Azure AI Studio, while still in preview, checks most of the boxes for a generative AI application builder, with support for prompt engineering, RAG, agent building, and low-code or no-code development.
Microsoft has added seven more realistic-sounding AI text-to-speech voices in different languages that can be used by Azure AI customers along with several updates to previous voices.
Throat cancer required the removal of Chris Martin’s larynx in 2020, resulting in his loss of speech. An AI app has made it possible for him to talk again in his own voice. Now, this technology is being developed for others to use.
At its annual Inspire conference, Microsoft announced a number of new AI features headed to Azure, perhaps the most notable of which is Vector Search. Available in preview through Azure Cognitive search, Vector Search uses machine learning to capture the meaning and context of unstructured data, including images and text, to make search faster. Vectors enable machines to structure and make sense of data, enabling them to understand, for example, that words close together in "vector space" like "king" and "queen" are related and quickly surface them from a database of millions of words.