Microsoft's AI Innovations Unveiled

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Microsoft is making waves with new AI features just in time for their Build conference, amid some drama with OpenAI.

Healthcare AI is getting a boost too, thanks to the new HealthBench benchmark, which aims to take AI capabilities to a new level in medical fields.

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In this issue:

• 🤝 In Partnership: Your tasks on autopilot

• 🤿Deep Dive: Microsoft Build highlights AI

• 🖼️AI Art: Examples of great and trending AI art

• 🤿Deep Dive: HealthBench benchmarks healthcare AI

• ⚒️Tool Snapshots: Tools for AI, no-code, and productivity

• 📰Top News: News on AI, no-code, and productivity

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

Microsoft Develops New AI Features Ahead of Build Conference Amidst Strained OpenAI Relationship

Intelligence: Microsoft’s upcoming Build developer conference is anticipated to showcase significant AI innovations, particularly in light of recent tensions between Microsoft and OpenAI regarding the integration of generative AI across its platforms.

• The Build conference will take place from May 19 to 22, featuring keynote sessions available for free online.

• Last year's event highlighted important advancements, including Copilot integration into Microsoft Teams and AI capabilities for Windows and PCs.

• Analysts expect deeper integrations of Copilot's generative AI across Microsoft’s services, aimed at enhancing consumer and enterprise offerings.

• In November, Microsoft raised prices for key software products like Office 365 and Windows 365 by 5%, suggesting that new AI functionalities may justify these increases.

• Microsoft's trials with alternative AI models from companies like xAI, Meta, and Anthropic indicate a potential shift in its strategy to minimize reliance on OpenAI technology.

• Copilot may soon feature enhanced "agentic" abilities, allowing it to perform routine PC tasks autonomously, based on findings from noted tech leaker TestingCatalog.

• The company is also exploring a set of proprietary AI models known as MAI, which may be offered via an API, potentially unveiled at Build.

🖼️ AI ART

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

Introduction of HealthBench Benchmark to Enhance AI Performance in Healthcare

Intelligence: A new evaluation tool called HealthBench has been developed to accurately measure the capabilities of AI systems in healthcare, resulting from collaboration with physicians worldwide.

• HealthBench aims to evaluate AI's effectiveness in health-related interactions by simulating realistic conversations between AI models and users or clinicians.

• Created in partnership with 262 physicians from 60 countries, the benchmark comprises 5,000 health conversations assessed with a rubric designed by medical experts.

• Goals for HealthBench evaluations include producing meaningful scores that reflect real-world impacts, ensuring trustworthy results aligned with physician judgment, and providing opportunities for model improvements.

• Each model response is graded based on 48,562 criteria, which encompass various performance aspects such as accuracy and communication quality.

• Comparison against physician responses indicates that while AI models have achieved significant success, they still exhibit gaps compared to expert clinical judgment, particularly in underspecified queries.

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📰 TOP NEWS

News on AI, no-code, automation, and productivity

🤖 Saudi Arabia launches Humain to drive national AI strategy

Saudi Arabia has launched Humain, a state-backed AI company chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, aiming to develop local AI tech, boost data infrastructure, and expand AI use across the economy.

🎵 Artists push UK to safeguard copyright in the AI era

Over 400 creatives, including Elton John, Dua Lipa, and Paul McCartney, have urged the UK government to back a bill requiring transparency around AI use of copyrighted content.

🛠️ Claude's system prompt surfaces in GitHub leak

A 24,000-token system prompt detailing Claude's behavior, tool usage, and citation rules was publicly exposed on GitHub.

📱 Honor unveils AI video tool ahead of Gemini rollout

Honor has launched an image-to-video generator powered by Google’s Veo 2, offering Honor 400 users the ability to turn photos into five-second videos directly within the phone’s Gallery app.

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