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Investors Want to See a Payout on Microsoft’s AI Efforts
As the tech giant readies a report of what’s forecast as its slowest quarterly growth in a year, shareholders want to see genuine demand for the AI applications it’s spent billions to develop.Business - Inc. - October 28 -
Microsoft reports quarterly sales up 16% to $65.6 billion as investors ask if AI spending worth it
Microsoft on Wednesday reported its quarterly sales grew 16% to $65.6 billion as the company sought to assure investors its huge spending on artificial intelligence is paying offTech - ABC News - October 30 -
Meta and Microsoft Won’t Stop Spending on AI
Both tech giants reported strong third quarters but their stocks fell anyway.Business - Inc. - October 31 -
Cisco sees product orders accelerate in the AI era, and its outlook moves higher
Networking company sees a 20% boost in product orders for the latest quarter.Business - MarketWatch - November 14 -
Microsoft says Russia trying to smear Harris with deepfake video, AI
Russia is attempting to “undermine” Vice President Harris’s campaign using artificial intelligence (AI) generated videos while China has begun targeting a series of GOP congressional candidates ...Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
Google’s AI-Fueled Results Bode Well for Rivals Amazon and Microsoft
Sales gains in its cloud business point to growing, sustained demand for AI-juiced computing power.Business - Inc. - October 30 -
Microsoft Cloud revenue rises on AI boom but softer outlook weighs on shares
Warnings of slowing Azure growth and rising data centre costs damp initial optimism on tech giant’s quarterly earningsBusiness - Financial Times - October 31 -
Microsoft Shares Slip as Forecast Sparks Concern About AI and Cloud Revenue
The company’s projection points to less growth than anticipated, causing concern about the payoff for its massive AI investment.Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 31 -
Analysts tout an 'underappreciated growth driver' at Microsoft that can benefit from AI
RBC analysts cheered Microsoft stock on Tuesday. But, this time it's for more than just the company's cloud computing business and AI ambitions.Business - CNBC - November 5 -
Microsoft brings AI to the farm and factory floor, partnering with industry giants
Microsoft collaborates with Siemens, Bayer, and Rockwell Automation to launch industry-specific AI models designed to boost efficiency in manufacturing, agriculture, and finance through tailored AI ...Tech - VentureBeat - November 13 -
Microsoft pitches AI 'agents' that can perform tasks on their own at Ignite 2024
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told customers at a conference in Chicago on Tuesday that the company is teaching a new set of artificial intelligence tools how to “act on our behalf across our work ...Tech - ABC News - Yesterday -
Microsoft’s new AI agents support 1,800 models (and counting)
New Copilot capabilities allow users to build customized autonomous AI agents, pull from out-of-the-box options and deploy without coding.Tech - VentureBeat - 2 days ago -
Microsoft brings transactional databases to Fabric to boost AI agents
At its Ignite 2024 conference today, Microsoft announced a major step toward breaking down data silos separating transactional databases and analytical tools. The tech giant revealed that Azure ...Tech - VentureBeat - 2 days ago -
Microsoft quietly assembles the largest AI agent ecosystem—and no one else is close
ANALYSIS: Microsoft has quietly built the largest enterprise AI agent ecosystem, with over 100,000 organizations creating or editing AI agents through its Copilot Studio since launch – a ...Tech - VentureBeat - 2 days ago -
Microsoft supercharges Fabric with new data tools to accelerate enterprise AI workflows
At Ignite, Microsoft shared several new enhancements for Fabric, setting up the platform as the unified data layer for next-gen AI apps.Tech - VentureBeat - 2 days ago -
Microsoft launches Azure AI Foundry with agent orchestration, management tools
Microsoft's new developer tools lets users build orchestration frameworks and evaluate AI models and agents.Tech - VentureBeat - Yesterday -
Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway US voters may escalate, new Microsoft report says
A new threat intelligence report from Microsoft says foreign adversaries have showed continued determination to influence the U.S. election and there are signs their activity will intensify as ...Tech - ABC News - October 23 -
Global ETFs slide as investors see Trump tariff policies hurting trade
Exchange-traded funds tracking international stocks broadly struggled as investors reacted to Donald Trump's victory.Business - CNBC - November 6 -
Amazon steps up effort to build AI chips that can rival Nvidia
Big Tech group’s Annapurna Labs is spending big to build custom chips that lessen its reliance on market leaderBusiness - Financial Times - November 12 -
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WSJ Tech Live: Executives, Investors and Artists Debate AI's Potential
Andreessen Horowitz’s Martin Casado says tech policy is in a ‘dangerous place.’Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 23 -
UK visa process for AI experts should be streamlined, says government adviser
Recommendations from Matt Clifford on boosting the tech industry also include special zones for data centresBusiness - Financial Times - October 30 -
Nvidia beats earnings expectations as investors eye demand for Blackwell AI chips
Nvidia has reported a surge in third-quarter profit and sales as demand for its specialized computer chips that power artificial intelligence systems remains robustTech - ABC News - 14 hours ago -
Want to work at Chipotle? Be prepared to chat with AI.
Chipotle plans to deploy a conversational AI hiring system, dubbed "Ava Cado," across more than 3,500 restaurants.Top stories - CBS News - October 22 -
Investors want more urgency from Europe in tackling its economic problems
Competition with the US looks set to intensify with Donald Trump heading to the White House againWorld - Financial Times - 5 days ago -
Some Storm Victims Seeing $1,000 Disaster Aid Through AI
The nonprofit GiveDirectly intends to send direct payments of $1,000 to households impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.Business - Inc. - October 25 -
Meta sees AI spending accelerating as earnings top forecasts
Mark Zuckerberg cites the potential for ‘strong’ returns in coming years on heavy investments in new technologyBusiness - Financial Times - October 31 -
Samsung Sees Progress in Memory Chips for AI After Delays
The South Korean tech giant reported better-than-expected net profit but earnings in its core semiconductor business shrank sharply.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 31 -
Big Tech Sees AI Bets Starting to Pay Off
Microsoft, Google and Amazon all reported strong quarterly growth in cloud revenue but warned of increased capital spending.Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 1 -
The show’s not over: 2024 sees big boost to AI investment
AI investment continues to show resiliency, driving deal volumes to 1,245 in Q3, 24, a level not seen since Q1, 22.Tech - VentureBeat - November 1 -
NFL trade deadline: 10 trades we want to see happen
With plenty of bad teams in the NFL going into the deadline, there should be loads of sellers, a lot of buyers and we should get massive action at the deadline.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 29 -
Kay Koplovitz Wants to See More Entrepreneurs Who Look Like Her
Once the most powerful woman in television, the founder of Springboard has spent the past 20 years identifying and funding female-led start-ups.Business - The New York Times - November 2 -
Do You Have a Favorite Wedding Keepsake? We Want to See It.
Tell us about the items you saved from your wedding day that you still cherish today.Lifestyle - The New York Times - November 7 -
Senate Judiciary Republican 'absolutely' wants to see Ethics report on Gaetz
Republican Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he “absolutely” wants to see the House Ethics Committee’s report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) after his ...Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago -
Steph wants to set unbreakable 3-pointer record but sees one threat
Steph Curry has a chance to surpass 4,000 career 3-pointers this season, and over the next few years, he could push the all-time record close to 5,000. In his mind, there might be only one active ...Sports - Yahoo Sports - 19 hours ago -
I don't want to see Tour de France crash - Georgi
British champion Pfeiffer Georgi says she does not want to see her crash at the Tour de France Femmes where she fractured her neck.Top stories - BBC News - 3 hours ago -
Amazon-backed Anthropic debuts AI agents that can do complex tasks, racing against OpenAI, Microsoft and Google
Anthropic, the Amazon-backed AI startup founded by former OpenAI research executives, announced AI agents that can use a computer to complete complex tasks.Business - CNBC - October 22
