Just ahead of Microsoft Build, the Azure team have announced the availability of GPT-4o, OpenAI’s latest flagship model on Azure AI. This innovative multimodal model combines text, vision, and audio capabilities, establishing a new benchmark for generative and conversational AI experiences. GPT-4o is now available in the Azure OpenAI Service for preview, with support for text and image inputs.
This is a preview for testing now
What does GPT-4o Bring?
GPT-4o represents a paradigm shift in the interaction of AI models with multimodal inputs. It integrates text, images, and audio to deliver a more immersive and engaging user experience.
What does the “preview” include?
Currently in preview, Azure OpenAI Service customers will be able to test GPT-4o’s broad capabilities via a preview playground in Azure OpenAI Studio. This initial version emphasizes text and visual inputs, offering a preview of the model’s possibilities and setting the stage for additional functionalities, including audio and video.
The preview is free to try but has limitations around usage and location availability.
Designed for rapidity and efficiency, GPT-4o’s sophisticated processing of complex inquiries with fewer resources has the potential to offer both cost efficiency and enhanced performance.
Note: At time of writing, this is preview is available in two US regions only West US3 and East US.
What about GPT-4o in Microsoft Copilot?
We don’t know yet, but we do know that there will exciting updates around the rest of the Microsoft AI stack this week. Microsoft has an agressive and innovation fuelled roadmap for Microsoft 365 Copilot so as Microsoft continues to update and integrate OpenAI’s latest models into Copilot – I’m looking forward to hearing more this week.
What else is coming?
This week is Microsoft Build 2024 in Seattle and online. I expect this to be (pretty much) all about Copilot, and AI so expect to hear more about GPT-4o and other Azure AI updates.
Further Reading
You can read more about GOT-4o at the official OpenAI Blog which is < here >.
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