Microsoft is set to make a big splash in the productivity software market, as it prepares to integrate its Prometheus AI model into its popular apps, including Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. According to sources close to the matter, the company will announce the integration in March, putting to use its investments in OpenAI to reinvent its search and productivity tools.
OpenAI’s technology will help users write more accurately, suggesting alternative words and phrases as they type. It may also be used to generate meeting notes and summarize long documents, helping users extract key points and make better use of their time.
Microsoft is competing with Google for the title of AI leader, and with the integration of OpenAI’s technology into its products, it’s challenging Google’s monopoly for the first time. Google has responded with its own AI chatbot, Bard, but the outcome has not been as successful as the company hoped.
The new Microsoft Edge gives us a glimpse of what’s to come, as it features a Bing sidebar integration that allows users to use the Prometheus model on Office’s web apps. With Microsoft’s billions invested in OpenAI and its language model integrations, it’s poised to shake up the productivity software market.
