The tech giant is building out huge data centers among the most advanced in the world as it rushes to meet demand for AI computing power.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella understands why AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic project massive revenues. These ambitious forecasts are crucial for securing the immense capital needed to fund expensive compute power and top AI talent.

A renegotiated deal lets Microsoft independently pursue artificial general intelligence. Suleyman is seizing the moment.

The tech giant forms a team led by Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman to build top artificial-intelligence systems and distance itself from its longtime partner.

Cognizant (CTSH) has entered into an agreement to acquire Microsoft (MSFT) Azure partner 3Cloud to enhance its position in helping enterprises in achieveing artificial intelligence readiness, the IT company announced today.

Artificial intelligence is playing a greater role in everything from homework to jobs and even romantic companionship – all without much oversight to guarantee the tech is being developed and used safely.

Microsoft’s update on its AI efforts comes less than two weeks after it revised its partnership agreement with OpenAI. Under the new contract, Microsoft may pursue research into artificial general intelligence independently of the ChatGPT developer. Furthermore, it can use OpenAI’s AI models to accelerate its research.

Microsoft is forming a new team that wants to build artificial intelligence that is vastly more capable than humans in certain domains, starting with medical diagnostics, the executive leading the effort told Reuters.

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