Microsoft
shares rose as much as 5.8% Tuesday after the company announced a new artificial intelligence subscription service for Microsoft 365. The company will charge users an additional $30 per month for the use of generative AI with tools such as Teams, Excel and Word.
Adding on the subscription to Copilot, a generative AI assistant that works across Microsoft 365 programs, could increase monthly prices for enterprise customers as much as 83%. Copilot’s capabilities include ranking incoming emails, summarizing meetings, analyzing spreadsheet data, offering writing prompts and designing presentations, according to Microsoft.
The updates come as the race to offer consumer-driven generative AI tools heats up among tech giants such as Microsoft, Google, IBM
and more.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/18/microsoft-stock-pops-on-ai-subscription-for-microsoft-365.html
I’m imagining the stupid clippy telling you “you can make me smarter with just $30/m” /s
h/t mauros_lykos