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Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In today\u2019s edition\u2026OpenAI releases a more capable image generator, while Microsoft plants its stake in reasoning agents; Google debuts Gemini 2.5 \u201cthinking\u201d models; Amazon tests AI assistants for health and shopping; Character.AI gives parents a lens into their kid\u2019s time on the platform; and AI companies\u2019 aggressive crawlers overwhelm open-source projects.\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, both OpenAI and its backer (and erstwhile rival\u2026it\u2019s complicated) Microsoft rolled out some of their newest and most powerful AI capabilities into their main platforms. OpenAI debuted a new image generation capability for GPT-4o on its main ChatGPT service, offering enhanced image creation and granular editing capabilities based on text prompts. This makes the image generation far superior to what was possible with its earlier DALL-E model. And Microsoft announced its boosting its Microsoft 360 Copilot offering with two \u201cdeep reasoning agents,\u201d as well as \u201cagent flows\u201d designed to remove some of the unpredictability that comes with using AI agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ChatGPT already had an image generator, and Microsoft has already rolled out various sorts of agents geared toward the enterprise. Both releases, however, offer a new twist on what they were offering\u2014and shows the power of being able to instantly roll out a new feature on a platform that already has\u00a0hundreds of millions of users. Having that kind of distribution is a huge edge as the competition among similar products heats up.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4o Image Generation raises the bar <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now rolling out to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Team, and free users, OpenAI describes the new integration as its \u201cmost advanced image generator yet.\u201d And I have to say, the results are impressive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, 4o Image Generation can produce vivid realistic scenes and produce impressive \u201cstyle transfer\u201d transformations of uploaded images based on prompts. (You can also edit key features of uploaded images, just from prompts too.) Based on the plethora of images flooding the ChatGPT subreddit<\/a>, this style transfer capability is proving popular. An image<\/a> the model created after a user prompted it to change the \u201cDistracted boyfriend\u201d meme into the style of \u201cSouth Park,\u201d for example, is honestly kind of shocking in how spot-on it is to the show\u2019s visual look\u2014no wonder companies creating generative AI models are being inundated with copyright lawsuits. On another note, users are already testing the boundaries<\/a> of creating images of public figures such as Donald Trump and Elon Musk. OpenAI confirmed to Eye on AI that it isn\u2019t restricting the new image model from creating images of real people except in cases of nudity or graphic violence. This represents a shift from its restrictions for DALL-E, which would refuse to generate images of real people.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the most interesting advancement, however, is the massive leap in the model’s ability to generate text. DALL-E and other previous image generating models would usually create garbled text, but 4o Image Generation can create long, detailed, and accurate strings of text inside images. The first example in OpenAI\u2019s blog post<\/a> shows an entire whiteboard of text that is easily readable and accurate to the prompt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A ‘researcher’ and ‘analyst’ join your 365 workspace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft describes<\/a> its new \u201cdeep reasoning agents\u201d for Microsoft\u2019s 365 Copilot as being designed to \u201chandle complicated tasks that require detailed analysis, methodical thinking, and nuanced understanding.\u201d Based on OpenAI\u2019s o1 reasoning model, the Researcher agent is geared toward multi-step research and integrates with external platforms like Salesforce<\/a>, ServiceNow<\/a>, and Confluence to garner insights from across a company\u2019s data. Then there\u2019s the Analyst agent, which is based on Open AI\u2019s o3-mini reasoning model. Microsoft claims it\u2019s optimized to do advanced data analysis at work, uses chain-of-thought reasoning, and can run Python to tackle complex data queries. Both are set to start rolling out in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the new agents, Microsoft also announced a new capability it\u2019s calling \u201cagent flows\u201d that\u2019s meant to add predictability to the use of agents. Agent flows provide structured, rule-based workflows that incorporate AI actions, following predefined and deterministic paths. This is important because as I wrote in last Thursday\u2019s newsletter<\/a>, AI agents have serious issues with reliability and can be risky, especially when it comes to critical actions or sensitive data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Various companies have been releasing AI agents touted for \u201cdeep research\u201d lately, but Microsoft 365\u2019s role as many businesses’ central platform\u2014and integration with all the other data products they use\u2014gives Microsoft a unique advantage. The AI field is crowded with companies competing with similar products, each jockeying for toeholds of differentiation. These updates make advanced AI features easily accessible right where the users of popular products already operate, which is likely to be a significant market advantage. What\u2019s more, both Microsoft and Google moved to bundle their AI features into their enterprise software by default\u2014and raised the prices of the core products\u2014after previously allowing customers to opt-in to the AI features for an extra cost. That\u2019s the platform advantage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with that, here\u2019s more AI news. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sage Lazzaro<\/strong>
sage.lazzaro@consultant.fortune.com<\/a>
sagelazzaro.com<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally featured on Fortune.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n
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