Mar 20, 2023, 10:24 AM Microsoft subsidiary Nuance is using GPT-4 for a new physician notes app Microsoft-owned AI company Nuance is leveraging GPT-4 to power new software designed to ease the burden of clinical documentation for… Read More
Mar 18, 2023, 7:41 AM GeekWire Podcast: SVB aftermath; the ‘affliction’ of remote work; and Microsoft puts AI to work This week on the GeekWire Podcast … We discuss the latest on the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, and consider the… Read More
Mar 16, 2023, 10:32 AM Microsoft’s real AI battle against Google begins with the promise of new superpowers for work Microsoft was encroaching onto Google’s turf when it announced an AI-powered Bing search engine last month. This morning, Microsoft started… Read More
Mar 14, 2023, 2:01 PM Microsoft confirms Bing’s AI-powered search chatbot is running on OpenAI’s new GPT-4 With OpenAI’s unveiling of GPT-4 today, its partner Microsoft acknowledged something that had been largely assumed but never confirmed: its… Read More
Mar 9, 2023, 2:05 PM Suspect in alleged stabbing of fellow Microsoft employee pleads not guilty to attempted murder A 27-year-old engineer who joined Microsoft last year pleaded not guilty Thursday morning to a charge of attempted second-degree murder… Read More
Feb 28, 2023, 9:49 AM Microsoft’s Windows 11 is getting Bing AI taskbar search and new iPhone integration Microsoft announced an update to Windows 11 with the ability to query the company’s AI-powered Bing search chatbot directly from… Read More
Feb 22, 2023, 8:25 AM Microsoft expands AI chatbot to Bing and Edge mobile apps after adjusting limits on chat sessions Microsoft is expanding the preview of its AI-powered search and composition features to its Bing and Edge mobile apps starting… Read More
Feb 20, 2023, 11:32 PM Microsoft inks binding contract with Nintendo for ‘Call of Duty’ as it defends Activision deal Microsoft’s deal with Nintendo to bring “Call of Duty” games to Nintendo systems — if Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition… Read More
Feb 16, 2023, 8:12 AM Microsoft now says AI-powered Bing chatbot is ‘not a replacement or substitute for the search engine’ “We think of it, humbly, as the next generation of search and browsing.” That was a comment by Yusuf Mehdi,… Read More
Feb 13, 2023, 7:20 AM The future of the information economy is in flux as internet search industry enters new area Editor’s note: This is a guest commentary from Oren Etzioni, former CEO of the Allen Institute for AI (AI2), a… Read More
Feb 11, 2023, 9:46 AM GeekWire Podcast: The new Microsoft Bing, and how artificial intelligence is changing the web The new Microsoft Bing drafted the introduction for this week’s GeekWire Podcast, with this prompt: Write an intro for a… Read More
Feb 10, 2023, 10:13 AM Microsoft continues with previously announced layoffs, as Seattle-area total nears 1,500 people Microsoft notified another round of workers this week that they’re losing their jobs as part of the 10,000 layoffs announced… Read More
Feb 10, 2023, 7:31 AM Arguing with AI: My first dispute with Microsoft’s brilliant and boneheaded Bing search engine For the past couple days, I’ve been trying out Microsoft’s new AI-powered Bing search engine, a chatbot that uses an… Read More
Feb 7, 2023, 10:59 AM Microsoft reveals new search engine and browser with AI ‘copilot,’ escalating battle with Google REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft unveiled new versions of its Bing search engine and Edge web browser that take advantage of next-generation… Read More
Feb 1, 2023, 3:22 PM Microsoft Word gets ChatGPT integration with new ‘Ghostwriter’ third-party add-in Microsoft says it plans to integrate OpenAI technologies throughout its product lineup, but one entrepreneur has already put ChatGPT into… Read More
Jan 27, 2023, 12:07 PM Microsoft and VMware vet Paul Maritz backs social app that vows not to monetize user data Veteran computer scientist and business leader Paul Maritz is perhaps best known for his work in PC and server operating… Read More
Jan 26, 2023, 12:50 PM Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon VP Babak Parviz joins Madrona; Microsoft CVP Vahé Torossian departs — Babak Parviz, a former director at Google and vice president at Amazon, joined Seattle-based firm Madrona Venture Group as a… Read More
Jan 25, 2023, 9:09 AM What Microsoft’s numbers say about the state of the tech economy Things really began to change in December. That’s when Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform started to lose some of its momentum,… Read More
Jan 23, 2023, 10:30 AM Just how bad is Microsoft’s bottom line? Earnings report will be closely watched after job cuts Microsoft is seeing customers “optimize their digital spend to do more with less,” and “exercise caution” in the face of… Read More
Jan 23, 2023, 8:42 AM Microsoft’s ‘multibillion dollar’ OpenAI investment comes with new level of secrecy Microsoft is making a big new investment in OpenAI, the artificial intelligence powerhouse behind ChatGPT, extending a partnership that has… Read More
Jan 18, 2023, 10:36 AM Microsoft and Amazon job cuts mark new phase for tech industry after decade of massive growth Big Tech’s big boom is over. But the sector overall is a long way from a bust. That’s the assessment… Read More
Jan 18, 2023, 6:15 AM Full memo: Microsoft to cut 10k jobs, about 5% of workforce, and take $1.2B restructuring charge [Editor’s Note: Timing of layoffs corrected since original post.] Citing a need to “align our cost structure with our revenue… Read More
Jan 17, 2023, 1:06 PM Microsoft reportedly to lay off employees this week Follow-up: Full memo: Microsoft to cut 10k jobs, about 5% of workforce, and take $1.2B restructuring charge Microsoft is gearing… Read More
Jan 17, 2023, 10:25 AM ChatGPT coming to Azure: New integration shows how Microsoft will leverage OpenAI partnership Having trouble reliably accessing OpenAI’s ChatGPT? Microsoft has a solution. The tech giant says it will soon make the generative… Read More
Jan 12, 2023, 10:21 AM Why Microsoft’s new unlimited vacation policy could be problematic for employees Unlimited vacation may sound like an amazing job perk. But employee benefits and recruiting experts warn that such policies can… Read More
Jan 12, 2023, 9:14 AM Tech gets religion on AI: Inside the Vatican summit with Islamic and Jewish leaders, Microsoft and IBM It’s unusual for tech executives and religious leaders to get together to discuss their shared interests and goals for the… Read More
Jan 11, 2023, 11:43 AM Microsoft is giving U.S. salaried employees unlimited vacation Microsoft is changing its vacation policy to give U.S.-based salaried workers unlimited time off. The new policy, which goes into… Read More
Jan 9, 2023, 10:12 AM Microsoft acquires Fungible, a data center infrastructure company Microsoft has acquired Fungible, a 6-year-old startup that helps companies with data center storage and networking needs. “The Fungible team… Read More
Jan 7, 2023, 10:25 AM Microsoft, OpenAI, ChatGPT … and Bing? The surprising way the integration could work What would a combination of OpenAI’s ChatGPT natural language chatbot with Microsoft’s Bing search engine look like? This week on… Read More
Jan 6, 2023, 8:46 AM Ex-Twitter VP Mike Davidson joins Microsoft to lead Web Experiences design and research Mike Davidson, a Seattle technology veteran and longtime designer, is joining Microsoft as the corporate vice president of design and… Read More
