At Microsoft Build, Satya Nadella moves company deeply into new era of AI

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I. Growing the AI plugin ecosystem:

a) Microsoft will adopt the same open plugin standard that OpenAI introduced for ChatGPT, enabling interoperability across ChatGPT and the breadth of Microsoft's copilot offerings. Developers can now use one platform to build plugins that work across both consumer and business surfaces, including ChatGPT, Bing, Dynamics 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot.

(b)As part of this shared plugin platform, Bing is adding to its support for plugins and will be the default search experience for ChatGPT. In addition to previously announced plugins for OpenTable and Wolfram Alpha, Microsoft will also have Instacart, Kayak, Klarna, Redfin and Zillow, among many others in the Bing ecosystem.

II. Announcing new plugin capabilities within Microsoft's Copilot ecosystem:

Microsoft Copilot will be getting plugin support, providing developers the ability to extend AI-powered experiences across a variety of Microsoft apps and services. Now in limited preview, developers can use plugins to bring their data and code into Microsoft 365 Copilot, to act, and to operate – and interoperate - with other applications and system software. Additionally, Microsoft 365 Copilot will be natively integrated into Microsoft Edge.

III. New Azure AI tooling to help developers build, operationalize, and responsibly deploy AI apps

(a) Microsoft is announcing Azure AI Studio to make it simple to integrate external data sources into Azure OpenAI Service. These updates enable customers to deploy the most cutting-edge AI models using their own data accelerating time to value for AI powered applications.

(b) Microsoft is also releasing Azure AI Content Safety, a new service that helps businesses create safer online environments and