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Microsoft fires employee who interrupted CEO's speech to protest AI tech for Israeli military
Microsoft has fired an employee who interrupted a speech by CEO Satya Nadella to protest the company's work supplying the ...
Microsoft put an ex-Facebook exec in charge of a new AI unit. Internal memos reveal how it's going.
Internal memos Jay Parikh has sent to employees since taking on a new AI unit reveal its early ambitions and accomplishments.
Microsoft’s Head of AI Security Accidentally Reveals Walmart’s Private AI Plans After Pro-Palestine Protest
Microsoft’s annual Build conference didn’t go smoothly, thanks to disruptions by protests of the company’s ties to Israel. After one, a flustered Microsoft employee accidentally displayed confidential ...
Microsoft Adds Musk’s Grok Models to Azure AI Foundry, Risks OpenAI’s Disapproval
The announcement was made at Microsoft’s Build developer conference on Monday, and was notable given Microsoft’s partnership ...
Microsoft's big event was all about the 'explosion' of AI agents
It was all about AI agents at Microsoft's Build developer conference, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joining to talk about the ...
Microsoft Build 2025 has arrived, and AI is the name of the game
Microsoft Build developer conference is back again, and this year, the company is all in on AI and Copilot initiatives.
Microsoft is all in on AI at Build 2025: 3 things you need to know
This is another example of Microsoft's "agentic" approach to AI, as Discovery is intended to let researchers create virtual teams of AI agents that can be instructed with specific data and guidelines ...
Microsoft’s and Google’s dueling developer conferences reveal opposite AI strategies—and a big weakness for one company
Microsoft's focus on AI agents for enterprises may be easier to deliver than Google's consumer focus on a universal AI ...