Microsoft Build Conference Unveils: AI Universe Takes Shape, Over 50 Product Updates Lead the Future

At the highly anticipated Microsoft Build developer conference in 2024, CEO Satya Nadella announced a series of stunning AI capability updates, with more than 50 items covering everything from GPT-4o on the cloud to self-developed Cobalt chips, to team-based Copilot and SOTA small models. This is not only a feast of AI technology but also a bold foresight into the future intelligent world.

Building the Microsoft AI Universe

GPT-4o on the Cloud: Announced the general availability of GPT-4o on Azure AI, working with companies such as Cohere, Databricks, Meta, Mistral, and the open-source community Hugging Face to jointly promote the development of large models.

Windows Copilot Library: Expected to launch in June, it includes more than 40 types of models and various local APIs, providing developers with powerful tool support.

Phi-3 Series Small Models: Launched the 4.2 billion parameter multimodal SLM Phi-3-vision, as well as 700 million and 1.4 billion parameter Phi-3 small and medium models, supporting cross-operating system and cloud-edge-end operation.

Edge-side Small Model Phi-Silica: Specifically designed for the NPUs in Copilot+PC, with outstanding performance.

Native Support for PyTorch, WebNN Frameworks: Through Windows DirectML, developers will be able to directly access GPUs and NPUs.

Copilot Connector: Supports the connection of business data, workflows, and third-party SaaS applications, helping enterprises build and customize Copilots.

Team-based Copilot: With multiple roles such as meeting hosting, recording, and chart making, it expands the capabilities of the Agent.

Azure AI Studio Custom Model Feature: Combined with the real-time intelligence capabilities of Microsoft Fabric, it provides strong support for data analysis.

Self-developed Chip Azure Cobalt: Performance is increased by up to 40%, promoting a leap in AI computing power.

NVIDIA Blackwell GPU Platform: Microsoft will be one of the first companies to provide this platform, and the Copilot+PC equipped with RTX GPUs is about to be released.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Grand Finale Announcement

At the end of the conference, the appearance of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman added a perfect ending to the event. He revealed that new models and overall intelligence will be key to OpenAI's next model, while emphasizing the importance of speed and cost.

Conclusion: AI Shapes the Future

The theme of the Microsoft Build conference, "How will AI shape your future?" has been perfectly interpreted. Through updates in infrastructure, models, software toolchains, and applications, Microsoft has shown us how AI is accelerating its penetration into our lives and driving changes in various industries.

Nadella's two dreams - computers truly understanding us and helping us make effective inferences, plans, and actions from data - have made breakthrough progress today. With the upgrade of Copilot and the practice of major products, the Microsoft AI universe has initially taken shape, indicating that the industry will enter a new reshuffling phase.

In this AI revolution, Microsoft has undoubtedly taken the lead, and we have reason to believe that the future world will become smarter and more convenient because of AI.