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Microsoft Deploys Secure, Air-Gapped GPT-4 AI Model for US Intelligence Agencies

Chris McKay• May 8, 2024 • 1 min read

The platform is designed to be used on a secure, government-only network, addressing the security concerns that have previously prevented intelligence agencies from adopting AI technology.

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Microsoft and OpenAI Invest $2 Million to Promote AI Literacy and Combat Deceptive AI

Chris McKay• May 7, 2024 • 1 min read

The Societal Resilience Fund is part of Microsoft and OpenAI's commitment to address challenges in AI literacy and education.

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Microsoft to Invest $2.2 Billion in Malaysia's Cloud and AI Infrastructure

Richard Banfield• May 2, 2024 • 3 min read

Microsoft will also partner with the Malaysian government to establish a national AI Center of Excellence and enhance the nation's cybersecurity capabilities.

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Microsoft Releases First Annual Responsible AI Transparency Report

Chris McKay• May 1, 2024 • 2 min read

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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Sanctuary AI and Microsoft Partner to Advance Embodied AI Research

Chris McKay• May 1, 2024 • 1 min read

The partnership will leverage Microsoft's Azure infrastructure for AI workloads, aiming to evaluate model performance, efficiency, and planning capabilities.

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8 US Newspapers File Suit Against OpenAI and Microsoft for Copyright Infringement

Richard Banfield• April 30, 2024 • 2 min read

This lawsuit follows a similar complaint filed by The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft in December 2022.

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Microsoft to Invest $1.7 Billion in Indonesia's AI and Cloud Future

Richard Banfield• April 30, 2024 • 2 min read

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.

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Microsoft and Alphabet Ride AI Wave to Impressive Q1 Earnings, Meta Stumbles

Chris McKay• April 26, 2024 • 4 min read

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.

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Microsoft Launches Phi-3 Mini: A Lightweight AI Model Packing a Punch

Chris McKay• April 23, 2024 • 2 min read

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.

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Cognizant and Microsoft Expand Partnership to Drive Generative AI Adoption

Richard Banfield• April 22, 2024 • 2 min read

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.

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Microsoft's VASA can Create a Realistic Talking Head Video from a Single Photo

Chris McKay• April 18, 2024 • 1 min read

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.

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Microsoft Invests $1.5 Billion in UAE's G42

Chris McKay• April 16, 2024 • 2 min read

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.

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Microsoft Invests $2.9 Billion in Japan to Boost AI and Compute Infrastructure

Richard Banfield• April 9, 2024 • 2 min read

Microsoft has pledged to empower 3 million full-time and part-time workers in Japan over the next three years through AI skilling initiatives.

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Microsoft Announces New AI Hub in London

Richard Banfield• April 8, 2024 • 2 min read

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.

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Cohere's Command R+ Debuts on Microsoft Azure

Richard Banfield• April 4, 2024 • 2 min read

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.

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Microsoft Announces New Tools to Enhance Security and Trust in Generative AI Applications

Chris McKay• April 1, 2024 • 2 min read

These tools aim to address AI quality and safety challenges by detecting and blocking prompt injection attacks, identifying hallucinations, and providing safety evaluations.

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Microsoft and OpenAI Plan $100 Billion Stargate AI Supercomputer

Chris McKay• March 29, 2024 • 2 min read

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.

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Microsoft Adds Copilot Enhancements in Teams to Improve Collaboration and Hybrid Meetings

Chris McKay• March 26, 2024 • 2 min read

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.

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Microsoft Reportedly Paying Inflection $650 Million for AI Talent and Tech

Chris McKay• March 21, 2024 • 3 min read

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.

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Inflection AI Pivots as CEO Mustafa Suleyman Joins Microsoft to Lead New AI Division

Chris McKay• March 19, 2024 • 3 min read

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.

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Microsoft Expands Copilot Pro Globally, Offers Free One-Month Trial

Chris McKay• March 14, 2024 • 2 min read

Copilot Pro is now available in all 222 countries/regions where Copilot is available.

$Orca-Math Shows the Potential of Specialized Small Language Models$

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Orca-Math Shows the Potential of Specialized Small Language Models

Richard Banfield• March 5, 2024 • 3 min read

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.

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Microsoft Introduces Dedicated AI Assistant for Finance Professionals

Chris McKay• March 1, 2024 • 1 min read

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.

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Microsoft's $16.3 Million Investment in Mistral AI Attracts Scrutiny from EU Regulators

Chris McKay• February 27, 2024 • 2 min read

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.

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Microsoft Announces Multi-year Partnership with Mistral AI

Chris McKay• February 26, 2024 • 2 min read

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.