Microsoft is Challenging OpenAI with Its Own AI Models

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• Microsoft is Challenging OpenAI with Its Own AI Models

• Gmail's Gemini adds ‘Add to calendar’ AI Button

• 'Boomer prompts' don't work with its new reasoning models

Microsoft
👊 Microsoft is Challenging OpenAI with Its Own AI Models

Microsoft has been a significant supporter of OpenAI but now they are ready to challenge them. In a “strategic” twist, Microsoft is now going solo by developing proprietary AI models, even as it maintains its partnership with the ChatGPT-maker.The move is to reduce Microsoft’s dependence on OpenAI.

Insights for you:

• Microsoft is developing in-house AI models that they may sell to developers and use for their own AI needs.

• The AI division, led by Mustafa Suleyman, has already trained a bunch of models, currently being called MAI.

• The company is also evaluating xAI, Meta, and DeepSeek models in Copilot as an alternative to OpenAI.

Google
📆 Gmail's Gemini adds ‘Add to calendar’ AI Button

Google has announced a new AI feature that uses Gemini AI bot to add events to your Google Calendar based on emailed details in Gmail. Gemini will automatically detect calendar-related content in an email and present an “Add to calendar” button.

Insights for you:

• As Google continues expanding AI-powered tools within Gmail, this new feature further demonstrates the integration of advanced AI into productivity apps.

• The new calendar button will appear at the top of emails, right next to the summarize button that arrived last year.

• Google says this feature is rolling out starting today and will be available to all Workspace users by mid-April.

AI Research
👴 'Boomer prompts' don't work with its new reasoning models

OpenAI has published new guidelines for effective use of its o-series models, emphasizing direct instruction over complex prompting techniques. For projects requiring multiple steps, the company suggests using o-models to create detailed plans, with GPT models handling the execution of individual tasks.

Insights for you:

• OpenAI has released new guidelines for effectively using its AI models, advising users to provide simple, direct instructions rather than relying on complex prompt engineering techniques.

• The company discourages the use of overly detailed "boomer prompts" and instructions like "think step-by-step" for its o-models.

• Instead, they recommend concise, well-structured instructions using separators such as XML tags, along with clearly defined success criteria and constraints.