Kip Kniskern
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OpenAI head Sam Altman announces ChatGPT-4
Last week, news filtered out that ChatGPT-4, the latest iteration of OpenAI's chatbot, would be announced, and indeed today is that day. In a Tweet and a new → Read More
The first Windows Insider Canary Channel no-blog-post build drops, it's just a test
Microsoft recently made some changes to the Windows Insider program, adding a Canary channel for servicing builds in the 25000 series, thought to be headed → Read More
The Windows 11 Insider Canary Channel era begins with build 25314
After Microsoft announced on Monday that they were introducing a new Canary Channel, by all indications a method to test Windows 12, and moving Windows → Read More
Windows 11 Insider build 23403 released for the Dev Channel with lots of new stuff
Yesterday, Microsoft announced some changes to the Windows Insider Program, adding a Canary Channel to the arsenal, widely expected to be used to test → Read More
Bing Chat icon moves to sidebar and link referrals tracking begins
However in a separate but similar effort, Microsoft *is* very interested in allowing advertisers and others track hits coming to websites from the new Bing → Read More
Bing Chat one month in – setbacks, but progress, and lots of interest
One month ago, on February 7th, Microsoft introduced "the new Bing," featuring an AI chatbot known as Bing Chat (or Sydney, to some of its followers), and it → Read More
Microsoft reboots Windows Insider program, adds Canary Channel for highly technical users
Microsoft has announced some significant changes to the Windows Insider program with the introduction of a new Canary Channel. The new channel essentially → Read More
Here's one way to get around Bing Chat's 6 message limit
Reddit's r/bing is a busy place these days, as the new Bing and Bing chat have everyone talking. After some setbacks where the chatbot seemed to have trouble → Read More
Bing Chat's Mode selector is now available to most new Bing users, and more
Microsoft continues to tweak the new Bing, and by today if you're in the preview, you should be seeing the new Chat Mode selector, which allows users to → Read More
Bing Chat update promised last week is now in "full production"
Microsoft promised last week to update Bing Chat, the AI powered chatbot featured in the new Bing. The update comes in part to mitigate issues highlighted by → Read More
Microsoft continues to approve "lots" of Bing waitlist requests
Microsoft is moving ahead rapidly with allowing more people into the new Bing, and "lots (lots!)" of waitlist requests have been approved over the last few → Read More
No new Windows 11 Dev or Beta Channel builds this week
Well, this hasn't happened in a while, the Windows Insider Program announced via Twitter that there will be no new Windows 11 Dev or Beta Channels this week: → Read More
Bing Image Creator gets closer to launch with Bing search results tests
Last fall, Microsoft announced a preview of Bing Image Creator, a branded version of DALL-E 2, in a blog post on some new features coming to Bing: → Read More
Microsoft opens up about Prometheus, the model powering Bing Chat
When Microsoft announced the new Bing on February 7th, they didn't spend much time talking about Prometheus, the customized version of Chat GPT that powers → Read More
Windows 11 Insider build 22621.1343 now available for the Release Preview Channel
Microsoft has released a new build for the Windows 11 Insider Release Preview Channel, this one clocking in at 22621.1343. This build contains a bunch of new → Read More
Major quality improvement coming to the new Bing this week
While labelling Microsoft's new AI infused Bing Chat a failure this early is kind of ridiculous, there's no doubt the "new Bing" had its share of missteps in → Read More
Microsoft fixes Outlook.com spam problem, for now
If you're an Outlook.com user with a personal Microsoft email account (hotmail.com, msn.com, outlook.com, etc), you may have noticed an increase in spam → Read More
What's going on with Outlook.com spam?
If you use Outlook.com for a personal account, you're probably already aware that spam email has become quite the problem in the last couple of months, and → Read More
Microsoft caps Bing Chats at 50 per day and 5 per session
After a flurry of incidents where researchers and journalists were able to get Bing Chat to become "emotional," spill internal information, or just get → Read More
Windows Developer Platform CVP Kevin Gallo to leave Microsoft
If you've watched a Windows "Developer Days" webcast in recent years, you know who Kevin Gallo is. As the face of the popular webcasts touting the latest → Read More