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Since it’s hard to predict where this is all going, it’s likely to Microsoft’s longterm advantage to develop its own models. It’s also possible Microsoft has introduced these models to address use cases or queries that OpenAI isn’t focused on. We’re seeing a gradual shift in the AI landscape toward models that are more specialized for certain tasks, rather than …

Pratik Pandey, a 35-year-old Microsoft software engineer, was found dead at the company’s office early on August 20. Pandey, who worked on the Fabric product, had entered the office the previous evening. While the cause of death is pending, police found no signs of suspicious activity. Microsoft is investigating the incident. Pratik Pandey, a 35-year-old software engineer working for Microsoft, …

Tech giant Microsoft (MSFT) has begun testing its in-house artificial intelligence (AI) models that will compete directly with partner OpenAI while also reducing reliance on the ChatGPT maker. The company has launched two customer-focused AI models under its MAI (Microsoft Artificial Intelligence) brand, named MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview. The announcement was made by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman in an X …

With the colder parts of the year approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, many are considering how to make their spaces better, and more amenable to spending a lot more time in them. Tech giant Microsoft (MSFT) may have just the solution, with a new connection with Samsung (SSNLF). Microsoft’s Copilot is now available on some Samsung devices, and could really …

Microsoft is expanding its AI footprint with the of two new models that its teams trained completely in-house. MAI-Voice-1 is the tech major’s first natural speech generation model, while MAI-1-preview is text-based and is the company’s first foundation model trained end-to-end. MAI-Voice-1 is currently being used in the Copilot Daily and Podcast features. Microsoft has made MAI-1-preview available for public …

Microsoft has fired two more employees who participated in recent protests against the company’s contracts with the Israeli military and government. The two employees, Nisreen Jaradat and Julius Shan, were fired “in connection” with demonstrations that saw protesters set up encampments at Microsoft’s headquarters, according to Hossam Nasr, an organizer with the No Azure for Apartheid group. Two other Microsoft …

Microsoft’s AI division announced its first homegrown AI models on Thursday: MAI-Voice-1 AI and MAI-1-preview. The company says its new MAI-Voice-1 speech model can generate a minute’s worth of audio in under one second on just one GPU, while MAI-1-preview “offers a glimpse of future offerings inside Copilot.” You can try MA1-Voice-1 out for yourself on Copilot Labs, where you …

Microsoft fired two employees on Wednesday after they broke into the office of its vice chair and company president, Brad Smith, earlier this week as part of a protest of the technology company’s purported links to Israel.  The terminations came after a group of seven people broke into executive offices at Microsoft’s global headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on Tuesday to …

Microsoft Software Engineer Dies on Silicon Valley Campus at 35  Bloomberg Source link

Microsoft Copilot has a new home in Samsung’s TVs and monitors after the company announced a partnership earlier in the year. Samsung announced the official rollout of Microsoft Copilot on its 2025 TVs and smart monitors as a part of the Samsung Vision AI experience. Samsung says that Copilot will be accessible through voice commands or the remote. The AI …