53 posts tagged ‘Microsoft’
Microsoft now has a Copilot for (almost) everything
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Copilot, Microsoft’s brand of generative AI technologies, promises to be a big moneymaker for the company, with one analyst predicting that it could generate $10 billion in annualized revenue by 2026. Despite a staggered and somewhat confusing rollout, 40% of companies in the Fortune 100 were testing Copilot by fall, according to Microsoft CEO Satya […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Microsoft launches a deepfakes creator
One of the more unexpected products to launch out of this year’s Microsoft Ignite conference is a tool that can create a photorealistic avatar of a person and animate that avatar saying things that the person didn’t necessarily say. Called Azure AI Speech text to speech avatar, the new feature, available in public preview as […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Microsoft looks to free itself from GPU shackles by designing custom AI chips
Most companies developing AI models, particularly generative AI models like ChatGPT, GPT-4 Turbo and Stable Diffusion, rely heavily on GPUs. GPUs’ ability to perform many computations in parallel make them well-suited to training — and running — today’s most capable AI. But there simply aren’t enough GPUs to go around. Nvidia’s best-performing AI cards are reportedly […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Amazon Restructures Games Division to Refocus on Prime Gaming, Lays Off 180
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Another round of layoffs is underway at Amazon, and for the second time, it’s happening at the company’s video games division. Read more...
Microsoft Finalizes Activision Blizzard Acquisition
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Dan Milmo (Hacker News, MacRumors): Microsoft has completed its $69bn (£57bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the maker of games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, after the UK’s competition watchdog cleared the acquisition.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had moved to block the deal in April, citing concerns that Microsoft – the […]