Microsoft updates Copilot with DALL-E 3 and says GPT-4 Turbo support and a Code Interpreter feature are coming soon; Bing will get a “Deep Search” feature
Microsoft is detailing a number of new features coming to its Copilot service soon, including OpenAI's latest models.
The VergeTom Warren
Context & Ripple Effects
This is an early step in Microsoft’s effort to make Copilot a broader AI surface rather than a single chat feature: the related coverage pairs upgraded foundation-model access with image generation, coding-oriented analysis, and a more research-intensive Bing experience.
The subsequent record reinforces that direction, from a mobile Copilot app with GPT-4 and DALL-E 3 to a redesigned Copilot with additional image tools and a new Balanced-mode model. The significance is the bundling of multiple AI tasks behind Microsoft’s Copilot and Bing entry points.
First-order effects
Copilot gains DALL-E 3 image generation, while Microsoft signals forthcoming GPT-4 Turbo and Code Interpreter capabilities; users get a broader set of creation and analysis functions within the same product.
Bing is set to add Deep Search, extending Microsoft’s AI differentiation from answer generation toward more involved search queries.
Second-order effects
Bundling image creation, advanced models, and code analysis raises the baseline for rival AI assistants: competing products must match not just chat quality but the range of integrated tools.
A deeper-search feature makes Bing’s AI layer more consequential to the search experience, increasing the importance of how search products handle complex queries and surface underlying web information.
Third-order effects
If this product pattern persists, AI assistants are likely to compete as consolidated work surfaces that route users among models, generation tools, analysis features, and search rather than as standalone chatbots.
As AI-led search becomes more capable, the economics and controls around publisher content may become a more durable industry issue, especially where richer answers reduce the need to navigate away from the results page.
The trend: Microsoft is moving Copilot and Bing toward an integrated AI work surface where model upgrades, multimodal creation, analysis, and search are delivered as one evolving product layer.
I know, I've been promising Code Interpreter for a while. We are flighting the first version and the full version (with the file upload) is close now, too. [image]
The pace of innovation in Copilot's first year has been astounding. And we're not done. Looking forward to even more advanced capabilities, including responses powered by GPT-4 Turbo and Dall-E 3, Code Interpreter, and more. https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
Bing Code Interpreter is on its way, which will be the first time (I think?) you can try out Code Interpreter (aka Coding Intern) without paying $20/month for ChatGPT Plus
While ChatGPT Plus access is still closed, it looks like the free Bing version of GPT-4 is rolling out the missing GPT-4 features, including Code Interpreter. So now the most advanced version of the most advanced AI will be free in 169 countries. What does widespread AI mean?
I was really hoping we would go with the “Search Harder” naming, as it reminds me of conversations with my kids. “Dad, I can't find it” “Well, search harder!”
Something I'm super-excited about: Deep Search (aka “Search Harder"). You know how, when researching something complicated, you try several queries, read many documents? We make GPT-4 do it for you. Already flighting: https://blogs.bing.com/...
🎉 Celebrating year 1 of Microsoft Copilot and Bing Chat, the AI that's changing how we search, shop, code, and create online. We've compiled some of our favorite use cases inspired by our community of fans and preview testers. See the list and try a few: https://blogs.microsoft.c…
This year will be remembered as the moment we began to harness the power of #AI in our daily lives. To celebrate, I'm delighted to share we are now flighting new innovations like GPT-4 Turbo, Deep Search, and a new DALL-E 3 model. More here: https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ... [vide…