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Microsoft Copilot uses their own model that is originally based on GPT-4 if I’m not mistaken. But, it’s mostly a RAG tool, “grounded in web” as they say. When
by treesknees 1y ago
Microsoft Copilot uses their own model that is originally based on GPT-4 if I’m not mistaken.
But, it’s mostly a RAG tool, “grounded in web” as they say. When you give Copilot a query, it uses the model to reword your query into an optimal Bing search query, fetches the results, and then crafts output using the model.
I commend their attempt to use Bing as a source of data to keep up to date and reduce hallucinations, especially in an enterprise setting where users may be more sensitive to false information, however as a result some of the answers it gives can only be as good as the Bing search results.
- FrustratedMonky 1y agoSeems like with their own resources, and also owning part of GPT, they should be able to pivot and at least make a programming tool equal to Chat GPT.
- Quarrelsome 1y agoBing isn't terrible though, is it? DuckDuckGo uses it, or at least used to, and that trade off was fine most of the time.
- treesknees 1y agoIt’s not necessarily terrible. It just sometimes leaves you wishing it was “smarter”. When I get a bad result, trying the same query on ChatGPT gives a much better response.