Experts say ChatGPT could be a game-changer for Microsoft, as CEO Satya Nadella announces plans to roll out the technology across all of the company’s products.Microsoft plans to make OpenAI’s generative AI technology such as ChatGPT available to billions of users by integrating it into all of its products, CEO Satya Nadella said this week. That means that ChatGPT’s ability to generate text through short prompts is likely on its way to the Office 365 product suite, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Outlook. Using OpenAI’s models, Microsoft Word’s autocomplete and autocorrect features could carry out more advanced tasks than style and grammar correction and generate longer chunks of text based on a few words. Though the company hasn’t announced any specific features yet, users could potentially be able to input prompts and generate complete PowerPoint presentations and emails. These kinds of features could help Microsoft attract younger users. While Microsoft Office 365 has been a de facto standard for millions of enterprises, analysts say the tech giant has fallen behind in attracting those who gravitate toward collaborative-first products like Google Docs and Sheets. “Microsoft has lost significant traction versus Google, especially in the education vertical and younger demographics across colleges and there’s a generation that uses Google Docs as their default. Microsoft needs to change that,” Dan Ives, a tech analyst at Wedbush Securities, told Forbes. “I think ChatGPT would be the silver bullet that could change the paradigm between Google Docs and Microsoft Word.” Along with bringing ChatGPT to… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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