{"id":95494,"date":"2023-07-18T22:15:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/?p=4138492"},"modified":"2023-07-18T22:15:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:15:35","slug":"microsoft-inspire-2023-keynote-highlights-and-top-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudnewshub.com\/?p=95494","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Inspire 2023: Keynote Highlights and Top News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella presents at the Inspire conference keynote on July 18, 2023. Image: TechRepublic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Microsoft presented new partner opportunities and generative AI innovations<\/a> at the keynote for its Inspire conference, which is being held virtually July 18-19. Artificial intelligence was the talk of the show, with Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella saying, \u201cWe are in the midst of a massive platform shift with the new generation of AI.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Inspire, the company announced pricing for Microsoft 365 Copilot<\/a>; Bing Chat Enterprise, a version of the chatbot built into Microsoft 365 with considerations around privacy for businesses; and enhancements to the Azure AI model catalog, among other new offerings.<\/p>\n

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Nadella goes all-in on generative AI<\/h2>\n

Nadella pointed out two major applications for generative AI<\/a>: the ability of AI to make computer user interfaces more intuitive using natural language and information management. Generative AI is a reasoning engine that works on top of all of your data<\/a>, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to have natural language as the interface we have with computers is the pursuit,\u201d said Nadella.<\/p>\n

\u201cMicrosoft\u2019s big bet on generative AI across their product portfolio will rely heavily on their partner ecosystem to be successful,\u201d said Jason Wong, Gartner analyst. \u201cPartners will be critical to ensuring customer readiness of data and talent, effective implementation across multi-vendor technology stacks, and change management to ensure value attainment.\u201d<\/p>\n

SEE: Keep up to date with our <\/b>ChatGPT cheat sheet<\/b><\/a> (TechRepublic)<\/b><\/p>\n

Microsoft 365 Copilot\u2019s price is steep<\/h2>\n

Microsoft 365 Copilot, which embeds a ChatGPT-based conversational AI into 365 applications, will cost $30 per month per user, announced Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president and consumer chief marketing officer at Microsoft. He demonstrated Copilot by creating a PowerPoint presentation and then a summary of that presentation, all within Teams. Microsoft did not announce when Copilot will be generally available.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Microsoft 365 Copilot price indicated how much value Microsoft believes there is to unlock in the digital workplace with generative AI,\u201d said Wong. \u201cThe comparatively high price will force potential customers to think more carefully about which employee segments will benefit most from Copilot and to identify concrete use cases with ROI to justify the extra costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bing Chat Enterprise rolled out<\/h2>\n