A new entry on the Microsoft 365 roadmap site this week shows that the Edge web browser will be adding a way to type in text prompts to create images that can be used for new browser themes.
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Microsoft has plans to spend $3.3 billion to launch a new AI data center in Wisconsin, on land that was first bought by Foxconn for a failed LCD factory. President Joe Biden will help with the reveal.
Microsoft has revealed it has launched a new generative AI service specifically made for being used by US intelligence groups. This unnamed service is not connected to the internet.
Microsoft has announced a partnership with the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on its new AI Cyber Challenge. Microsoft will offer Azure AI resources for the contestants.
Microsoft made a number of security announcements today as part of the RSA Conference. They include expanding Microsoft Defender for Cloud to protect a company's AI deployments and more.
Microsoft is reportedly working on its own AI large language model called MAI-1. It is being created to rival other LLMs from Google, Anthropic, and even ChatGPT from Microsoft's partner OpenAI.
The Microsoft Start weather forecasting development team has recently created a series of new AI models that were designed to offer more accurate weather forecasts as far as 30 days in advance.
Team members at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and other companies are anonymously reporting that they are being asked to develop AI services as fast as possible, and many are experiencing burnout.
Microsoft committed $2.2B to expand its cloud and AI operations in Malaysia over the next few years. This is the company's largest ever investment in the country with new local infrastructure.
Microsoft has just announced another partnership with an AI startup company, Sanctuary AI. The two businesses will work together to create a human-like AI model for general purpose robots.
Microsoft is trying to show it is taking the use of AI services and their effects seriously by publishing its first annual AI transparency report, with info on its own employee practices.
Internal Microsoft emails have revealed the company feared it will fall behind Google in AI development in 2019. The CTO's emails showed that he believed Microsoft was years behind Google's AI.
Several newspaper chains have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming ChatGPT was trained on copyrighted articles without permission. They also say it has an 'uncanny' ability to reproduce news stories.
Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion to develop Indonesia's AI infrastructure by building new cloud computing data centers. CEO Satya Nadella said it would be their largest investment in the country.
Microsoft has announced a new collaboration with the beauty company Estée Lauder to create a new AI Innovation Lab to help speed up product development for Estée Lauder's beauty brands.
Microsoft has introduced an upgraded lineup of small AI models, Phi-3. The family includes Phi-3 Mini with 3.8 billion parameters, Phi-3 Small with 7 billion, and Phi-3 Medium with 14 billion.
Microsoft has more details on how it is trying to fight against hacker attacks on the guardrails to AI services after deep fake images of Taylor Swift were reportedly made in Microsoft Designer.
Microsoft is shaking up its AI leadership, moving consumer products like Bing under a new division headed by DeepMind co-founder. Bing executive Mikhail Parakhin will leave his current role.
Microsoft has announced a new "Microsoft AI" division for its artificial intelligence efforts. Led by a DeepMind co-founder, Mustafa Suleyman, it will also govern Edge, Bing, and Copilot projects.
Microsoft has announced the formation of the Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network. This collection of major healthcare companies will help create responsible AI principles for their businesses.
Microsoft has announced a new five-year partnership with 1910 Genetics to help boost the development and research of pharmaceutical products via Microsoft's Azure Quantum Elements.
Microsoft President Brad Smith has outlined the company's new AI Access Principles, which it says will help guide its AI data center infrastructure policies as well as its other AI assets.
Microsoft has announced a new multi-year partnership with the France-based generative AI startup company Mistral AI. The deal also includes an undisclosed minor investment by Microsoft.
Microsoft is developing more efficient AI by forming a new team called GenAI, which will focus on building smaller language models than OpenAI. The GenAI team will be led by VP Misha Bilenko.
The DOJ and FTC are engaged in a "turf war" over who gets to investigate Microsoft's investment in and partnership with OpenAI for antitrust issues. Sources say neither agency will cede jurisdiction.
Microsoft teamed up with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to make a new and better lithium battery, with the help of Microsoft's AI and its Azure Quantum Elements services.
While it has been expected for a while that Windows 12 will be released sometime next year, a new report suggests it will be in the middle of the year in June, possibly sometime around Computex.
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott wrote an internal memo to all of the company's employees today, thanking them and stating he was glad to be "part of such an amazing team" during the whole OpenAI event.
Announced earlier this year at its Build conference, Microsoft has now officially made its new Fabric data analytics program generally available for business users as part of Ignite 2023.
Microsoft briefly blocked employees from using OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot due to a testing bug that limited LLMs more broadly. Microsoft recommends using its own AI chatbot, Bing Chat.
Microsoft has announced it plans to give startup companies free access to its Azure AI services, including GPU virtual machine clusters, so they can train and run large language models.
Microsoft has announced a new tool to help political candidates verify that campaign materials have not been tampered with by deepfakes. The tool allows images and videos to be watermarked.
Microsoft has added seven more realistic-sounding AI text-to-speech voices in different languages that can be used by Azure AI customers along with several updates to previous voices.
A newly posted video allegedly shows a revamped version of Microsoft Planner, with AI-based features that will reportedly bring every Microsoft 365 plan, task, and project into one location.
Microsoft and Siemens have launched Siemens Industrial Copilot, an AI assistant jointly developed to improve productivity in manufacturing. It can rapidly generate and debug complex automation code.
Microsoft has committed $3.2B to expand its cloud and AI capabilities in Australia. The investment will increase data center capacity by 250% and train 300,000 Australians in critical digital skills.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated in his shareholder letter for its 2023 annual report the rise of AI will "fundamentally transform productivity" and the company will "lead this new era."
Microsoft is rumored to officially announce its plans to make its own processor designed to run generative AI services like Bing Chat and Copilot in November at its Ignite 2023 conference.
Microsoft recently debuted its Copilot feature on Windows 11 as a preview. However, users have faced some issues related to wallpapers and GPUs. And the experience is set to get worse now with ads.
Windows 11 Copilot hit GA last week with 22H2 Moment 4, though it is not available to all. However, that may be somewhat of a boon in disguise as it is apparently leading to an AMD driver bug.