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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 at 50: An AI Giant. A Kinder Culture. And Still Hellbent on Domination
When Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top.Tech - Wired - 3 days ago -
How Connecty’s AI context mapping could end enterprise data pipeline chaos
While several companies offer LLM-powered tools for data analysis, Connecty claims to stand out with its context graph-based approach.Tech - VentureBeat - November 12 -
Open source vector database vendor targets enterprise AI costs with cloud update
The vendor behind the open source Milvus vector database has a big cloud update designed to improve performance and reduce enterprise AI costs.Tech - VentureBeat - 5 days ago -
States take leading role on AI
The Hill's weekly technology news digest. {beacon} Friday, November 1, 2024 LEADING THE DAY States take leading role on AI as Washington lags Image © Getty Images State lawmakers across the ...Politics - The Hill - November 1 -
Microsoft accuses Google of ‘shadow campaigns’ to undermine its business
War of words between Big Tech companies reveals fierce rivalry in cloud computingBusiness - Financial Times - October 28 -
Tencent challenges Amazon and Microsoft's cloud dominance by tapping into its WeChat ecosystem
Tencent Cloud is increasingly leveraging the WeChat ecosystem to set itself apart from competitors, CEO Dowson Tong said.Business - CNBC - 6 days ago -
Microsoft is finally testing its Recall photographic memory search feature. It's not perfect
Microsoft on Friday finally started letting people test Recall, a so-called photographic memory search feature for the latest Copilot+ PCs. It's not perfect.Business - CNBC - Yesterday -
Icahn Enterprises’ stock slides 14% as majority-owned CVR Energy suspends its dividend
Icahn Enterprises LP’s stock fell 4% early Tuesday, after CVR Energy Inc., in which it owns a 66% stake, said it would suspend its third-quarter dividend, as unplanned outages and a weak macro ...Business - MarketWatch - October 29 -
xpander.ai’s Agent Graph System makes AI agents more reliable, gives them info step-by-step
It enables AI agents to achieve a 98% success rate in multi-step tasks, compared to just 24% for agents using traditional methods.Tech - VentureBeat - 3 days ago -
Gartner predicts AI agents will transform work, but disillusionment is growing
Gen AI is one of the hottest and hyped topics today. However, enterprise leaders are becoming skeptical about its near-term usefulness.Tech - VentureBeat - October 28 -
Why multi-agent AI tackles complexities LLMs can’t
While AGI and fully autonomous systems are still on the horizon, multi-agents will bridge the current gap between LLMs and AGI.Tech - VentureBeat - November 2 -
Will Sam Altman always win the OpenAI board fight in an AI agent simulation?
Fable built its AI Sim Francisco "war game" to find out why OpenAI's behind closed doors board fight turned out the way it did.Tech - VentureBeat - 3 days ago -
Google Cloud launches AI Agent Space amid rising competition
VentureBeat's viewing of the AI Agent Space revealed only 19 distinct agent models available for use, a fry cry from cloud rivals.Tech - VentureBeat - 3 days ago -
Getting started with AI agents (part 1): Capturing processes, roles and connections
To get started with AI agents, we must first identify differences between agents and models and define roles and communication requirements.Tech - VentureBeat - Yesterday -
Getting started with AI agents (part 2): Autonomy, safeguards and pitfalls
Success in building AI agents hinges on mapping roles and workflows and establishing safeguards such as human oversight and error checks.Tech - VentureBeat - 3 hours ago -
Juan Soto Leads a Star-Studded Group of M.L.B. Free Agents
This winter’s class looks a bit better than last year’s dismal group, a columnist for The Athletic writes.Sports - The New York Times - November 1 -
Hays, Finnegan, Rodgers among new free agents
Austin Hays, Kyle Finnegan and Brendan Rodgers were among 62 players who became free agents Friday when their teams failed to offer them 2025 contracts.Sports - ESPN - Yesterday -
MLB free agent rankings: Top 10 starting pitchers
Here are the top 10 MLB starting pitchers set to become free agents this winter.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 31 -
LinkedIn upgrades its Recruiter with an AI Hiring Assistant
LinkedIn's new Hiring Assistant will let recruiters use AI agents to find the most qualified candidates based on their LinkedIn profile.Tech - VentureBeat - October 29 -
Remedy Clarifies Its Stance On Using AI In Games
The topic of AI is already clouding the outlook of various industries, including video games. No one knows what that will mean for the future of game development, but Remedy--the developer behind ...Tech - GameSpot - 5 days ago -
What to know about the new way Microsoft will report cloud numbers Wednesday
Some on Wall Street are upbeat about the move. Others are not.Business - CNBC - October 29 -
Microsoft Copilot AI use extends deep into corporate America, but companies aren’t 100% sold
Microsoft Copilot AI adoption within corporate America is growing rapidly, but many companies are still unsure about the costs, a new CNBC survey finds.Business - CNBC - October 29 -
Microsoft's GitHub expands beyond OpenAI, lets developers use AI models from Anthropic, Google
GitHub is giving software developers more choices for its popular coding assistant, meaning they won't be limited to models from OpenAI.Business - CNBC - October 29 -
AWS launches in-line Q Developer AI coding assistant to take on Microsoft’s Github Copilot
Amazon Q Developer’s inline chat feature demonstrates its potential through practical applications like code refactoring and documentation.Tech - VentureBeat - October 29 -
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 -
Vatican, Microsoft create AI St. Peter's Basilica to allow virtual visits, log damage
A digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica has been created using artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most important monument’sWorld - ABC News - November 11 -
Denmark launches landmark framework for using AI under EU rules — with Microsoft backing
Denmark unveiled a blueprint on how to use generative AI in the corporate world to help firms get into compliance with strict new regulation from the EU.Business - CNBC - November 13 -
Salesforce CEO Benioff rips Microsoft's AI efforts. Here's why we're not picking sides
Deutsche Bank raised Salesforce's price target to $365 apiece from $325 Friday.Business - CNBC - 2 days ago -
We reiterate our 1 rating on Microsoft despite its softer guidance — here's why
The numbers look different this quarter due the company re-segmenting a few businesses, but overall there's not much to complain about.Business - CNBC - October 31
