Microsoft Copilot has got an important upgrade, expanding the capabilities and knowledge base of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool across platforms. The Microsoft-powered chatbot now uses GPT-4 Turbo rather than the older GPT-4.
The change has increased the context window of Copilot dramatically. As a result, it is now a more knowledgeable tool that can handle more information at once.
Mikhail Parakhin, Microsoft’s lead for the Windows client, shared the news on X. In follow-up posts, Parakhin shared that GPT-4 Turbo is available at all times for the free version of Copilot. It is available in both Precise mode and Creative mode. If a user prefers to use GPT-4, he/she has to be a Copilot Pro user.
From OpenAI, GPT-4 Turbo is the latest model. It has a knowledge base that extends up to April 2023. To put it simply, it can recall information up to that date. September 2021 is the cutoff date of the GPT-4 model. So when it comes to recent events, it is much more limited.
To fill the gaps from April 2023 to the present day, the Copilot combines Bing search engine information and OpenAI’s GPT technology to generate responses.
GPT-4 Turbo not only has a more recent knowledge base cutoff but also a 128k context window. The earlier version, GPT-4, only has an 8k content window.
