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Oh Copilot GPT Builder, we hardly knew yet…
As first reported by Microsoft-focused tech journalist Paul Thurrott on his website, Microsoft is killing off its consumer-facing feature for making custom versions of its Copilot AI service in less than a month.
Microsoft announced the news in an email to Copilot Pro subscribers — you had to be a Pro subscriber at $30 per month to use the feature — as well as on a support webpage on its website.
On that support page, the company states: “Microsoft will remove the ability to create GPTs starting July 10, 2024, and then remove all GPTs (created by Microsoft and by customers) along with their associated GPT data also starting July 10, 2024, through July 14, 2024.”
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Microsoft calls this move a “retirement” but let’s be honest, it’s retiring the service in the way Old Yeller was retired — from existence.
Why and why so soon?
Why is Microsoft doing this, especially after it launched custom Copilot GPTs and the Copilot GPT Builder to some fanfare less than three months ago, in March 2024?
The company also states on its support page:
“We are shifting our focus on GPTs to Commercial and Enterprise scenarios and are stopping GPT efforts in consumer Copilot. “
This suggests a form of the Copilot GPT Builder will exist for enterprise Copilot subscribers/users, but Microsoft has yet to publicly announce such a service.
On Thurott’s website, commenters muse that the feature likely saw low adoption.
AI influencer and Pennsylvania University Wharton School of Business professor Ethan Mollick also offered his surprise at the move, noting it could hamper innovation from grassroots users.
I am surprised that Microsoft gave up on its version of consumer GPTs so quickly. I think making them enterprise only is going to cut off an important source of innovation. A lot of the best OpenAI GPTs come from random individuals experimenting with the tools. pic.twitter.com/OhLjUGmUqI— Ethan Mollick (@emollic …
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Oh Copilot GPT Builder, we hardly knew yet…
As first reported by Microsoft-focused tech journalist Paul Thurrott on his website, Microsoft is killing off its consumer-facing feature for making custom versions of its Copilot AI service in less than a month.
Microsoft announced the news in an email to Copilot Pro subscribers — you had to be a Pro subscriber at $30 per month to use the feature — as well as on a support webpage on its website.
On that support page, the company states: “Microsoft will remove the ability to create GPTs starting July 10, 2024, and then remove all GPTs (created by Microsoft and by customers) along with their associated GPT data also starting July 10, 2024, through July 14, 2024.”
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Microsoft calls this move a “retirement” but let’s be honest, it’s retiring the service in the way Old Yeller was retired — from existence.
Why and why so soon?
Why is Microsoft doing this, especially after it launched custom Copilot GPTs and the Copilot GPT Builder to some fanfare less than three months ago, in March 2024?
The company also states on its support page:
“We are shifting our focus on GPTs to Commercial and Enterprise scenarios and are stopping GPT efforts in consumer Copilot. “
This suggests a form of the Copilot GPT Builder will exist for enterprise Copilot subscribers/users, but Microsoft has yet to publicly announce such a service.
On Thurott’s website, commenters muse that the feature likely saw low adoption.
AI influencer and Pennsylvania University Wharton School of Business professor Ethan Mollick also offered his surprise at the move, noting it could hamper innovation from grassroots users.
I am surprised that Microsoft gave up on its version of consumer GPTs so quickly. I think making them enterprise only is going to cut off an important source of innovation. A lot of the best OpenAI GPTs come from random individuals experimenting with the tools. pic.twitter.com/OhLjUGmUqI— Ethan Mollick (@emollic …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]