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Microsoft, OpenAI and Google

Quartz on MSN · 29m

Microsoft's fear of Google's AI dominance likely led to its OpenAI partnership, email shows

Microsoft’s multi-year, multi-billion dollar partnership with OpenAI likely came out of a fear of Google dominating the AI race, an email shows.

Ars Technica · 2h

Email Microsoft didn’t want seen reveals rushed decision to invest in OpenAI

With the subject line "Thoughts on OpenAI," the email came from Microsoft's chief technology officer, Kevin Scott, who is also the company’s executive vice president of AI. In it, Scott said that he was "very, very worried" that he had made "a mistake" by dismissing Google's initial AI efforts as a "game-playing stunt."

Business Insider · 10h

Read the email to Satya Nadella and Bill Gates that shows Microsoft's CTO was 'very worried' about Google's AI progress in 2019

Microsoft's concern about Google's AI progress, contained in emails forming part of the DoJ's antitrust case, may have spurred its OpenAI investment.

Microsoft, Brookfield

Reuters on MSN · 13h

Microsoft, Brookfield to partner on renewable energy projects

Canada's Brookfield Asset Management and technology giant Microsoft will develop new wind and solar farms in an attempt to bring over 10.5 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity, the companies said on Wednesday.

U.S. News & World Report · 16h

Microsoft to Power Data Centers With Brookfield Renewables Deal, FT Says

Microsoft expects its partnership with Brookfield to help finance the creation of renewable electricity projects to be built between 2026 and 2030, beginning in the U.S. and Europe, according to the newspaper.

MarketWatch · 7h

Microsoft Signs Renewable Energy Supply Deal With Brookfield to Meet Sustainability Goals, Cloud Demand

By Adriano Marchese Brookfield Asset Management and Brookfield Renewable will supply Microsoft with renewable energy to help reach its sustainability

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Microsoft inks $10 billion green energy deal as power-hungry AI forces its hand to meet emissions commitments

Driven by AI power demand rising at an “exponential” rate, Microsoft and Brookstone ink largest private energy deal yet.

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Family of Microsoft president Brad Smith joins Mariners ownership group

Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith and his wife, Kathy Surace-Smith, have purchased a stake in the Mariners ...

Major Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft for Copyright Infringement Over AI Training

A group of newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sued Microsoft and OpenAI in New York ...

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A retired Microsoft exec and his wife fell in love with RVing during the pandemic. Now he's using AI to help you plan your next road trip.

After retiring from Microsoft, Scott Lengel became an RVer. He started AI-powered AdventureGenie to help people like him and ...

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Microsoft to open first regional data centre in Thailand

Microsoft will open its first regional data centre in Thailand, the tech giant said on Wednesday, as it looks to widen ...

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Antitrust lawyers argue that Google and Apple’s innovations are thanks to epic 1998 Microsoft trial

Ironically, in its fight to level the Big Tech playing field, the DOJ might be creating behemoths that will be their future ...

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8 Daily Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I.

The suit, which accuses the tech companies of copyright infringement, adds to the fight over the online data used to power ...

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Former Microsoft engineers raise $3M for cybersecurity startup StepSecurity

StepSecurity, a Seattle-area startup aiming to help developers secure their projects, raised a $3 million seed round led by ...

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