Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI, and other tech giants have committed to a landmark international AI safety agreement at the Seoul AI Safety Summit, including a "kill switch" to halt AI development if risks cannot be mitigated.
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Elon Musk has compared the functionality of a new feature of Microsoft Windows PCs to an episode of "Black Mirror."
The EU has sought for more information about Microsoft's risk report on its generative AI tools.
Microsoft's aggressive push into artificial intelligence (AI) faces criticism as its carbon emissions surge, challenging its climate objectives despite commitments to become carbon negative by 2030.
Anthropic will expand its generative AI assistant Claude to Europe while continuing to get funding from the continent.
AI Singapore’s director of innovation Laurence Liew stressed the importance of properly using AI technology in order to boost the wider adoption of the technology on all companies across multiple sectors and minimize corporate hesitation.
Microsoft has announced that it will launch its own mobile game store in July. Microsoft announced Thursday that it is preparing to launch its own mobile game store in July.
A House committee calls Microsoft's Brad Smith to testify later this month about software flaws that enabled hackers to access government officials' email accounts.
Microsoft's Xbox division is preparing for further job cuts to align with ongoing restructuring efforts to optimize its gaming subsidiaries following massive acquisitions and cost-cutting initiatives.
President Joe Biden has touted Microsoft's $3.3 billion investment plan to build a new AI data center in Wisconsin, contrasting it with the unfulfilled Foxconn deal negotiated during Donald Trump's presidency.
