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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Devs can now tap Microsoft Edge to power AI web apps
Microsoft is launching new APIs for Edge, its web browser, to let developers incorporate AI functionality into web apps using models built into Edge. Unveiled at Build 2025, the AI APIs mirror some of the functionality in Google Chrome, which also offers "built-in AI" that developers can tap to power their web applications. Microsoft's move suggests that it's keen to offer a competitor — one that might sway devs to its side. Edge's new APIs give websites and Edge browser extensions access to Phi 4 mini, an AI model that Microsoft released in late February. Around 3.8 billion parameters in size, Phi 4 mini excels at math problems, Microsoft says, thanks to a training data set that includes a mix of human-crafted and synthetic data (i.e. data generated by AI models). Parameters roughly correspond to a model's problem-solving skills, and models with more parameters generally perform better than those with fewer parameters. Small models have the advantage of being more efficient, however, particularly on less powerful hardware like that found in laptops and mobile devices. Edge is also gaining other AI APIs, including a set of writing assistance APIs for generating, summarizing, and editing text. In a few months, Microsoft plans to release a translator API to serve AI-powered language translations via Edge, the company says. "These experimental APIs are intended as potential web standards and will work across platforms, browsers, and with other AI models," writes Microsoft in a press release provided to TechCrunch. "For developers dealing with sensitive data or working in regulated industries, these APIs offer the privacy and security of on-device processing, eliminating the need to send data to external cloud services." All of the new AI APIs are available in the Edge Canary and Dev channels. In related news, Microsoft is bringing a translation tool for PDFs to Edge. With support for over 70 languages, the tool lets users open a PDF in Edge, click the "Translate" icon in the Edge address bar, and create a new doc translated into the language of their choice. PDF translation will be generally available next month, and Canary users can try it starting today. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch at Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Devs can now tap Microsoft Edge to power AI web apps
Microsoft is launching new APIs for Edge, its web browser, to let developers incorporate AI functionality into web apps using models built into Edge. Unveiled at Build 2025, the AI APIs mirror some of the functionality in Google Chrome, which also offers "built-in AI" that developers can tap to power their web applications. Microsoft's move suggests that it's keen to offer a competitor — one that might sway devs to its side. Edge's new APIs give websites and Edge browser extensions access to Phi 4 mini, an AI model that Microsoft released in late February. Around 3.8 billion parameters in size, Phi 4 mini excels at math problems, Microsoft says, thanks to a training data set that includes a mix of human-crafted and synthetic data (i.e. data generated by AI models). Parameters roughly correspond to a model's problem-solving skills, and models with more parameters generally perform better than those with fewer parameters. Small models have the advantage of being more efficient, however, particularly on less powerful hardware like that found in laptops and mobile devices. Edge is also gaining other AI APIs, including a set of writing assistance APIs for generating, summarizing, and editing text. In a few months, Microsoft plans to release a translator API to serve AI-powered language translations via Edge, the company says. "These experimental APIs are intended as potential web standards and will work across platforms, browsers, and with other AI models," writes Microsoft in a press release provided to TechCrunch. "For developers dealing with sensitive data or working in regulated industries, these APIs offer the privacy and security of on-device processing, eliminating the need to send data to external cloud services." All of the new AI APIs are available in the Edge Canary and Dev channels. In related news, Microsoft is bringing a translation tool for PDFs to Edge. With support for over 70 languages, the tool lets users open a PDF in Edge, click the "Translate" icon in the Edge address bar, and create a new doc translated into the language of their choice. PDF translation will be generally available next month, and Canary users can try it starting today. Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data
The Verge
19-05-2025
- The Verge
Microsoft is opening its on-device AI models up to web apps in Edge
Web developers will be able to start leveraging on-device AI in Microsoft's Edge browser soon, using new APIs that can give their web apps access to Microsoft's Phi-4-mini model, the company announced at its Build conference today. And Microsoft says the API will be cross-platform, so it sounds like these APIs will work with the Edge browser in macOS, as well. The 3.8-billion-parameter Phi-4-mini is Microsoft's latest small, on-device model, rolled out in February alongside the company's larger Phi-4. With the new APIs, web developers will be able to add prompt boxes and offer writing assistance tools for text generation, summarizing, and editing. And within the next couple of months, Microsoft says it will also release a text translation API. Microsoft is putting these 'experimental' APIs forth as potential web standards, and in addition to being cross-platform, it says they'll also work with other AI models. Developers can start trialing them in the Edge Canary and Dev channels now, the company says. Google offers similar APIs for its Chrome browser. With them, developers can use Chrome's built-in models to offer things like text translation, prompt boxes for text and image generation, and calendar event creation based on webpage content.
TechCrunch
19-05-2025
- Business
- TechCrunch
Devs can now tap Microsoft Edge to power AI web apps
Microsoft is launching new APIs for Edge, its web browser, to let developers incorporate AI functionality into web apps using models built into Edge. Unveiled at Build 2025, the AI APIs mirror some of the functionality in Google Chrome, which also offers 'built-in AI' that developers can tap to power their web applications. Microsoft's move suggests that it's keen to offer a competitor — one that might sway devs to its side. Edge's new APIs give websites and Edge browser extensions access to Phi 4 mini, an AI model that Microsoft released in late February. Around 3.8 billion parameters in size, Phi 4 mini excels at math problems, Microsoft says, thanks to a training data set that includes a mix of human-crafted and synthetic data (i.e. data generated by AI models). Parameters roughly correspond to a model's problem-solving skills, and models with more parameters generally perform better than those with fewer parameters. Small models have the advantage of being more efficient, however, particularly on less powerful hardware like that found in laptops and mobile devices. Edge is also gaining other AI APIs, including a set of writing assistance APIs for generating, summarizing, and editing text. In a few months, Microsoft plans to release a translator API to serve AI-powered language translations via Edge, the company says. 'These experimental APIs are intended as potential web standards and will work across platforms, browsers, and with other AI models,' writes Microsoft in a press release provided to TechCrunch. 'For developers dealing with sensitive data or working in regulated industries, these APIs offer the privacy and security of on-device processing, eliminating the need to send data to external cloud services.' All of the new AI APIs are available in the Edge Canary and Dev channels. Techcrunch event Join us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot for our leading AI industry event with speakers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere. For a limited time, tickets are just $292 for an entire day of expert talks, workshops, and potent networking. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you've built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | REGISTER NOW In related news, Microsoft is bringing a translation tool for PDFs to Edge. With support for over 70 languages, the tool lets users open a PDF in Edge, click the 'Translate' icon in the Edge address bar, and create a new doc translated into the language of their choice. PDF translation will be generally available next month, and Canary users can try it starting today.
