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Microsoft loses OpenAI exclusive cloud provider status to $500 billion Stargate project — as the ChatGPT maker races to hoist the AGI flag first

OpenAI's $500 billion investment in computing infrastructure changes its relationship with Microsoft. The tech giant will no longer be the ChatGPT maker's exclusive cloud partner for its sophisticated AI advances.

Satya Nadella and Sam Altman at OpenAI Dev Day

Microsoft flags macOS bug — remotely bypassing Apple's sophisticated System Integrity Protection (SIP) security solution and allowing unauthorized third-party rootkit installs

Microsoft uncovered a vulnerability allowing attackers to circumvent macOS's System Integrity Protection (SIP), granting them access to the kernel by loading third-party code.

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Microsoft News Roundup: Nightmare week of price hikes, rebrands, and remembering how Bill Gates lost $400 billion

Negative headlines surrounded Microsoft this past week as the company rebranded its most iconic apps, raised the price of Microsoft 365, and was attacked by Salesforce.

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Microsoft claps back at Salesforce — claims "100,000 organizations" had used Copilot Studio to create AI agents by October 2024

Microsoft has clapped back at Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff's comments downplaying its AI efforts. The company indicated over 100,000 organizations had used Copilot Studio to create agents by October 2024.

Microsoft CVP Charles Lamanna (left) and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff (right)

Microsoft unveils MatterGen — an AI for developing new materials with an approximate 80% success rate, surpassing traditional screening methods

Microsoft Researchers recently unveiled MatterGen — a sophisticated AI system capable of developing high-quality materials.

MatterGen researchers at Microsoft experiment with compound TaCr2O6.

Your Microsoft 365 subscription cost is going up for the first time in 12 years — but don't worry, it now includes a "monthly allotment" of Copilot

Microsoft has announced that it is increasing the price of its Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions for the first time in 12 years, and is also adding Copilot.

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Shock move by Microsoft: Hiring freeze in consulting to cut costs after significant recent layoffs

Microsoft has announced a hiring freeze, which is expected to impact its consulting business in the U.S. as part of its broader plans to cut costs.

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"Sorry, Bill": Android co-founder says Bill Gates is responsible for "the greatest mistake of all time," costing Microsoft $400 billion

Bill Gates revealed his greatest mistake of all time made Microsoft miss its opportunity with Android, partly due to mismanagement and antitrust-related issues. However, Android co-founder Rich Miner says Bill Gates is more responsible than he's letting on.

Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, at an event for the Alliance for Global Good Gender Equity and Equality in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.

Microsoft reportedly acquired the most NVIDIA GPUs compared to its rivals, including Google and Meta, for its AI projects — translating to 485,000 chips and $31 billion in expenditure

A new report by Omdia details that Microsoft bought the most NVIDIA AI chips compared to its competitors, translating to 485,000 NVIDIA Hopper chips and almost twice as many as Meta.

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Controversial artist ironically seeks millions of dollars in compensation for AI-generated collections as OpenAI sidesteps bankruptcy with $6.6 billion in funding from Microsoft and NVIDIA

As OpenAI raised $6.6 billion in investment from Microsoft and NVIDIA, an AI artist argued that people are stealing from him by using AI. We also saw a major update to Windows 11 roll out and Microsoft ship the latest version of Office.

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Microsoft's new Copilot can watch what you do on the web, and chat with you in real time while you do it

Microsoft has unveiled a wild new feature coming to the new Copilot called Copilot Vision that enables the ability for it to browse the web alongside you to help you make decisions or to be there as a friend simply to chat with as you read the news or shop for items.

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Microsoft doubles down in its AI and Cloud infrastructure with a $1.3 billion investment in Mexico

Microsoft is investing $1.3 billion to strengthen its AI and Cloud advances in Mexico.

Microsoft invests $1.3 billion in AI and Cloud infrastructure in Mexico

Bill Gates says he'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm to rival OpenAI and Google: "Today, somebody could raise billions of dollars for a new AI company [that’s just] a few sketch ideas"

In a recent interview, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates indicated that he'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm if he got another crack at the corporate world.

Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, delivers a keynote speech on the closing day of the Global Solutions Summit in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Microsoft leverages robotics and AI to disassemble and recycle defective hard disks to reach a 90% reuse and recycle rate by 2025

Microsoft leverages robots by Dobot Robotics to disassemble defective hard disk drives and recycle valuable components to reach a 90% reuse and recycle rate by 2025.

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Microsoft unveils Copilot Pages — a digital canvas for multiplayer AI collaboration at work

Microsoft has today announced Copilot Pages, a new persistent canvas in Microsoft Business Chat that enables “multiplayer AI collaboration.”

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