Microsoft Releases First Annual Responsible AI Transparency Report
The report highlights the company's efforts to foster transparency, accountability, and trust while navigating the complex landscape of artificial intelligence.
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Microsoft is an early investor and a long-term partner of OpenAI. Their diverse AI portfolio includes Copilot, an AI assistant integrated into offerings such as GitHub, Dynamics, Microsoft 365, Windows OS, and the Edge Browser. With Azure AI, users can build and deploy tailored AI solutions as well as construct their own machine learning models.
Sanctuary AI and Microsoft Partner to Advance Embodied AI Research
The partnership will leverage Microsoft's Azure infrastructure for AI workloads, aiming to evaluate model performance, efficiency, and planning capabilities.
8 US Newspapers File Suit Against OpenAI and Microsoft for Copyright Infringement
This lawsuit follows a similar complaint filed by The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft in December 2022.
Microsoft to Invest $1.7 Billion in Indonesia's AI and Cloud Future
The investment will enable Microsoft to meet the growing demand for cloud computing services in Indonesia and allow the country to harness the economic and productivity opportunities presented by advanced AI technologies.
Microsoft and Alphabet Ride AI Wave to Impressive Q1 Earnings, Meta Stumbles
AI has been a key driver for Microsoft and Alphabet with Microsoft's cloud services, particularly its Azure platform, benefiting from the technology. Alphabet's Google Cloud division also turned a profit for the first time, now accounting for over 10% of the company's overall revenue.
Microsoft Launches Phi-3 Mini: A Lightweight AI Model Packing a Punch
By quantizing the model to 4-bits, researchers were able to reduce its memory footprint to just 1.8GB. This allowed them to deploy the model on an iPhone 14 with an A16 Bionic chip, running natively on-device and fully offline.
Cognizant and Microsoft Expand Partnership to Drive Generative AI Adoption
As part of the partnership, Cognizant has invested in 25,000 Microsoft 365 Copilot seats for its associates, along with 500 Sales Copilot and 500 Services Copilot seats.
Microsoft's VASA can Create a Realistic Talking Head Video from a Single Photo
VASA demonstrates superior performance compared to existing methods, delivering high-quality video frames with precise lip-audio synchronization and a diverse array of lifelike facial dynamics.
Microsoft Invests $1.5 Billion in UAE's G42
The deal is backed by an unprecedented Intergovernmental Assurance Agreement, ensuring the secure and responsible deployment of AI in close coordination with the UAE and U.S. governments.
Microsoft Invests $2.9 Billion in Japan to Boost AI and Compute Infrastructure
Microsoft has pledged to empower 3 million full-time and part-time workers in Japan over the next three years through AI skilling initiatives.
Microsoft Announces New AI Hub in London
The establishment of the London hub comes on the heels of Microsoft's £2.5 billion investment in upskilling the U.K. workforce for the AI era and building the necessary infrastructure to power the AI economy.
Cohere's Command R+ Debuts on Microsoft Azure
Deploying Cohere models through Microsoft's Models as a Service (MaaS) offering streamlines the process, allowing businesses to harness the power of Command R+ without the complexity of managing underlying infrastructure.
Microsoft Announces New Tools to Enhance Security and Trust in Generative AI Applications
These tools aim to address AI quality and safety challenges by detecting and blocking prompt injection attacks, identifying hallucinations, and providing safety evaluations.
Microsoft and OpenAI Plan $100 Billion Stargate AI Supercomputer
This audacious vision underscores the transformative potential of AI and the lengths tech giants are willing to go to secure their place at the forefront of this revolution.
Microsoft Adds Copilot Enhancements in Teams to Improve Collaboration and Hybrid Meetings
All these updates are part of the company's ongoing efforts to build a foundation for the future, with a strong focus on the core fundamentals of Teams, including performance, reliability, and ease of use.
Microsoft Reportedly Paying Inflection $650 Million for AI Talent and Tech
The deal structure has raised questions about whether Microsoft designed it to avoid lengthy antitrust reviews, as U.S. officials have expressed concern about the concentration of AI power among a few large technology giants.
Inflection AI Pivots as CEO Mustafa Suleyman Joins Microsoft to Lead New AI Division
The addition of Suleyman and the formation of the Microsoft AI team is expected to accelerate the company's pace of innovation in the consumer AI domain.
Microsoft Expands Copilot Pro Globally, Offers Free One-Month Trial
Copilot Pro is now available in all 222 countries/regions where Copilot is available.
Orca-Math Shows the Potential of Specialized Small Language Models
The research shows the value of smaller, specialized models in specific domains, where they can match or even surpass the performance of much larger models.
Microsoft Introduces Dedicated AI Assistant for Finance Professionals
Microsoft says the tool gives finance professionals access to insight while in the flow of work to support strategic decision-making and reduce the time spent on manual, repetitive work.
Microsoft's $16.3 Million Investment in Mistral AI Attracts Scrutiny from EU Regulators
While Microsoft's equity stake is currently about 1%, pending Mistral's next funding round, regulators will assess if the tech giant is gaining unfair advantage across multiple generative AI players.
Microsoft Announces Multi-year Partnership with Mistral AI
The integration of Mistral models into the Azure AI model catalog accessible through Azure AI Studio and Azure Machine Learning provides Microsoft customers with a diverse selection of the best state-of-the-art and open-source models for crafting and deploying custom AI applications.
State-Affiliated Hackers from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea Used ChatGPT to Boost Cyberattacks
While concerning, Microsoft and OpenAI said the observed activities suggest AI is currently providing "only limited, incremental capabilities" for advanced hacking beyond existing methods.
Microsoft Unveils New Copilot Features and Shows Off Upcoming Superbowl Ad
The updated Copilot experience now runs on a new fine-tuned version of GPT-4 called Deucalion.
Microsoft Bets Big on India's AI Potential
Speaking at the Microsoft CEO Connection event, Nadella highlighted how solutions like Microsoft Copilot are already driving strong productivity gains for Indian organizations.