Microsoft Announces Azure OpenAI Service, Empowering All Businesses to Unlock the Potential of AI
In a move to democratize AI and continue its partnership with OpenAI, Microsoft has announced the general availability of Azure OpenAI Service.
With this service, businesses can now access some of the most advanced AI models in the world, including GPT-3.5, Codex, and DALL•E 2, and create cutting-edge applications. Additionally, ChatGPT, a fine-tuned version of GPT-3.5, will also be available soon through Azure OpenAI Service.
Power of Large-Scale Generative AI Models
Azure OpenAI Service was first introduced in November 2021 as a way for customers to access the power of large-scale generative AI models, while also receiving the enterprise-grade capabilities and AI-optimized infrastructure of Microsoft Azure.
This includes features such as security, reliability, compliance, data privacy, and built-in Responsible AI capabilities.
Since its debut, Azure OpenAI Service has been used by customers across industries to generate a wide range of use cases.
From matching shoppers with the right purchases to summarizing customer service tickets, the service has enabled businesses to do more with less and improve the end-user experience.
Customers of all sizes, from startups like Moveworks to multinational corporations like KPMG, have been using Azure OpenAI Service for advanced use cases such as customer support, customization, and gaining insights from data using search, data extraction, and classification.
Real-World Applications of Azure OpenAI Service
Moveworks, a startup that specializes in automating IT and HR tasks, sees Azure OpenAI Service as an important component of its machine learning architecture.
According to Vaibhav Nivargi, CTO and Founder of Moveworks, “It enables us to solve several novel use cases, such as identifying gaps in our customer’s internal knowledge bases and automatically drafting new knowledge articles based on those gaps. This saves IT and HR teams a significant amount of time and improves employee self-service.
Azure OpenAI Service will also radically enhance our existing enterprise search capabilities and supercharge our analytics and data visualization offerings.
Given that so much of the modern enterprise relies on language to get work done, the possibilities are endless.”
Al Jazeera Digital is using Azure OpenAI Service to enhance its content production in several ways, including summarization and translation, selection of topics, AI tagging, content extraction, and style guide rule application.
According to Jason McCartney, Vice President of Engineering at Al Jazeera, Azure OpenAI Service can help them “further contextualize our reporting by conveying the opinion and the other opinion.”
KPMG, a multinational corporation, is using Azure OpenAI Service to help companies realize significant efficiencies in their Tax ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) initiatives.
With much of these tax payments buried in IT systems outside of finance, massive data volumes, and incomplete data attributes, Azure OpenAI Service finds the data relationships to predict tax payments and tax type, making it much easier to validate the accuracy and categorize payments by country and tax type.
In addition to these use cases, customers will soon be able to access ChatGPT—a fine-tuned version of GPT-3.5 that has been trained and runs inference on Azure AI infrastructure—through Azure OpenAI Service.
Azure—the best place to build AI workloads
The general availability of Azure OpenAI Service is a testament to Microsoft’s commitment to democratizing AI and its ongoing partnership with OpenAI.
With Azure, customers can trust that their AI workloads are backed by enterprise-grade capabilities and AI-optimized infrastructure, ensuring security, reliability, compliance, and data privacy.
This is a major step forward in the democratization of AI and it will enable businesses of all sizes to access the most advanced AI models in the world and create cutting-edge applications.
One of the most exciting things about Azure OpenAI Service is the breadth of use cases it has enabled for customers.
From startups like Moveworks to multinational corporations like KPMG, organizations are using it to improve experiences for end-users, streamline operational efficiencies internally and do more with less.
Step-by-Step Guide: Utilizing Azure OpenAI Service for Your Business
- Discover more about Azure OpenAI Service and its latest features.
- Apply for access to the service by submitting a request.
- Once approved, customers can log in to the Azure portal to create an Azure OpenAI Service resource and begin using it on the Studio website or through code.
- Learn how to create an Azure OpenAI Service resource by following a step-by-step guide.
- Get started with generating text by following our quickstart guide.
- Learn more about the importance of purpose-built cloud infrastructure for AI by reading the Microsoft blog post.
- Watch this video for tips and advice on how to effectively use Azure OpenAI Service.
Conclusion
The general availability of Azure OpenAI Service is an exciting development for businesses of all sizes. With access to the most advanced AI models in the world, businesses will be able to create cutting-edge applications, improve experiences for end-users, and streamline operational efficiencies. The democratization of AI is here and it’s a game-changer for the future of work and innovation.
By utilizing the capabilities of Azure OpenAI Service, businesses can tap into the power of large-scale generative AI models and harness their potential to solve big problems and create new opportunities.
But what sets Azure OpenAI Service apart from other AI platforms is its enterprise-grade capabilities and AI-optimized infrastructure. Customers can trust that their data is secure, their operations are reliable, and their compliance and data privacy needs are met.
Additionally, with built-in Responsible AI capabilities, customers can rest assured that their use of AI aligns with ethical principles and societal values.
Furthermore, the stories shared by Moveworks, Al Jazeera Digital, and KPMG showcase the diverse range of use cases that Azure OpenAI Service can enable. From identifying gaps in internal knowledge bases to predicting tax payments, the possibilities are endless.
And as the modern enterprise relies heavily on language to get work done, the benefits of Azure OpenAI Service are limitless.
It’s exciting to see the progress that AI has made and the general availability of Azure OpenAI Service is just the beginning.
As we continue to imagine what’s possible, we can look forward to seeing the innovative solutions and new opportunities that Azure OpenAI Service will bring to businesses and society as a whole.
