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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
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
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 earnings
Business - 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 - 2 days ago
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 - 2 days ago
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 - 12 hours ago
Chinese smartphone maker Oppo doubles down on AI, says in regular talks with Google and Microsoft

As Chinese smartphone company Oppo gears up for a flagship phone launch overseas, it says it has weekly AI talks with Google and Microsoft senior management.
Business - CNBC - October 24
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
Microsoft just made it way easier for developers to build AI apps — and it could be bad news for AWS

Microsoft expands its AI developer tools with GitHub Copilot for Azure, simplifying cloud integration and transforming how developers build and deploy AI applications in an increasingly competitive ...
Tech - VentureBeat - 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 off
Tech - ABC News - October 30
Microsoft’s new Magentic-One system directs multiple AI agents to complete user tasks

Magnetic-One, Microsoft's AI agent orchestration framework, deploys multiple agents to solve daily tasks autonomously.
Tech - VentureBeat - November 5
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’s
World - ABC News - November 11
Microsoft-backed startup debuts task optimized enterprise AI models that run on CPUs

Fastino emerges from stealth with $7 million in pre-seed funding to advance task optimized enterprise AI models that don’t require a GPU to run.
Tech - VentureBeat - November 12
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
Microsoft Just Revealed 5 New AI Agents to Help You Work Smarter

The tech giant says these agents will help free people from the drudgery of work.
Business - Inc. - 2 days ago
Foreign Election Interference May Escalate, Microsoft Says

Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway U.S. voters could intensify, according to a new report from the tech giant.
Business - Inc. - October 24
Microsoft dips on weak guidance after beating on earnings

Microsoft reported better-than-expected results for the fiscal first quarter as Azure topped estimates. But quarterly growth guidance was light.
Business - CNBC - October 30
Microsoft Earnings Show Quarterly Revenue Is Up 16% to $65.6 Billion

The company’s profit increased 11 percent to $24.7 billion, beating Wall Street’s expectations and its own predictions.
Tech - The New York Times - October 30
OpenAI launches ChatGPT search, competing with Google and Microsoft

OpenAI on Thursday launched ChatGPT search, positioning the company to better compete with search engines like Google, Microsoft's Bing and Perplexity.
Business - CNBC - October 31
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Launch Times Revealed

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is set for release on November 19, but when exactly does the game launch that day? Microsoft has now published the official launch times for the game.. The game ...
Tech - GameSpot - November 12
Bethesda Workers Go On Strike Against Microsoft

Last year, quality-assurance workers at Bethesda and ZeniMax studios formed ZeniMax Workers United, the largest certified video game union in the United States. Now that union is putting its ...
Tech - GameSpot - November 13
US regulators plan to investigate Microsoft’s cloud business

FTC chair Lina Khan continues to pursue Big Tech in final days of Biden presidency
Business - Financial Times - November 14
Elon Musk Adds Microsoft to Suit Against OpenAI

In a new legal filing, the Tesla chief executive accuses the A.I. start-up of undermining antitrust law.
Tech - The New York Times - 6 days ago
Elon Musk Ramps Up Legal Fight With OpenAI, Microsoft

The billionaire accused the ChatGPT maker of anticompetitive behavior in new court filings.
Tech - The Wall Street Journal - 6 days ago

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