Welcome to the Tech Brewed Podcast, where we bring you the latest news and trends in the tech industry. In this episode, we'll be talking about the highlights of Microsoft Build 2023, which took place last week. We'll also discuss some of the Top Tech news stories from the past week, and we'll hear from Greg Doig about Google Lens. Microsoft Build 2023 was a two day event that brought together developers, IT professionals, and business leaders from around the world. The keynote address was given by Microsoft C E O, Satya Nadela, who talked about the company's vision for the future of technology. Some of the highlights of Microsoft Build 2023 included the announcement of new features for Windows 11, including live captions in 10 new languages and native RGB controls the announcement of new AI powered tools for developers including Microsoft Co-Pilot and Bing Chat. The announcement of new Azure services including Azure Cognitive Search and Azure Cognitive Service for language. In addition to Microsoft Build 2023, there were a number of other tech news stories that made headlines last week. Finally, we'll be hearing from Greg Doig about Google Lens. Google Lens is a new AI powered tool that can be used to identify objects, translate text, and more. Greg will share some of his favorite tips for using the tool. So if you're ready, let's listen to this episode. Here's Greg. Microsoft Build 2023 was the developer conference focusing on the latest code and app development innovations to help empower developers worldwide. It took place on May 23rd through the 25th of 2023, just a few days ago. As of this recording, I attended several sessions online each day. The conference included different sessions that covered various topics, including generative ai. Microsoft's AI efforts specifically Bing Chat, have propelled the company to the forefront of the AI race. According to Microsoft's blog post, Microsoft Build brings AI tools to the forefront for developers. The company is announcing that it will adopt the same open plugin standard that OpenAI introduced for Chad G P T enabling interoperability across Chad G P T. And the breadth of Microsoft's co-pilot offerings. As a result, developers can now use one platform to build plug-ins that work across consumer and business surfaces. The blog post also mentions that Microsoft is growing the AI plug-in ecosystem, and is working on enabling interoperability across Chad G P T and the breadth of Microsoft's co-pilot offerings. The event showcased how AI is redefining what and how developers build and how AI is changing the future of work. The event also focused on two concepts, co-pilots and plug-ins. Co-pilots are computer programs that use advanced artificial intelligence technology and large language models like G P T four to assist people with complex tasks. Plugins are tools that augment the capabilities of AI systems. Enabling them to interact with application programming interfaces or APIs from other software and services to retrieve real-time information, incorporate company and other business data, perform new types of computations and safely take action on the user's behalf. Let's talk briefly about how AI is redefining what and how developers build and how AI is changing the future of work. I'm sure you've heard of AI or artificial intelligence by now. This technology enables machines to perform tasks that usually require human intelligence, such as understanding language, recognizing images, making decisions, and learning from data. AI is not a new concept, but it has been advancing rapidly in the recent years and especially the past few months, thanks to the availability of large amounts of data, powerful computing resources. And innovative algorithms. As a result, AI is transforming every industry and aspect of our lives. From healthcare to education, entertainment to transportation, agriculture to manufacturing. But what does AI mean for developers? Well, it's a question that's been answered a little bit. How is AI changing the way we create software and applications? Again, some answers more to come. And how is AI impacting the skills and roles of developers in the future of work? These are just some of the questions that people ask, and let's take a look at a few of them. How AI is redefining what developers can build. There's a couple of examples. AI enables developers to create new kinds of applications and experiences that were impossible before, or too complex or costly to implement. Examples of applications that developers can build with AI are chat bots that can interact with users in natural language, voice assistants that can understand and respond to voice commands. Applications that can analyze images, videos, audio, or text, and extract valuable insights or generate new content applications that can generate realistic images. Videos, audio, or texts from scratch can be done with AI also. So how AI is redefining how developers build. Well, AI is not only a tool for creating applications, but also a tool for improving the development process itself. There are examples of how developers can use AI to improve their development process, such as automate, tedious, or repetitive tasks like testing, debugging, or deploying code, enhance their productivity and creativity by providing suggestions, recommendations, or feedback can also optimize their code for performance security. Or quality. With AI, you can collaborate better with other developers or stakeholders using tools that facilitate communication, coordination, or knowledge sharing. Another question, how AI is changing the future of work for developers? There's a few answers. AI is creating new opportunities for developers and new challenges and responsibilities. Examples of the opportunities and challenges that developers face in the future of work with A I are keeping up with the fast-paced evolution of AI technologies that learn new skills and tools, constantly adapting to new ways of working with AI systems and seamlessly integrating them into their workflows. Developers must also consider the ethical and social implications of their work with AI and ensure that their applications are fair, transparent, accountable, and trustworthy. Developers have to embrace the diversity and complexity of the problems and users they are solving and designing for with AI and designers need to collaborate more effectively with other developers and professionals from different domains and backgrounds in developing and deploying AI solutions. So in summary, AI is redefining what and how developers build and how they will work in the future. AI enables developers to create new kinds of applications and experiences that are more intelligent, interactive and engaging. AI also enables developers to improve their development process and productivity by automating, enhancing and optimizing their tasks. AI is also creating new opportunities and challenges for developers in terms of skills, ethics, and collaboration. AI is a game changer for developers and the world. Here are some of the past week's Top tech news headlines from across the internet, and we went around the internet as we do every week and looked at some of the top headlines, one from ZDNet. This new AI tool will summarize YouTube videos for you in seconds. They talk about the eightify to five Chrome extension that uses G P T technology. To help you cut straight to the main points of any YouTube video, read more zd net.com from Apple Insider News, Chad g p t might quit the EU rather than comply with the regulations. What the C E O of CHAT, G P T developer Open AI says the firm may pull out of the European Union if current draft legislation is not toned down. Chad g p t seems to have become instantly omnipresent in 2023, but it may not stick around in Europe. According to Reuters. C E O Sam Altman says the company does not plan to leave, but may need to. From Mac Rumors, Mac News and Rumors, apple begins offering refurbished 2023 M two Pro Mac mini models. Apple began selling. Refurbished M two ProMag mini models in its online store in the us, offering the latest high-end version of the desktop machine at a discounted price. For the first time refurbished. M two pro mac mini models are priced. Starting at 10 99 for entry level version with a 10 core cpu, 16 core gpu, 16 gigs of ram, and a 512 gigabyte hard drive from another headline, Adobe Launches new$160 security kit for your home. It's one headline from Adobe. They also made a big change to Adobe Photoshop this past week. Then we have from another article, massive Power Toys Update adds one of the favorite features for the writer, Cal Hunt, that your mouse will thank you for it says A Power Toys update added two utilities to the app, including one that lets you control two computers with a single mouse and over at Windows Central News. Announcements about, the Microsoft Build 2023. I mentioned at the top of this post, they round up the important news coming out of the BUILD conference. You can read more@windowscentral.com. Here's a tech brief about Google Lens. For those not familiar with what it is, Google Lens is a visual search tool available on the Google app for iPhone, iPad, and Android. It allows users to scan math problems, copy text from photos, identify plants and insects, hear texts from the real world read aloud, conduct a reverse image search, translate text in the real world, and look up products while the desktop version of lenses limited. The mobile app offers a range of useful features that can make life easier for users. Whether you're a student struggling with math homework. Or a traveler trying to read signs in a foreign language. Google lens can be a valuable tool With just a few tips on your smartphone or tablet, you can use this visual search tool to solve math equations, copy texts from photos, identify plants and insects and much more. And if you're using the Google Photos app, you can even use Lens to grab texts from images and bring it into your clipboard. So the next time you're faced with a difficult problem or trying to identify an unfamiliar object, Give Google Lens a try and see how it can help you out. Thanks for listening to Tech Brewed. We hope you enjoyed the episode. If you did, please like and subscribe to our podcast on your favorite platform. You can also follow us on LinkedIn at Tech Brewed for more tech news and updates. We'll be back next week with another episode, so be sure to tune in. In the meantime, you can check out our website, greg doig.com for more information on the topics we discussed today. Thanks again for listening and we'll see you next time.