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Microsoft Corporation is one of the world’s biggest software makers and manufactures and licenses a range of products and services related to computing. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the company is probably best known for its Windows software, although it has begun an aggressive drive into the mobile sector seeking to make inroads on market share held by Google and Apple. It paid 5.44 billion euros for the handset business of Nokia in September 2013.
World leaders agree artificial intelligence in the wrong hands could be a threat to humanity and have taken steps to avoid such a scenario.
- The Microsoft investment will align a key Middle East firm with the US as Washington seeks to curtail Chinese access to AI technologies
- G42 had been criticised in Washington, with one lawmaker calling for sanctions because of alleged links to Chinese businesses, including Huawei
Japan must embrace rapid innovation to be a convincing alternative to China in the industry, experts say.
Switzerland on Wednesday announced that a high-level conference on the Ukraine conflict would be held on June 15-16, but without Russia.
Generative AI can be used to find new types of attacks, but companies are also using the tech to assess these threats, Microsoft’s head of Responsible AI said at HSBC’s Global Investment Summit.
Blizzard Entertainment is resuming its partnership with NetEase under its new owner Microsoft, marking a revival of a long running US-China video game pact that had an acrimonious break-up over a year ago.
Fumio Kishida says that in areas like semiconductors, AI, quantum computing and biotech, it is ‘increasingly important for the two countries to build resilience’ as the two allies work to counterbalance China.
A government cyber review board said the company did not prioritise risk management that allowed hackers to steal emails from senior US officials.
The law, effective from March 7, aims to make it easier for people to move between competing online services.
Apple is in talks with Baidu to bring AI on to iPhones in China, The Wall Street Journal reported. In China, AI tech must be vetted by regulators.
Microsoft will pay US$620 million to license Inflection’s AI models and around US$30 million for waiving any legal rights related to its mass hiring of the start-up’s employees.
One of DarwinAI’s core technologies is making artificial intelligence systems smaller and faster, which could help Apple run AI on devices.
Copilot for Security is part of Microsoft's ongoing effort to infuse its major product lines with AI tools from partner OpenAI and persuade corporate customers to buy subscriptions.
The rising number of top-tier Chinese AI talent working in American institutions reflects the mainland’s continuing struggle with brain drain, compared with a brain gain for the US.
They will use an online platform to learn how to use Microsoft’s AI tools to gain workplace skills and to be able to recognise cybersecurity threats.
In its first legal response to Musk’s lawsuit, OpenAI said the tech billionaire’s allegations against it are ‘contrived’ and based on ‘the terms of his fictitious contract’ with the start-up.
Start-ups and investors say attending Leap tech conference is about building relationships for a market seen as ‘like China in the late 90s’.
Broadcom said on Thursday it expects US$10 billion in revenue from chips related to artificial intelligence this year, but its stock dipped after the tech company’s full-year forecast failed to impress investors.
OpenAI’s response hits at the heart of a lawsuit filed by Musk, who accused the start-up of breaching their founding agreement to develop AI for the benefit of humanity.
While Nvidia’s shares have added 66 per cent this year after more than tripling in 2023, Tesla shares are down more than half from their 2021 peak.
Musk’s lawsuit claims ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman, among others, abandoned the company’s original mission to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity not profit.
Apple plans to disclose more about its plans to put generative artificial intelligence to use later this year, chief executive officer Tim Cook said during the company’s annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday.
Li Qiang tells delegation led by US Chamber of Commerce head that Washington’s ‘small yard, high fence’ approach to trade with China is not in either side’s interest.
The praise heaped on developers Jing Li and Ricky Wang Yu reflects mainland China’s excitement over how Sora further advances artificial intelligence applications.
Microsoft has extended its partnership with Hong Kong insurance provider FWD, with a four-year agreement, as companies race to integrate cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology into their products and services.
Beijing-based Sinodata said a deal with Microsoft will give it priority access to OpenAI’s new Sora model when it is available on Azure.
Increased artificial intelligence integration in Chinese handsets shows how a new tech arms race in the smartphone industry is heating up, as the global market is poised for a recovery in 2024.
Copyright experts support legislative change to cover creators who use AI technology to generate content.
