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Microsoft has introduced an upgraded lineup of small AI models, Phi-3. The family includes Phi-3 Mini with 3.8 billion parameters, Phi-3 Small with 7 billion, and Phi-3 Medium with 14 billion.

Microsoft has more details on how it is trying to fight against hacker attacks on the guardrails to AI services after deep fake images of Taylor Swift were reportedly made in Microsoft Designer.

Microsoft is shaking up its AI leadership, moving consumer products like Bing under a new division headed by DeepMind co-founder. Bing executive Mikhail Parakhin will leave his current role.

Microsoft has announced a new "Microsoft AI" division for its artificial intelligence efforts. Led by a DeepMind co-founder, Mustafa Suleyman, it will also govern Edge, Bing, and Copilot projects.

Microsoft has announced the formation of the Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network. This collection of major healthcare companies will help create responsible AI principles for their businesses.

Microsoft has announced a new five-year partnership with 1910 Genetics to help boost the development and research of pharmaceutical products via Microsoft's Azure Quantum Elements.

Microsoft President Brad Smith has outlined the company's new AI Access Principles, which it says will help guide its AI data center infrastructure policies as well as its other AI assets.

Microsoft has announced a new multi-year partnership with the France-based generative AI startup company Mistral AI. The deal also includes an undisclosed minor investment by Microsoft.

Microsoft is developing more efficient AI by forming a new team called GenAI, which will focus on building smaller language models than OpenAI. The GenAI team will be led by VP Misha Bilenko.

The DOJ and FTC are engaged in a "turf war" over who gets to investigate Microsoft's investment in and partnership with OpenAI for antitrust issues. Sources say neither agency will cede jurisdiction.

Microsoft teamed up with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to make a new and better lithium battery, with the help of Microsoft's AI and its Azure Quantum Elements services.

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott wrote an internal memo to all of the company's employees today, thanking them and stating he was glad to be "part of such an amazing team" during the whole OpenAI event.

Announced earlier this year at its Build conference, Microsoft has now officially made its new Fabric data analytics program generally available for business users as part of Ignite 2023.

Microsoft briefly blocked employees from using OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot due to a testing bug that limited LLMs more broadly. Microsoft recommends using its own AI chatbot, Bing Chat.

Microsoft has announced it plans to give startup companies free access to its Azure AI services, including GPU virtual machine clusters, so they can train and run large language models.

Microsoft has announced a new tool to help political candidates verify that campaign materials have not been tampered with by deepfakes. The tool allows images and videos to be watermarked.

Microsoft has added seven more realistic-sounding AI text-to-speech voices in different languages that can be used by Azure AI customers along with several updates to previous voices.

A newly posted video allegedly shows a revamped version of Microsoft Planner, with AI-based features that will reportedly bring every Microsoft 365 plan, task, and project into one location.

Microsoft and Siemens have launched Siemens Industrial Copilot, an AI assistant jointly developed to improve productivity in manufacturing. It can rapidly generate and debug complex automation code.

Microsoft has committed $3.2B to expand its cloud and AI capabilities in Australia. The investment will increase data center capacity by 250% and train 300,000 Australians in critical digital skills.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated in his shareholder letter for its 2023 annual report the rise of AI will "fundamentally transform productivity" and the company will "lead this new era."

Microsoft is rumored to officially announce its plans to make its own processor designed to run generative AI services like Bing Chat and Copilot in November at its Ignite 2023 conference.

Microsoft wants to use small modular nuclear reactors to power data centers that house AI tools. It is hiring for a principal program manager for nuclear technology to develop a strategy.

A new report includes parts of an internal memo sent by Microsoft exec Yusuf Mehdi, teasing how Thursday's press event in New York City will offer more info on the company's AI efforts.

Due to a misconfigured cloud storage setting on GitHub, Microsoft accidentally exposed over 38TB of internal data for over two years. This includes backups of employee passwords and messages.

Microsoft says that if someone who uses its Copilot generative AI products gets sued by someone who claims it violated its copyrighted content, Microsoft will help defend that person legally.

The annual Microsoft Ignite developers conference will once again be a hybrid in-person and online event, as the company will likely make a number of announcements for IT developers and more.

Microsoft has officially confirmed rumors it will be holding an online event that will reveal new information on the future of its OneDrive cloud storage service, which will include AI plans.

Microsoft has filed a patent for an AI-powered backpack that uses sensors to collect visual and auditory data from the environment. It could use this contextual data to issue commands to the wearer.

It is yet another goof-up by Artificial Intelligence this time by Microsoft's. In a recently published travel guide for Canada, the AI recommended going to a food bank on an "empty stomach".

Microsoft reportedly plans to offer Databricks' AI on Azure platform. This would make it possible to offer Databricks' ML and analytics tools to customers. But, this is a rival service to OpenAI.

The new section on the official Microsoft Services Agreement goes into effect on September 30 and outlines five rules users must follow if they want to access and use the company's AI services.

Microsoft's proposed AI governance blueprint includes putting in new safety requirements, creating new regulations for AI services, and offering academic and non-profit access to those systems.

How to watch and what to expect from Microsoft Build 2023? This AI-focused developer conference will last three days. Here's everything you need to know about Microsoft Build 2023 event.

The report, based on surveys of 31,000 people and tons of data from Microsoft 365, says employees now spend more time in meetings and communicating with others than creating content.