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Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data
Microsoft and OpeAI are checking if data output from OpenAI’s technology was obtained in an unauthorised manner by a group linked to DeepSeek. David Sacks, President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence czar, said Tuesday there’s “substantial evidence” that DeepSeek leaned on the output of OpenAI’s models to help develop its own techn...
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Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership Raises Antitrust Concerns, FTC Says
The FTC has said Microsoft’s deal with OpenAI, as well as Amazon.com and Google’s partnerships with AI company Anthropic, raise the risk that AI developers could be “fully acquired” by the tech giants in the future.
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Microsoft Unveils Zero-Water Data Centers to Reduce AI Climate Impact
Microsoft, trying to mitigate the climate impact of its data center building boom. The new system use a “closed loop” to recycle water; liquid is added during construction and continually circulated — obviating the need for fresh supplies.
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Microsoft Faces Broad Antitrust Investigation From US Federal Trade Commission
The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an antitrust investigation of Microsoft Corporation, drilling into everything from the company's cloud computing and software licensing businesses to cybersecurity offerings and AI products.
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Microsoft Signs AI-Learning Deal With News Corp.’s HarperCollins
Microsoft reached a deal with News Corp.’s HarperCollins that will allow the software company to use nonfiction titles from the book publisher to train its Artificial Intelligence models, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company isn’t planning to use the content to generate new books without human authors, the person said.
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Microsoft’s Gaming Chief Phil Spencer Is Still Open to Acquisitions After Activision Deal
Microsoft’s video-gaming chief is still looking at acquisitions and charting how to compete and partner in the markets for handheld game devices and mobile stores. Deals that add “geographic diversity,” including in Asia, might be worthwhile, Phil Spencer said in an interview.
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Microsoft Hires Meta's Former Engineering Head Jay Parikh
Microsoft Corp, which is struggling to bring data centers online fast enough to meet the demand for its artificial intelligence products, hired one of the engineering chiefs who kept Facebook's infrastructure humming.
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Microsoft Struggles To Retain Women, Minority Employees
Microsoft Corp.'s female, Black and Latinx employees are leaving at an increasing rate, a trend that's complicating the company's efforts to build a more diverse workforce.
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Stop Treating AI Like Humans, "It's A Tool": Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
A week after OpenAI unveiled a personal assistant that can laugh, sing and speak with a mix of different voices, the company's closest partner offered a subtly different view for how people should engage with artificial intelligence tools.
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Microsoft Employee Emails Hacked by Russia-Linked 'Midnight Blizzard' Group, Company Says
Microsoft employee's email accounts were recently accessed by a Russian-linked hacking group, according to the company. The hackers managed to gain access to a “small number” of email accounts. Impacted employees included senior leadership and workers in cybersecurity and legal departments. The company expects some disruption as it fixes older ...
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Microsoft Announces Copilot Pro AI Assistant at $20 Monthly Fee for Consumers, Small Businesses
Microsoft is opening up its artificial intelligence assistant to consumers and making the corporate version available to smaller companies as it tries to increase the number of paying customers for the new services.
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Microsoft Says No Stake In OpenAI As Tie-Up Faces Antitrust Probe
With global regulators examining Microsoft Corp's $13 billion investment in OpenAI, the software giant has a simple argument it hopes will resonate with antitrust officials: It doesn't own a traditional stake in the buzzy startup.
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What Mira Murati Told OpenAI Staff After Replacing Sam Altman
OpenAI Interim Chief Executive Officer Mira Murati was "honored and humbled" to step into the leadership role at the company following the ouster of Sam Altman, according to a memo she sent to staff reviewed by Bloomberg.
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Microsoft Drops Twitter From Its Ad Platform. Elon Musk Threatens To Sue
Microsoft Corp. said its social media planning and scheduling tools for advertisers will no longer support Twitter, after the Elon Musk-owned social network started charging for access to its programming interface.
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Microsoft Said to Threaten to Restrict Rival Search Engines' Data Access Over AI Chat Products
Microsoft is said to have threatened rival search engines that it would cut off access to the company's search engine data if they do not stop using it to power their own AI chatbots and other products that rely on artificial intelligence. The company's rivals, including Google, You.com, Neeva, and DuckDuckGo, have quickly moved to roll out their o...
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Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data
Microsoft and OpeAI are checking if data output from OpenAI’s technology was obtained in an unauthorised manner by a group linked to DeepSeek. David Sacks, President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence czar, said Tuesday there’s “substantial evidence” that DeepSeek leaned on the output of OpenAI’s models to help develop its own techn...
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Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership Raises Antitrust Concerns, FTC Says
The FTC has said Microsoft’s deal with OpenAI, as well as Amazon.com and Google’s partnerships with AI company Anthropic, raise the risk that AI developers could be “fully acquired” by the tech giants in the future.
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Microsoft Unveils Zero-Water Data Centers to Reduce AI Climate Impact
Microsoft, trying to mitigate the climate impact of its data center building boom. The new system use a “closed loop” to recycle water; liquid is added during construction and continually circulated — obviating the need for fresh supplies.
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Microsoft Faces Broad Antitrust Investigation From US Federal Trade Commission
The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an antitrust investigation of Microsoft Corporation, drilling into everything from the company's cloud computing and software licensing businesses to cybersecurity offerings and AI products.
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Microsoft Signs AI-Learning Deal With News Corp.’s HarperCollins
Microsoft reached a deal with News Corp.’s HarperCollins that will allow the software company to use nonfiction titles from the book publisher to train its Artificial Intelligence models, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company isn’t planning to use the content to generate new books without human authors, the person said.
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Microsoft’s Gaming Chief Phil Spencer Is Still Open to Acquisitions After Activision Deal
Microsoft’s video-gaming chief is still looking at acquisitions and charting how to compete and partner in the markets for handheld game devices and mobile stores. Deals that add “geographic diversity,” including in Asia, might be worthwhile, Phil Spencer said in an interview.
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Microsoft Hires Meta's Former Engineering Head Jay Parikh
Microsoft Corp, which is struggling to bring data centers online fast enough to meet the demand for its artificial intelligence products, hired one of the engineering chiefs who kept Facebook's infrastructure humming.
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Microsoft Struggles To Retain Women, Minority Employees
Microsoft Corp.'s female, Black and Latinx employees are leaving at an increasing rate, a trend that's complicating the company's efforts to build a more diverse workforce.
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Stop Treating AI Like Humans, "It's A Tool": Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
A week after OpenAI unveiled a personal assistant that can laugh, sing and speak with a mix of different voices, the company's closest partner offered a subtly different view for how people should engage with artificial intelligence tools.
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Microsoft Employee Emails Hacked by Russia-Linked 'Midnight Blizzard' Group, Company Says
Microsoft employee's email accounts were recently accessed by a Russian-linked hacking group, according to the company. The hackers managed to gain access to a “small number” of email accounts. Impacted employees included senior leadership and workers in cybersecurity and legal departments. The company expects some disruption as it fixes older ...
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Microsoft Announces Copilot Pro AI Assistant at $20 Monthly Fee for Consumers, Small Businesses
Microsoft is opening up its artificial intelligence assistant to consumers and making the corporate version available to smaller companies as it tries to increase the number of paying customers for the new services.
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Microsoft Says No Stake In OpenAI As Tie-Up Faces Antitrust Probe
With global regulators examining Microsoft Corp's $13 billion investment in OpenAI, the software giant has a simple argument it hopes will resonate with antitrust officials: It doesn't own a traditional stake in the buzzy startup.
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What Mira Murati Told OpenAI Staff After Replacing Sam Altman
OpenAI Interim Chief Executive Officer Mira Murati was "honored and humbled" to step into the leadership role at the company following the ouster of Sam Altman, according to a memo she sent to staff reviewed by Bloomberg.
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Microsoft Drops Twitter From Its Ad Platform. Elon Musk Threatens To Sue
Microsoft Corp. said its social media planning and scheduling tools for advertisers will no longer support Twitter, after the Elon Musk-owned social network started charging for access to its programming interface.
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Microsoft Said to Threaten to Restrict Rival Search Engines' Data Access Over AI Chat Products
Microsoft is said to have threatened rival search engines that it would cut off access to the company's search engine data if they do not stop using it to power their own AI chatbots and other products that rely on artificial intelligence. The company's rivals, including Google, You.com, Neeva, and DuckDuckGo, have quickly moved to roll out their o...
