Windows Copilot Newsletter #19 - Claude crowned king; Copilot hits Windows 10; Data poisoning on the cheap
Windows Copilot Newsletter #19
Claude 3 Opus dethrones GPT-4; Microsoft begins upgrading Windows 10 desktops for Copilot; for $60 researchers can poison the data used to train AI chatbots...
G'day and welcome to the nineteenth edition of the Windows Copilot Newsletter, where we curate all of the most important stories in the rapidly-evolving field of AI chatbots. A very interesting week of news, so let's dive right in...
Top News
Anthropic leads the pack: For nearly a year, OpenAI has lead the way with its best-in-class GPT-4 large language model. Until this week. Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus took the top ranking on the leaderboard that AI researchers trust. The king is dead - long live King Claude! Read it all here.
Microsoft begins Windows 10 rollout: Microsoft announced that its planned rollout of Copilot to the billion-or-so Windows 10 desktops has begun. This could triple the number of desktops with access to the AI chatbot. Read the announcement here.
But does anyone want Copilot? This report claims that most Windows users don't want Copilot on their taskbars - they want it in the bin. (I have never seen such a strong reaction in social media to any other post on the Windows Copilot News blog. It's hit a nerve.)
Teams gets new Copilot integrations: Microsoft has found a winning combination with Copilot and Teams, and is furthering the integration between the two tools. Read that here.
Top Tips
Better Gemini results: A great set of tips from SlashGear about how to refine your Gemini prompts.
6 Unexpected Uses for ChatGPT: Did you know you can use ChatGPT to sell your house? That - and much more - here.
Safely and Wisely
AI chatbot poisoning, on the cheap: Researchers detailed how with as little as $60, they could 'poison' the data used to train an AI chatbot - making it permanently unreliable. Read how they do that here.
The Rise of the Job-Search bots: Get a bot to send your resume around? Sounds like a good idea - but maybe it isn't. Read why here.
Longreads
The people behind the Transformer: At the heart of every AI chatbot is a piece of software known as a 'transformer'. WIRED profiles the 8 Google researchers who came up with it, back in 2017.
The Pre-history of AI: The always-marvelous Benjamin Breen explores the history of AI before AI, contained within a 1968 interview with legendary anthropologist Margaret Mead.
Understanding the Microsoft Copilot Pro Value Proposition
Last month, Drew Smith and I released our first Wisely AI white paper - designed to help organisations evaluate whether the features in Copilot Pro justify handing Microsoft a hefty AUD $45 per month per person subscription fee. Read or download the white paper here.
Our next white paper, 'De-Risking AI', will be released on the 18th of April. To receive a copy upon release, sign up here.
More next week - when we’ll be back with more AI chatbot news!
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Mark Pesce
mark@markpesce.com // Wisely AI