Research Archive
Copilot: Microsoft’s Foray into Integrating AI in Everyday Life
In a recent event in New York, Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Copilot, an AI companion that creates a unified experience across various Microsoft platforms apps and services. Microsoft Copilot promises a unique blend of web intelligence, work data context, and real-time PC activity to enhance user assistance, with a strong emphasis on privacy and security. The…
Samsung’s Unpacked: Redefining the Future – The Responsibility of Shaping a Market
Since Monday, I’ve been in South Korea to meet with Samsung’s executives and attend Samsung Unpacked. What has become the summer appointment with foldable saw the arrival of the 5th generation of the Galaxy Z Fold and the Galaxy Z Flip. These two devices hit the market as competition from brands such as Motorola, made…
Why We Should Not Use ChatGPT To Shame Alexa
As Microsoft started rolling out new Bing and Google launched Bard, I have seen many comparing these new generative AI services to digital assistants like Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri, only to point out the gap in capabilities between the two. Even Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, made the point during an interview with The Financial…
Considerations On Mobile World Congress 2023
Mobile World Congress (MWC) returned to Barcelona in full force this week. While I write this on my flight home, I have not seen the final number, but I had heard we had around 90 thousand people. It certainly felt like we were back to a pre-pandemic show with a fair amount of cautious optimism…
OpenAI Fuels Microsoft Bing’s Race Reset in Search
I was in Redmond this week to witness what we might look back on as a turning point in tech. Microsoft’s CEO, Satay Nadella, took the stage to introduce the evolution of Bing and Edge. On the back of the newly renewed partnership with OpenAI, Microsoft took what it referred to as OpenAI’s newest artificial…
Ten Years On, Surface Becomes The Best Stage For Microsoft
This week, Microsoft held its Microsoft Ignite conference and just before kicking that off, it held what has become the traditional Surface Fall event. This year, Surface turns ten, and it is fascinating to see how far it has come in this time, not so much on the hardware, which was already ahead of the…