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Microsoft empowers US Federal agencies with OpenAI’s language-producing models via Azure Cloud – Crypto News

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In a recent blog post, Microsoft Corp announced that it will provide access to Open AI‘s robust language-generation models to US federal agencies through its Azure cloud service.

Microsoft, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, has announced the integration of support for OpenAI’s advanced language modelsincluding GPT-4 and GPT-3, into Azure Government, its cloud service for US federal agencies.

The popularity of large language models (LLMs) has surged since the introduction of OpenAI’s Chat GPT, in which Microsoft has a stake. Businesses of various types and sizes are competing to develop functionalities utilizing these models.

Microsoft’s inclusion of GPT technology in Azure Government, its cloud platform designed for US government agencies, is a notable milestone. This move represents the first instance of a prominent company making chatbot technology accessible to governments.

The company typically provides access to Azure OpenAI Services for Azure commercial cloud users, which already boasts 4,500 customers as of May.

In addition, Microsoft has stated that government customers will have the ability to customize the language models for specific purposes, such as generating content, translating language to code, and summarizing information.

Meanwhile, Microsoft’s product suite that includes Word and Excel was down for more than 15,000 users on Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Microsoft services have faced at least three outages since the beginning of the year.

Microsoft Outlook which is used by millions of such companies to ensure efficient functioning has been reported of outage issues according to Downdetector.

“Outlook on the Web not working,” wrote one user. When trying to access the email site, an error message appears. “Service Unavailable,” it says, followed by: “HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable.” “We’re investigating an issue with accessing Outlook on the web. Further details can be found under EX571516 in the admin center,” the company said.

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Updated: 08 Jun 2023, 12:13 PM IST

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