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Microsoft AI’s CEO poaches former Google DeepMind colleagues for a new AI health unit.
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8m ago
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Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind, has recruited former colleagues to lead a new AI health unit at Microsoft. Dominic King, former head of DeepMind's health unit, has been appointed as vice-president of Microsoft AI's London-based health team. This move comes as Suleyman discusses conversational AI on Decoder.
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Who is Mustafa Suleyman? Oxford dropout and new Microsoft AI CEO
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1y ago
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Microsoft has established a new AI unit, which will be led by Mustafa Suleyman, former CEO of Google DeepMind. The unit will focus on advancing Copilot and other consumer AI products and research at Microsoft. Suleyman, who recently joined Microsoft along with employees from his AI startup, Inflection AI, will help improve the company's in-house AI capabilities. This move comes after Microsoft invested $16 million in a French AI startup earlier this year. Suleyman's background includes co-founding DeepMind and leading AI product management at Google before starting his own company, Inflection AI.
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Microsoft just set the stage for an all-out AI talent war with Google
Business Insider
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1y ago
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Microsoft is establishing a new artificial intelligence (AI) unit in London, led by former DeepMind researcher Jordan Huffman. This move puts Microsoft in direct competition with Google DeepMind, its biggest AI rival. The expansion into London's AI talent pool is seen as a strategic move by Microsoft to bolster its own AI division. DeepMind, which was acquired by Google in 2014, has been considered a significant player in the UK's AI scene. Given the increasing competition for AI talent, retaining and attracting top researchers has become crucial for tech companies like Google.
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Microsoft hires Inflection founders to run new consumer AI division
TechCrunch
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1y ago
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Microsoft has hired the co-founders of AI startup Inflection AI, Mustafa Suleyman and Karen Simonyan, along with other colleagues, to strengthen its consumer AI unit. Suleyman, also a co-founder of DeepMind, will lead Microsoft AI, while Simonyan will join as a chief scientist. Microsoft is expected to showcase its recent AI advancements for consumers at an upcoming event. The move follows Microsoft's participation in a $1.3 billion funding round for Inflection AI. The startup will now focus on its AI studio business and host Inflection-2.5 on Microsoft Azure. Microsoft's AI platform shift is still in its early stages, per CEO Satya Nadella.
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Google DeepMind co-founder joins Microsoft as CEO of its new AI division
The Verge
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1y ago
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Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind, as the CEO of a new team handling the company's consumer-facing AI products. Suleyman will also serve as executive vice president of Microsoft AI. He co-founded DeepMind in 2010 before it was acquired by Google in 2014. Suleyman had been on leave from DeepMind since 2019 due to controversy surrounding projects he led, including complaints of bullying. He subsequently joined Google as vice president of AI product management and AI policy before co-founding startup Inflection AI.
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Microsoft to launch AI hub in London
Economic Times
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1y ago
Medial
Microsoft has revealed plans to establish an AI hub in London, with a focus on product development and research. The new unit will be led by Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of Google DeepMind, who recently joined Microsoft. This move allows Microsoft to tap into the growing talent pool for AI in Europe, potentially attracting professionals from companies like DeepMind or OpenAI. It also signifies a victory for Britain's ambitions to become a technology leader following its hosting of the first global AI safety summit.
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Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit | TechCrunch
TechCrunch
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21d ago
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Meta has appointed Shengjia Zhao, a former OpenAI researcher known for contributing to projects like ChatGPT and GPT-4, as Chief Scientist of its new AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). Zhao, alongside newly hired lead Alexandr Wang, will steer MSL's research agenda. Meta has also recruited top researchers from companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and others to bolster the unit. MSL will focus on developing AI reasoning models and utilize Meta’s expansive cloud computing resources.
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Microsoft readies new AI model to compete with Google, OpenAI: report
Economic Times
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1y ago
Medial
Microsoft is reportedly developing a large in-house AI language model known as MAI-1, which aims to compete with Google and OpenAI. Led by Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of Google DeepMind and former CEO of AI startup Inflection, the purpose of this model is yet to be determined. It is expected to be significantly larger than Microsoft's previous open source models, making it more expensive to train. Microsoft may provide a preview of MAI-1 at its Build developer conference later this month. The company has already invested in OpenAI and released smaller AI models to attract a wider user base.
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A few more updates from today about AI.
The Verge
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23d ago
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Major tech companies like Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Nvidia are competing in the AI chip industry. Reports indicate Softbank and OpenAI's massive Stargate project has yet to make progress, while OpenAI announces collaboration with Oracle to develop data center capacity. Microsoft has recruited former Google DeepMind employees. Research shows fewer clicks on Google search results when AI summaries are present. The article also promotes following topics and authors for personalized updates and email digests.
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OpenAI's Ilya Sutskever "deeply regrets" his actions leading to Sam Altman's ouster
Economic Times
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1y ago
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OpenAI's co-founder and chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, expressed remorse for his involvement in the actions that led to the ouster of former CEO Sam Altman. Sutskever expressed his love for what they have built together at OpenAI and stated that he would do everything possible to reunite the company. This comes as Microsoft announced Altman and Greg Brockman, the former president of OpenAI, will be joining the tech giant to lead a new advanced AI research team. Altman's colleagues from OpenAI are also expected to join Microsoft.
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Read the memo Satya Nadella sent to employees announcing Google DeepMind cofounder's move to Microsoft
Business Insider
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1y ago
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has appointed Mustafa Suleyman, a Google DeepMind co-founder, to lead the company's AI efforts. This move is seen as an attempt to compete with rivals like Google in the field of AI technology. Suleyman will report directly to Nadella and oversee Microsoft's consumer AI products and research, including Copilot, Bing, and Edge. Suleyman recently left Google to launch his own AI startup, Inflection AI, which has raised over $1 billion in funding.
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