In today's news
Microsoft decides to go all-in on Copilot while dropping Bing
Artificial Intelligence is being successfully applied to decipher ancient texts that are 2,000 years old
An emerging AI startup has launched a job search automation service
Microsoft is fully committed to the development and use of Copilot
Copilot alternative to the bing interface
Microsoft enabled its AI-powered Bing search engine a year ago, but it has yet to make significant inroads in its search market share competition with Google.
Instead, ChatGPT has become one of the most popular services with over 100 million weekly users.
Microsoft is shifting its sights to broader areas, including adding new features to Office applications. This shift in strategy will help Microsoft lean more toward developing Copilot than Bing.
At the same time, this new strategy will also drive the creation of new services, such as monetization through Copilot+.
Artificial Intelligence Helps Decipher 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Texts
Three students, Youssef Nader, Luke Farritor, and Julian Schillinger, took home $700,000 of the Vesuvius Challenge's one-million-dollar prize, using artificial intelligence to successfully decipher a two-thousand-year-old scroll from the town of Herculaneum, which was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. ancient scroll. Their AI model, through pattern recognition, has revealed 2,000 Greek letters (5% of the entire text) that relate to discussions of music and food, which it is hypothesized may have been written by Philodemus, a follower of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus. The technology, which has been hailed as a revolution in Greek philosophy, aims to decipher 901 TP3T of the four already-scanned scrolls this year, and possibly even all 800 scrolls found in an 18th-century villa library.
Emerging AI Firms Drive Job Search Automation
Simplify, a startup from the W21 YC incubator, recently announced the closing of a $3 million seed round of funding to optimize job search functionality using AI technology. The company, co-founded by CEO Michael Yan, hopes to simplify the job application process for job seekers in the tech sector by specifically serving them with features such as questionnaires, career mining, matching and autofill. Unlike LinkedIn, Simplify focuses more on privacy and customization, offering a Chrome extension plugin to make job searching easier. The company currently has about 10 remote employees and is committed to building a diverse team while also considering various possible monetization strategies. The round was led by Craft Ventures and backed by YC, Hyphen Capital, GFC and several industry angel investors.
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WebPilot - Browse anything and write everything with WebPilot. [link (on a website)]
Technical Support Advisor - Get step-by-step technical support from printer setup to troubleshooting. [link (on a website)]
Nutri Vision - Identify foods, estimate calories, and get concise health insights with Nutri Vision. [link (on a website)]
