI service
Its press release quoted an Al Jazeera vice president as saying the service could help the news organization summarize and translate
content.The post Microsoft to expand ChatGPT access first appeared on Ariana News.
