Microsoft’s new Copilot Pro brings Office features to other people
Microsoft has said that its AI-powered collaboration platform Copilot will be available for consumers soon. The platform, launched in November 2017, will offer access to Copilot’s latest models as a subscription. It will be able to create PowerPoint decks with a Word document, and users will be able to summarize meetings they never attended or arrived late.
Tim Sweeney was talking about Epic’s win over Google
Don Harrison, a defendant in Apple antitrust trial, said he was “disappointed” that even at peak of the antitrust trial against Microsoft, Microsoft was awesome to developers. “Even at peak, Microsoft was awesome to developers,” he added. Harrison further said he doesn’t think Google leaked to the press. He added that it was “really…interesting” to see what Google was doing behind the scenes.
Is he joining Microsoft?
OpenAI’s decision to fire CEO Sam Altman reportedly caused a rift between the board of directors and the AI startup’s employees. Employees of the startup, which was reportedly valued at nearly $90 billion, have accused the board of jeopardizing their work and “undermining” OpenAI’s mission and company. Earlier, Microsoft invested $13 billion in OpenAI and had partnered with it on its AI chip.
The staff is threatening to quit unless Board Resigns
OpenAI’s board has appointed Emmett Shear as the company’s interim CEO, replacing Sathyanarayana Murati who stepped down earlier this week. Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear will be the interim CEO of OpenAI, which was founded in 2016 by Sathyanarayana Altman. Earlier, OpenAI President Greg Brockman resigned in protest after Altman’s sudden departure, which was announced by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
4 people were given the power to fire Sam Altman
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who was ousted by Elon Musk-led startup’s board earlier this month, had left the startup in 2016 but stayed on as its Co-founder. Altman has joined Microsoft as President of its new AI division. Former OpenAI President, Greg Brockman, had quit in protest after Altman’s departure from the startup.
Sam Altman was an OpenAI leader
Former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has joined Microsoft as a member of its AI research team, which will serve as a subsidiary of OpenAI. The company’s board has named former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear as the interim CEO. Notably, this comes a month after OpenAI’s President Greg Brockman announced that he was quitting over Altman’s sudden departure from the startup.
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Microsoft has introduced a new hybrid Xbox Wireless Controller that lets users play games on both Xbox One and PlayStation Vita. The controller can be used to play games that were initially developed for PC or consoles. It also includes DualSense, which allows games to be played on the big screen for which they were designed.
Major attacks on the Microsoft cloud services have prompted it to change its software security
Microsoft has launched the Secure Future Initiative (SFI), which aims to “keep data safe” in the cloud. It plans to use automation and artificial intelligence to improve the security of its cloud services and cut time it takes to fix vulnerabilities, enable better security settings out of the box, and harden its infrastructure to protect against encryption keys falling into the wrong hands.
Microsoft reorganized its marketing and Xbox teams to better prepare them for the future
Microsoft Interactive Entertainment CEO David Capossela has said the company’s gaming is progressing well beyond $1 billion limit. “We are excited to announce…Microsoft gaming is on a multi-year journey to reach players where they are, on the devices they choose to play, and our strategy is working,” he added. Capossela has served at Microsoft for 32 years.
Microsoft completed its acquisition of Call of Duty
Microsoft has finalised its $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard and will now be the “third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony”, the company said. It also announced that Activision, Blizzard, and King’s “much loved library of games” will be available in Game Pass and other platforms. The games will be available on a variety of cloud gaming services.