Tag: Microsoft
Crowdstrike and Microsoft: What we know about massive global IT disruptions
A routine software update caused cascading chaos Friday that has engulfed global businesses from airports and banks to retail and law enforcement.It wasn’t a...
Microsoft clarifies Lagos African Development Centre Closure
Global tech company, Microsoft, has clarifies the rumour that it plans to shut the Africa Development Centre, in Lagos Nigeria. The firm explained that...
Microsoft snatches Sam Altman and former OpenAI colleagues to form its own AI research team
By Steve DentIn another twist on the OpenAI saga that raged over the weekend, Microsoft has swooped in and hired Sam Altman and Greg...
‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google with regrets and fears about his life’s work
By Thomas RickerGeoffrey Hinton, who alongside two other so-called “Godfathers of AI” won the 2018 Turing Award for their foundational work that led to...
Microsoft and Amazon have cut their AI ethics teams as Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak call for a moratorium on tech companies’ ‘out-of-control race’
BY TRISTAN BOVEGoogle and Microsoft are racing ahead of the pack in the A.I. arms race, but their fellow Silicon Valley giants are no...
‘AI in hands of ruthless corporate’: Elon Musk says Microsoft has exclusive access to OpenAI codebase
Elon Musk on Friday took to Twitter to confirm that as a part of Microsoft's investment in AI research body OpenAI, the company has...