Microsoft is gradually shifting Cortana's role to be decidedly more productivity focused, and a newly unearthed patent imagines how that will look for email. In the patent, Microsoft lays out a method for a digital assistant to intelligently parse your emails and summarize them for audio consumption on the go.
Microsoft for Startups and NVIDIA Inception have announced a new plan to work together to back AI startups.
Microsoft's current AI and Research chief Harry Shum is stepping down. Taking is spot is current Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, who has headed up projects exploring mixed reality and deep learning tech.
Former Siri Vice President Bill Stasior has found a new role with Microsoft. Stasior previously served on Apple’s Siri team for nearly seven years before departing the company back in January.
Microsoft invested $1 billion and has formed a new partnership with OpenAI to create artificial general intelligence. The partnership will see OpenAI migrate to Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft and AT&T announced a new partnership today through which the two will work together on the cloud, AI, and 5G solutions. While Microsoft provides access to Azure and Microsoft 365 for AT&T, the latter will use its 5G network to enable new edge-computing scenarios with Microsoft.
Microsoft today launched AI for Cultural Heritage, a new pillar of its larger AI for Good program. The latest initiative focuses on preserving important pieces of cultures around the world, such as endangered languages and cultural artifacts.
At a recent MIT Technology Review event, Harry Shum, Microsoft's vice president of AI research group, warned of the coming ethical dilemmas posed by AI as it becomes more creative.
Companies, governments, policymakers and citizens have a lot of work to do to ensure AI doesn't reflect the worst of humanity.
Artificial intelligence is improving at quite a fast pace, and companies like Google are showcasing their superior technology in games. You may have heard about a computer facing off against numerous professional gamers lately.
Microsoft has signed an agreement to acquire XOXCO, a firm focused on creating conversational AI and making its development easier.
Microsoft's A.I. for Humanitarian Action is part of its A.I for Good global agenda to democratize A.I.
Microsoft is pledging $40 million dollars towards helping those affected by natural and man-made disasters and other humanitarian causes. All done through the power of A.I.
Microsoft is making business less boring with the addition of some forthcoming AI and mixed reality tools for Dynamics 365.
Microsoft has acquired Lobe, a company focused on making AI development more accessible to everyone without writing code.
Microsoft and Walmart are teaming up in a partnership that will see the retail giant adopting Azure and Microsoft 365 across its business.
As facial recognition technology is coming into broader use among the private and public sectors alike, Microsoft President Brad Smith is urging Congress to come up with regulations for its use.
Microsoft today announced it has made improvements to its facial recognition tech to reduce error rates across gender and darker skin tones.
Microsoft is reportedly making its own bid to replace cashiers and checkout lines at retail stores with its own AI.
We visited the "Future of Fashion Incubator," which shows how Microsoft’s future-facing technologies can have an effect on fashion, and the wider world.