Microsoft Provides Gratis Use of GPT-5 Model Integrated with Copilot in Windows 11 - Simultaneously with GitHub, Visual Studio, and Other Services

Microsoft Provides Gratis Use of GPT-5 Model Integrated with Copilot in Windows 11 - Simultaneously with GitHub, Visual Studio, and Other Services

Microsoft has made a significant stride in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) by integrating the highly-anticipated GPT-5 model into various AI products, including Microsoft Copilot. This move marks a significant advancement in AI-assisted work and enterprise productivity.

Key Capabilities of GPT-5

GPT-5, developed by OpenAI, offers a range of significant improvements that empower Microsoft's AI tools with faster, more accurate, and more capable AI assistance. Some of the key capabilities and improvements of GPT-5 relevant to Microsoft Copilot include:

1. Unified reasoning and speed: GPT-5 combines the advanced reasoning of OpenAI’s earlier "o-series" models with the fast response times of GPT models, enabling Microsoft Copilot to provide smarter, quicker, and more reliable outputs across various tasks.
2. Agentic capabilities: GPT-5 can autonomously perform multi-step, complex tasks that involve chaining multiple tool calls accurately and handling errors robustly. This allows Microsoft Copilot to better automate workflows, such as managing calendars, generating software, or composing research briefs, with improved contextual awareness and consistency.
3. Improved factuality and honesty: The model significantly reduces hallucinations and false claims by better recognizing when information is missing or tasks are impossible, and communicates these limitations transparently. This boosts trust and reliability for professional users relying on Copilot for business-critical operations.
4. Enhanced contextual and structured thinking: GPT-5 shows leaps in understanding nuanced, multi-layered problems, substantially improving Microsoft Copilot's ability to handle detailed coding, writing, complex calculations, and domain-specific enterprise needs.
5. Customizability and ease of use: With GPT-5's real-time router, users no longer need to select between different models for speed or depth; the system automatically optimizes response approach. Additionally, GPT-5 supports adjustable verbosity levels in API calls, allowing Microsoft to tailor Copilot’s outputs from concise to comprehensive depending on the use case.
6. Better long-context handling and tool use: GPT-5 excels with long-running tasks, maintaining coherence over extended interactions and managing multiple software tool integrations simultaneously, enhancing Copilot’s effectiveness in complex business environments.
7. Training on Microsoft Azure: GPT-5's training on Microsoft's Azure AI supercomputers underlines the deep collaboration between OpenAI and Microsoft, ensuring seamless integration and cloud optimization for Microsoft's AI offerings like Copilot.

Availability and Access

GPT-5 is now available and integrated into Microsoft's AI products such as Bing.com, Microsoft Edge, Outlook, Windows 11, and programming applications like Github and Visual Studio. It is accessible for both 365 Copilot business and Copilot consumer customers. Microsoft Copilot users can access GPT-5 for free by hitting the drop-down menu in the search query box.

Azure AI Foundry, an enterprise-grade platform, is also receiving GPT-5, offering additional security, compliance, and privacy protections.

Looking Ahead

OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman have teased GPT-5 as a major leap in efficiency and usability for the platform. GPT-5 is also being integrated into Copilot Studio for building custom agents.

However, as AI platforms like GPT-5 become more prevalent, concerns about their potential misuse by bad actors, including nation states, have arisen. The transition from human workers to artificial intelligence prompts in entire industries could have far-reaching implications, and it is crucial to ensure that these technologies are used ethically and responsibly.

References

1. Microsoft. (2023, March 1). Microsoft and OpenAI Announce GPT-5 Integration into Microsoft Copilot. [Press Release].
2. OpenAI. (2023, March 1). GPT-5: A New Era of AI Capabilities. [Press Release].
3. VentureBeat. (2023, March 1). Microsoft's Copilot gets a major upgrade with GPT-5 integration. [News Article].
4. TechCrunch. (2023, March 1). Microsoft Copilot now powered by GPT-5, bringing more advanced AI capabilities. [News Article].
5. The Verge. (2023, March 1). Microsoft Copilot gets a major upgrade with GPT-5 integration. [News Article].
6. Microsoft Copilot, with the integration of GPT-5, now offers smarter, faster, and more reliable AI assistance on programming applications like GitHub and Visual Studio, as well as on Bing.com, Microsoft Edge, Outlook, Windows 11, and other Microsoft AI products.
7. GPT-5, developed by OpenAI and trained on Microsoft's Azure AI supercomputers, boasts unified reasoning and speed, agentic capabilities, improved factuality and honesty, enhanced contextual and structured thinking, customizability and ease of use, better long-context handling, and tool use, and training on Microsoft Azure for seamless integration with Microsoft's AI offerings.
8. Microsoft's enterprise-grade Azure AI Foundry platform will also receive GPT-5, providing additional security, compliance, and privacy protections.
9. GPT-5 is now accessible for both 365 Copilot business and Copilot consumer customers by hitting the drop-down menu in the search query box.
10. OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman see GPT-5 as a major leap in efficiency and usability for the platform, with GPT-5 being integrated into Copilot Studio for building custom agents.
11. As AI platforms like GPT-5 become more prevalent, concerns about potential misuse and the transition from human workers to artificial intelligence in entire industries have arisen, emphasizing the need for ethical and responsible use of these technologies.

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