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SDAIA Inaugurates Excellence Center for Generative AI

SDAIA inaugurates the Center of Excellence for Generative Artificial Intelligence in collaboration with NVIDIA. (SPA)
SDAIA inaugurates the Center of Excellence for Generative Artificial Intelligence in collaboration with NVIDIA. (SPA)
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SDAIA Inaugurates Excellence Center for Generative AI

SDAIA inaugurates the Center of Excellence for Generative Artificial Intelligence in collaboration with NVIDIA. (SPA)
SDAIA inaugurates the Center of Excellence for Generative Artificial Intelligence in collaboration with NVIDIA. (SPA)

The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) inaugurated the Center of Excellence for Generative Artificial Intelligence in collaboration with the global technology company NVIDIA and launched the pilot version of the ALLAM application, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday.

This step is the first of its kind in the region for its importance in achieving the benefit of AI, enhancing the Kingdom's position in the field, and supporting cognitive capabilities.

Several ministers and officials in the public and private sectors, Saudi universities, hospitals, specialists in technology companies, and those interested in the fields of artificial intelligence from within the Kingdom along with foreign participants attended the event.

These accomplishments are in line with the objectives of the Saudi Vision 2030 – led by Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of SDAIA – reflecting his unlimited support for efforts to make the Kingdom a global technological hub for the latest advanced technologies related to AI.

The innovative projects adopted by SDAIA in AI are part of the authority's capacity as the national reference for data and AI in all related aspects of the Kingdom.

The projects are receiving support from Crown Prince Mohammed in recognition of the role they play in improving data and AI, stimulating their growth and utilizing them to serve humanity and lead the Kingdom's efforts to become a global leader in AI.

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Microsoft Revamps AI Copilot with New Voice, Reasoning Capabilities

Copilot logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. (Reuters)
Copilot logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. (Reuters)
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Microsoft Revamps AI Copilot with New Voice, Reasoning Capabilities

Copilot logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. (Reuters)
Copilot logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. (Reuters)

Microsoft has given its consumer Copilot, an artificial intelligence assistant, a more amiable voice in its latest update, with the chatbot also capable of analyzing web pages for interested users as they browse.

The US software maker now has "an entire army" of creative directors - among them psychologists, novelists and comedians - finessing the tone and style of Copilot to distinguish it, Mustafa Suleyman, chief executive of Microsoft AI, told Reuters in an interview.

In one demonstration of the updated Copilot, a consumer asked what housewarming gift to buy at a grocery store for a friend who did not drink wine. After some back-and-forth, Copilot said aloud: "Italian (olive) oils are the hot stuff right now. Tuscan's my go-to. Super peppery."

The feature rollout, starting Tuesday, is one of the first that Suleyman has overseen since Microsoft created his division in March to focus on consumer products and technology research.

Long identified with business software, Microsoft has had a much harder road in the consumer realm. Its Bing search engine, for instance, is still dwarfed by Google.

Suleyman is hoping for a bigger splash with Copilot, which launched last year in a crowded field of AI chatbots, including OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini.

Copilot's newly fashioned voice capabilities make it seem much more of an active listener, giving verbal cues like "cool" and "huh," Suleyman said.

Underlying the product are Microsoft AI, or "MAI," models, plus a technology suite from partner OpenAI, Suleyman said.

Suleyman added that consumers who spend $20 monthly for Copilot Pro can start testing a "Think Deeper" feature that reasons through choices, like whether to move to one city or another.

He said an additional test feature for paying subscribers, Copilot Vision, amounts to "digital pointing" - the ability for users to talk to AI about what they see in a Microsoft Edge browser. Consumers have to opt in, and the content they view will not be saved or used to train AI, Microsoft said.

These updates represent "glimmers" of AI that can be an "ever-present confidant, in your corner," Suleyman said. It's a vision he articulated as CEO of Inflection AI, whose top talent Microsoft poached in a closely watched deal this year.

Suleyman said that eventually, Copilot will learn context from consumers' Word documents, Windows desktops, even their gaming consoles if they grant permission.

Asked what Bill Gates, Microsoft's co-founder, thinks of the company's AI efforts, Suleyman said Gates was excited.

"He's always asking me about when Copilot can read and parse his emails. It's one of his favorite ones," Suleyman said. "We're on the case."