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BlackRock, Microsoft, and Partners Launch $100 Billion AI Infrastructure Initiative

Chris McKay• September 17, 2024 • 2 min read

The partnership will focus on expanding and creating new data centers to meet the growing demand for computing power needed to drive AI innovation. Additionally, GAIIP will invest in energy infrastructure to power these facilities.

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Microsoft Introduces Copilot Pages for Collaborative AI Workflows

Chris McKay• September 16, 2024 • 1 min read

Teams can work together on these pages, prompting Copilot collectively to refine and expand content, effectively creating a new workflow that Microsoft describes as "multiplayer, human-to-AI-to-human collaboration."

Microsoft Enterprise AI

Microsoft 365 Copilot is Now Generally Available

Chris McKay• September 16, 2024 • 2 min read

By embedding advanced AI capabilities into widely-used tools like Excel, Word, and Outlook, Microsoft offers a compelling solution for businesses looking to harness AI without disrupting existing workflows.

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Microsoft Announces Copilot Agents for Microsoft 365

Chris McKay• September 16, 2024 • 2 min read

These agents, built using Microsoft Copilot Studio, can automate and execute business processes by interacting with users and performing tasks on their behalf.

Microsoft AI Safety

Microsoft Partners with StopNCII to Combat Intimate Image Abuse

Chris McKay• September 5, 2024 • 1 min read

The pilot program has already shown promising results. By the end of August, the company had taken action on 268,899 images flagged through the StopNCII database, preventing them from appearing in Bing image search results.

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Microsoft Unveils Phi-3.5: Powerful AI Models Punch Above Their Weight

Chris McKay• August 20, 2024 • 2 min read

All three Phi-3.5 models are available on Hugging Face under a permissive, open-source MIT license. Developers can freely use, modify, and commercialize them.

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Microsoft to Use Consumer Data to Train AI, But You Can Opt-Out

Richard Banfield• August 16, 2024 • 2 min read

By incorporating data from consumer interactions, including those with advertisements, the company hopes to build AI models that better understand and respond to user needs.

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Microsoft and Palantir Team Up to Bring AI to Classified U.S. Defense Networks

Chris McKay• August 8, 2024 • 1 min read

Palantir will be the first industry partner to deploy Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service in classified environments.

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Microsoft Lists OpenAI as Competitor: Strategic Move in AI Search Race

Chris McKay• August 1, 2024 • 2 min read

The filing specifically mentions OpenAI alongside Google as rivals in search, coinciding with OpenAI's launch of SearchGPT. But this competitive positioning doesn't tell the whole story.

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GitHub Models Makes it Easier to Get Started With AI Engineering

Chris McKay• August 1, 2024 • 1 min read

You can access industry-leading AI models via a built-in playground that lets you test different prompts and model parameters, for free, right in GitHub.

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Microsoft Urges Congress to Enact Federal Deepfake Fraud Statute

Richard Banfield• July 30, 2024 • 2 min read

President Brad Smith is urging lawmakers to pass a comprehensive 'deepfake fraud statute' that would give law enforcement the necessary legal framework to prosecute deepfake-related crimes.

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Microsoft Unveils Bing's New Generative Search Experience

Chris McKay• July 24, 2024 • 1 min read

When a user enters a query, Bing's generative search creates a bespoke and dynamic response. The system understands the search query, reviews millions of sources of information, dynamically matches content, and generates search results in an AI-generated layout.

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Microsoft Designer Now Available for iOS and Android

Chris McKay• July 17, 2024 • 1 min read

Copilot Pro subscribers can now access Designer's capabilities directly within Word and PowerPoint, allowing for seamless image and design creation within documents and presentations.

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Microsoft Departs OpenAI's Board

Chris McKay• July 10, 2024 • 2 min read

In a letter to OpenAI, Microsoft expressed its decision to step down from the observer role, effective immediately. The letter highlighted the significant progress made by OpenAI’s reconstituted board over the past eight months and Microsoft’s growing confidence in the company’s trajectory.

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Microsoft Reveals 'Skeleton Key': A Powerful New AI Jailbreak Technique

Chris McKay• June 28, 2024 • 3 min read

The jailbreak allowed top models to comply fully with requests across various risk categories, including explosives, bioweapons, political content, self-harm, racism, drugs, graphic sex, and violence.

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The Center for Investigative Reporting Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over Copyright Infringement

Chris McKay• June 28, 2024 • 2 min read

The lawsuit seeks to establish clear boundaries for the use of copyrighted material in AI training and to ensure that content creators are fairly compensated for their work.

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OpenAI Earns More from Selling GPT Access than Microsoft

Chris McKay• June 27, 2024 • 2 min read

The startup's API business, which allows developers to use models like GPT-4, reached $1 billion in annual revenue back in March.

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Microsoft Delays Controversial Recall Feature for Copilot+ PCs

Chris McKay• June 13, 2024 • 2 min read

The AI-powered Recall feature, which can screenshot everything on your PC, has been postponed until a later date.

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Microsoft Retires GPT Builder, Shifts Focus to Commercial and Enterprise Offerings

Richard Banfield• June 12, 2024 • 1 min read

Copilot Pro subscribers will no longer be able to create new GPTs as of July 10. Additionally, all existing GPTs and their data will be deleted between July 10 and July 14, 2024.

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Apple's ChatGPT Integration Accelerates OpenAI's Need for More AI Infrastructure

Chris McKay• June 12, 2024 • 2 min read

Despite Microsoft's ongoing efforts to dedicate additional infrastructure to support OpenAI's needs, it has become evident that even the tech giant's resources alone are not sufficient to meet the demand.

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SAP and Microsoft Are Integrating their Generative AI Copilots

Chris McKay• June 4, 2024 • 1 min read

The goal is to create a seamless workflow for users by providing access to information from both business applications in SAP and Microsoft 365, all without the need to switch platforms.