Microsoft looks to introduce ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence (AI) into Office applications to compete with Google. Satya Nadella, the company's CEO, wants Microsoft to be a leader in AI, so more AI announcements are planned for this year.

Microsoft will soon show how ChatGPT-like AI will transform Word, PowerPoint and Outlook applications. GPT models have already been tested in Outlook to improve search results and recommend responses to emails. Microsoft has also announced a generative AI experience in Microsoft Viva Sales, and the Prometheus Model is already being used in some Office web applications.

Microsoft is moving fast with AI integration, mainly because of rival Google. Microsoft wants to seize the opportunity of AI in 2023 and leverage some features from the Prometheus Model that have not yet been publicly discussed. AI will be the big buzzword of the tech industry for the whole year as Microsoft and Google begin the battle of AI future.

According to analysts at UBS, ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users in two months and more than 1 million people signed up to the Bing AI queue in 48 hours. Microsoft's internal executives are confident that they are well ahead of Google with the integration of Bing AI and upcoming productivity apps, but have warned their employees about rivals.

Nadella said the focus on AI through Microsoft products is based on the consumer response to ChatGPT. The Microsoft CEO is so keen to push Microsoft's AI developments that he arrived early for the company's Bing AI event and asked that the start date be brought forward. Nadella said how important the development of AI is to him and that he wants Microsoft to be a leader in the field.

Microsoft's new Prometheus Model (based on the next-generation OpenAI model) has already transformed Bing web search, and the next step will be to integrate this functionality into Microsoft Office applications and Teams. The company is currently working on AI to generate graphs in Excel, draw graphs in PowerPoint. Bing AI can already generate tables and charts that can be used for presentations or Excel.

This article is based on ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, in which Microsoft has invested more than $100 billion so far. The italicised part was written by humans alone, all other text was generated by artificial intelligence.