microsoft Microsoft Hires Inflection AI Leader Mustafa Suleyman to Run Consumer AI Division Microsoft taps Mustafa Suleyman to lead a new consumer AI group overseeing Copilot, Bing, and Edge. The move brings most of Inflection AI's staff to Microsoft while the startup shifts to a new business model.
microsoft Microsoft Hires Inflection AI Cofounders in Unusual Non-Acquisition Deal Microsoft hires Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan from Inflection AI to lead its consumer AI division without acquiring the startup. The unusual arrangement raises immediate questions about antitrust scrutiny and the future of Inflection's consumer chatbot.
microsoft Microsoft Poaches Inflection AI Founders to Lead New Consumer Division Microsoft hires Inflection AI co-founders Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan to lead a newly created consumer AI division focused on Copilot, Bing, and Edge. The unusual talent deal prompts Inflection AI to pivot its business model toward an enterprise API service.
microsoft Microsoft Security Copilot Launches April 1 With Flexible Pricing Microsoft rebrands Copilot for Security to Microsoft Security Copilot ahead of its general availability on April 1, 2024. The generative AI tool introduces a new pay-as-you-go pricing model and proves to make security analysts faster and more accurate.
elon musk Elon Musk Announces Plans to Open Source Grok Chatbot This Week Elon Musk reveals that his AI startup xAI will open source its Grok chatbot this week. The move follows a recent lawsuit against OpenAI in which Musk accuses the company of abandoning its original open source mission.
inflection ai Inflection AI Upgrades Pi Chatbot With GPT-4 Rival Model Inflection AI launches Inflection-2.5, a powerful new language model that nearly matches GPT-4's performance while using significantly less computing power. The upgrade comes as the company's Pi chatbot reaches one million daily active users.
elon musk Elon Musk Sues OpenAI Over Abandoned Nonprofit Mission Elon Musk files a lawsuit against OpenAI and its leadership, accusing them of breaking their founding agreement to prioritize public benefit over profits. He asks the court to force the company to open its technology to the public.
elon musk Elon Musk Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Betrayal of Nonprofit Mission Elon Musk files a lawsuit against OpenAI and its leaders, accusing them of abandoning the company's original nonprofit mission to benefit humanity in favor of maximizing profits for Microsoft.
elon musk Elon Musk Sues OpenAI Over Abandonment of Nonprofit Mission Elon Musk files a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, accusing them of abandoning the company's original nonprofit mission in favor of massive profits through a partnership with Microsoft.
figure ai Humanoid Robot Startup Figure AI Raises $675 Million From Tech Giants Figure AI secures a massive $675 million funding round at a $2.6 billion valuation, backed by Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, and Microsoft. The startup partners with OpenAI to advance the AI capabilities of its general-purpose humanoid robot.
figure Figure Raises $675M at $2.6B Valuation for Humanoid Robots Bay Area robotics startup Figure secures a massive $675 million Series B round backed by OpenAI, Microsoft, and Nvidia. The company focuses on building general-purpose humanoid robots for industrial workplaces.
microsoft Microsoft Invests $16 Million in French AI Startup Mistral Microsoft pours $16.3 million into Paris-based Mistral AI as part of a broader distribution partnership. The deal gives Azure users a new alternative to OpenAI's models and draws regulatory scrutiny from the European Commission.
microsoft Microsoft Invests in French AI Startup Mistral to Expand Beyond OpenAI Microsoft partners with European AI startup Mistral, making it the second company to host its models on Azure. The move comes as Microsoft faces increasing antitrust scrutiny over its massive OpenAI investment.
deepfakes Major Tech Firms Sign Voluntary Pledge to Combat Election Deepfakes Twenty major technology companies sign a voluntary accord at the Munich Security Conference to detect and label AI-generated deepfakes aimed at misleading voters. The non-binding agreement serves as a proactive step to avoid strict government regulations during a historic global election year.
ai Twenty Tech Firms Sign Accord to Fight AI Deepfakes in Global Elections A coalition of twenty technology companies introduces a new accord at the Munich Security Conference to stop deceptive AI deepfakes from manipulating voters during the 2024 global elections.