When Microsoft announced the new AI-enabled Bing, which it built on top of OpenAI’s GPT models, neither company would confirm which version of GPT was being used beyond saying it was a next-gen version of the model that powered ChatGPT. For example, fed the prompt “What’s funny about this image? Describe it panel by panel” plus a three-paneled image showing a fake VGA cable being plugged into an iPhone, GPT-4 gives a breakdown of each image panel and correctly explains the joke (“The humor in this image comes from the absurdity of plugging a large, outdated VGA connector into a small, modern smartphone charging port”). \n\nImage Credits: Microsoft\n\nOpenAI releases GPT-4, a multimodal AI that it claims is state-of-the-art\n\n\nGPT-4’s new capabilities power a ‘virtual volunteer’ for the visually impaired\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","cbAvatar":"https:\/\/techcrunch