Introducing Azure AI Agent Service
Introducing Azure AI Agent Service at Microsoft Ignite 2024 Discover how Azure AI Agent Service is revolutionizing the development and deployment of AI agents. This service empowers developers to build, deploy, and scale high-quality AI agents tailored to business needs within hours. With features like rapid development, extensive data connections, flexible model selection, and enterprise-grade security, Azure AI Agent Service sets a new standard in AI automationAnnouncing Azure OpenAI Service Assistants Public Preview Refresh
Azure OpenAI Assistants (Preview) allows you to create tailored AI assistants using the latest GPT models, custom instructions, and advanced tools. New features include File Search and Browse tools, granular controls over token usage, expanded region support, support for new models including finetuned models and gpt-4o, support for common model configuration parameters, and various enhancements to accelerate your path from prototype to production.
Azure AI announces Prompt Shields for Jailbreak and Indirect prompt injection attacks
Our Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Content Safety teams are excited to launch a new Responsible AI capability called Prompt Shields. Prompt Shields protects applications powered by Foundation Models from two types of attacks: direct (jailbreak) and indirect attacks, both of which are now available in Public Preview.Announcing the General Availability of GPT-4 Turbo with Vision on Azure OpenAI Service
We are excited to announce the general availability (GA) of GPT-4 Turbo with Vision on the Azure OpenAI Service. The GA model, gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09, is a multimodal model capable of processing both text and image inputs to generate text outputs. This model replaces the following preview models: gpt-4-1106-preview gpt-4-0125-preview gpt-4-vision-preview Our customers and partners have been utilizing GPT-4 Turbo with Vision to create new processes, enhance efficiencies, and innovate within their businesses. Applications range from retailers improving the online shopping experience, to media and entertainment companies enriching digital asset management, and various organizations deriving insights from charts and diagrams. We will be showcasing detailed case studies from these applications at the upcoming Build conference. Existing Azure OpenAI Service customers can now deploy gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 in Sweden Central and East US 2. For more information, please visit our model availability page. Guide to Deploying GPT-4 Turbo with Vision GA To deploy this GA model from the Studio UI, select "GPT-4" and then choose the "turbo-2024-04-09" version from the dropdown menu. The default quota for the gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 model will be the same as current quota for GPT-4-Turbo. See the regional quota limits. Upgrade Path from Preview to GA Models We are targeting the upgrade of deployments that utilize any of the three preview models (gpt-4-1106-preview, gpt-4-0125-preview, and gpt-4-vision-preview) and are configured for auto-update on the Azure OpenAI Service. These deployments will be upgraded to gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 starting on June 10th or later. We will notify all customers with these preview deployments at least two weeks before the start of the upgrades. We will publish an upgrade schedule detailing the order of regions and model versions that we will follow during the upgrades in our public documentation. Upcoming Features for image (vision) inputs: JSON Mode and Function Calling JSON mode and function calling for inference requests involving image (vision) inputs will be available in GA in the coming weeks. Please note that text-based inputs will continue to support both JSON mode and function calling. Changes to GPT-4 Vision Enhancements Enhancements such as Optical Character Recognition (OCR), object grounding, video prompts, and "Azure OpenAI Service on your data with images", that were integrated with the gpt-4-vision-preview model will not be available with the GA model. We are dedicated to enhancing our products to provide value to our customers, and are actively exploring how to best integrate these features into future offerings. To Get Started, Explore the Following Resources Learn more about What's new in Azure OpenAI Service? Learn more about GPT-4 Turbo with Vision on Azure OpenAI Service Azure Open AI Quickstart for GPT-4 Turbo with Vision Azure Open AI How-To Guide: How to use the GPT-4 Turbo with Vision model on Azure OpenAI Service GPT-4 Turbo with Vision pricing explained in detail: Text and Image tokens Apply now for access to Azure OpenAI Service If you are a current Azure OpenAI customer and would like to add additional use cases, fill out the Azure OpenAI Additional Use Case form. Responsible AI: Transparency Note for Azure OpenAI Service
