Articles about Microsoft AI

Microsoft unveils seven homegrown AI models in new bid for ‘long term self-sufficiency’

Microsoft used its Build conference to unveil seven in-house AI models, including a reasoning model it says draws even with Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.6 — part of a push to depend less on the AI partners it has invested billions in. Read More

Microsoft releases new AI models to expand further beyond OpenAI

Microsoft announced MAI-Transcribe-1, a new speech-to-text model, and made its in-house MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-Image-2 models broadly available to developers for commercial use for the first time, expanding its proprietary AI capabilities beyond its OpenAI partnership. Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon leader lands at Anthropic; Microsoft government affairs vet retires

Steven Maheshwary, a former generative AI leader at Amazon, is now a go-to-market lead in strategic partnerships at Anthropic, the AI giant behind Claude and backed by Amazon. Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle hires first AI Officer; Microsoft nabs AI media leader; DexCare names CPO

Lisa Qian is Seattle’s first AI Officer; Microsoft recruit AI media leader Julia Beizer from Bloomberg; and DexCare names Rakshay Jain as chief product officer. Read More

Microsoft forms Superintelligence team to pursue ‘humanist’ AI under Mustafa Suleyman

Microsoft has formed a new Superintelligence team, led by Mustafa Suleyman, to pursue what it calls “humanist superintelligence” — advanced AI that remains under human control. The effort reflects Microsoft’s bid to shape the next era of AI while emphasizing safety and restraint. Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shakes up his own job, taps veteran exec as CEO of commercial business

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is handing off day-to-day commercial execution to longtime sales chief Judson Althoff, who takes on the new role of CEO of commercial business. The change frees Nadella to focus more on AI and long-term technology bets. Read More

Microsoft poaches more Google DeepMind talent as Dave Citron joins as new corporate VP

Dave Citron, a former senior director of product at Google DeepMind, has joined Microsoft’s AI group as corporate vice president… Read More

Microsoft tries to keep its consumer Copilot out of New York Times AI copyright case

Microsoft is fighting to keep its consumer AI division, led by its AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, from getting dragged into… Read More

Tech Moves: Former AWS CEO joins Circle board; Microsoft poaches more Google AI talent

Adam Selipsky, former CEO of Amazon Web Services, joined the board of directors for Circle Internet Group, an international financial… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Tola Capital; Amperity names CPO; Edelman exec joins Boeing

— Vahé Torossian has joined Seattle firm Tola Capital as a venture partner. Torossian was at Microsoft for more than… Read More

Steve Ballmer nearly dumped his Microsoft stock after leaving — here’s why he decided to hold on

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer came close to selling his entire stake in the company around 2015 or 2016, after… Read More

Microsoft: No evidence Israeli military used its technology to harm civilians, reviews find

[Updated below with comments from the employee group No Azure for Apartheid.] Microsoft said Thursday that it found no evidence… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft AI adds CVP; WatchGuard CEO steps down; Amazon vet joins Hims & Hers

Former Meta and Time Warner exec Mark D’Arcy is joining Microsoft as a corporate vice president working on the tech… Read More

Microsoft earnings preview: Cloud and AI growth will be tested by economic turmoil

Microsoft’s business may not be as exposed to the risk of tariffs as some of its tech rivals, but economic… Read More

Microsoft rolls out Recall and other AI features to all Copilot+ PCs, nearly a year after unveiling

After a series of delays, Microsoft is broadly releasing its flagship AI-powered features for Copilot+ PCs, aiming to deliver on… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Expedia CTO joins Varo Bank; Point B gets CEO; and more

— Rathi Murthy, former chief technology officer for Expedia, is now CTO for Varo Bank, a digital financial institution based… Read More

Research alliance co-founded by Fred Hutch and Microsoft announces initial cancer studies

A collaboration to share data between top Pacific Northwest cancer research groups has announced its first three projects, focused on… Read More

Microsoft will be adding AI ethics to its standard checklist for product release

Microsoft will “one day very soon” add an ethics review focusing on artificial-intelligence issues to its standard checklist of audits… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Microsoft’s AI moonshot, behind the scenes at GeekGirlCon, and more

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we kick things off with a look into Microsoft’s huge new move… Read More