The other model, MAI-1-preview, is far more interesting, and probably represents Copilot’s future. Microsoft is being cagy about what this particular model can do today or might do tomorrow, saying little more than that it is an initial “foundation model trained end-to-end and offers a glimpse of future offerings inside Copilot.”
And just what are those future offerings? Microsoft offers no details aside from the kind of hype you’ve come to know and hate from tech companies: “We are actively spinning the flywheel to deliver improved models. We’ll have much more to share in the coming months. Stay tuned!”
That said, it’s abundantly clear MAI-1 will be initially used to augment ChatGPT as Copilot’s brains — what Microsoft calls “future offerings inside Copilot.” For now, that’s likely to mean new Copilot capabilities, although Microsoft isn’t saying what they might be.
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