Users of Microsoft's Azure Government service can now access artificial intelligence (AI) models from OpenAI, including the latest version of GPT-4.
On June 7, Microsoft announced that Azure Government customers now have access to two of OpenAI’s major language models: GPT-4 and its predecessor, GPT-3. The software giant did not name specific US agencies that are expected to use these AI applications, but the Department of Defense , Department of Energy, and NASA are among the government customers.
The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), a U.S. Department of Defense agency responsible for collecting and sharing military research, will test Microsoft's new product, a DTIC official confirmed.
Microsoft has previously offered AI models to commercial customers through its fast-growing Azure OpenAI service. By May, the Windows maker said it had 4,500 customers using the service, up from 2,500 the previous quarter, including Volvo AB, Ikea, Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Shell Plc. The initiative announced on June 7 is the first known effort by a major company to broadly offer chatbot technology to the U.S. government.
Federal, state, and local government agencies can use GPT 4 and 3 to perform tasks such as generating answers to research questions, generating computer code, and summarizing field reports. However, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that Azure Government users will not have specific access to ChatGPT.
Additionally, user data submitted to the network will remain in a private network compared to the commercial version storage space and will not be used to train future AI models.
(According to Bloomberg)
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