Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says pace of AI innovation in 2023 was astounding, cites favorite use-cases

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just dropped a short video on X (formerly Twitter) where he highlighted the achievements of the company in the artificial intelligence division. In the ‘Pace of AI innovation in 2023' video, he provided a few examples where organizations used AI tools by the company to make a positive impact on the world. Microsoft launched Copilot earlier this year, powered by OpenAI's GPT technology, and used it to build its own AI products for enterprises. In the span of just a few months, Microsoft has built several partnerships with businesses across the globe where companies are using its AI systems to build consumer-centric products, he revealed.

In the video, Nadella said, “The pace of AI innovation in 2023 was astounding – but even more impressive was how people applied this technology to make a real difference in their careers, communities, and countries. Here are some of my favorite examples”.

Nadella opens the video by saying “There's no doubt 2023 was the year of AI. We are no longer talking about AI in abstract, we are seeing real product making, deployment, productivity gains”. He explained that this year has also witnessed a breakthrough in silicon production, which has also accelerated the growth of AI systems. He also praised the emergence of small language models (SLMs) and gave examples of Orca, which focuses on synthetic data creation and possesses enhanced reasoning abilities, as well as Phi, which is trained on “textbook-quality” data focusing entirely on knowledge. Both of these foundation models belong to Microsoft and are being offered as enterprise solutions.

Nadella also highlighted how a new business avenue of ‘Model as a Service' or MaaS has emerged, thanks to the AI boom. He gave