Microsoft, OpenAI, ChatGPT ... and Bing?
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🗓️ 7 January 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
What would a combination of OpenAI's ChatGPT natural language chatbot with Microsoft's Bing search engine look like?
We discuss the potentially surprising possibilities with longtime journalist and Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley, editor-in-chief at DirectionsOnMicrosoft.com, following a report this week by The Information, citing unnamed sources who say Microsoft is working on just such an integration.
Also on the show, we discuss the evolution and future of Microsoft Power Platform, and the key issues facing the company in the year ahead. Plus, we get the details on Mary Jo's new role, which includes writing the new Directions on Microsoft Blog, and hosting the Directions on Microsoft Briefing podcast.
Read Mary Jo Foley's posts for more on these topics:
- Could OpenAI's ChatGPT make Microsoft's long-rumored Bing chatbot a reality?
- Microsoft's plan to turn its Power Platform into a 'Power House'
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| 0:00.0 | But once they integrate GPT in there, |
| 0:02.9 | somebody like me will be able to say, |
| 0:04.9 | build me an app that keeps track of all the beers |
| 0:07.8 | that I've had in the past year. |
| 0:10.6 | Just to put an example out there. |
| 0:12.1 | How many terabytes of clouds would that require? |
| 0:15.0 | Many, many. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to GeekWire. |
| 0:22.0 | I'm GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. This week on the show, |
| 0:25.8 | Microsoft, Open AI, GPT, and the future of Search and Enterprise Technology. |
| 0:33.6 | My guest this week is Mary Joe Foley, who has covered Microsoft for many years and is now |
| 0:38.8 | the editor at Directions on Microsoft. |
| 0:41.8 | You can find her work at directions on Microsoft. You can find her work at directions on Microsoft.com |
| 0:45.1 | slash blog. Mary Joe, it's great to have you here. |
| 0:48.3 | Hey Todd, nice to be back doing a podcast with you. It's been too long. |
| 0:52.3 | We wanted to have you on to talk |
| 0:54.1 | about the news this week which was broken by the news site the information which |
| 0:58.8 | reported that Microsoft is preparing to incorporate open AI's chat gPT technology into the bing search engine |
| 1:06.3 | but I wanted to start first Mary Joe just with your big picture impressions of this |
| 1:12.4 | partnership between Microsoft and |
| 1:14.3 | open AI. It dates back to a billion dollar investment that Microsoft made in |
| 1:18.8 | open AI back in 2019. How would you describe the strategic importance of this partnership for Microsoft? |
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