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Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Unveiled; Google Makes AI Free in Workspace
Microsoft relaunches Copilot for business with free AI chat and pay-as-you-go agents
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• Microsoft is relaunching Copilot for businesses as Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, offering free AI chat with pay-as-you-go AI agents, including virtual colleagues for tasks like email monitoring and automation.
• The pricing for using AI agents in Copilot Chat is based on message usage, where classic answers cost 1 message, generative answers cost 2 messages, and accessing Microsoft Graph data costs 30 messages, translating to 1 cent, 2 cents, and 30 cents per message, respectively.
Google is making AI in Gmail and Docs free — but raising the price of Workspace
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• Google is making all AI features in its Workspace suite free, including email summaries, generated designs, automated note-taker, research assistant, and writing tools.
• While Google is offering AI features for free, it is increasing the price of all Workspace plans by about $2 per month per user, aiming to compete with Microsoft and others in building the AI-powered office suite of the future.
Could Keir Starmer's AI dream derail his own green energy promise?
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• Keir Starmer launched a plan to significantly increase AI computing power under public control by 2030.
• The potential increase in energy-hungry AI data centers could conflict with the government's goal of achieving a clean power system by 2030.
British novelists criticise government over AI 'theft'
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• British novelists, including Richard Osman and Kate Mosse, criticize the UK government's plan to allow AI companies to mine artistic works for data, warning that it could harm creativity and be considered theft.
• Labour's endorsement of a 50-point action plan aimed at making the UK a leading AI superpower includes proposed changes on how tech firms can utilize copyrighted text and data for training AI models, sparking concerns among prominent writers about the impact on creative industries.
Synthesia, Startup Making Uncanny AI Avatars, Raises at $2.1 Billion Valuation
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• Synthesia, an AI startup, raised $180 million in funding, reaching a valuation of $2.1 billion.
• The company specializes in creating lifelike video avatars for businesses, positioning itself as one of the major AI firms in Britain.