Microsoft has announced it is expanding the number of TTS AI voices for English (Indian) and Hindi customers for its Azure AI speech services to use.
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TCL unveils two new Nxtpaper smartphones with enhanced AI capabilities through strategic partnership with Microsoft.
The Azure AI Speech service now includes a Text to Speech Avatar feature that can convert text into a video of a photorealistic human avatar speaking with a natural-sounding voice.
Microsoft has revealed more improvements and additions to its Azure AI Speech services. They include even more AI-based voices, new chat avatars, and a new Text Stream API for faster speech generation
France's AI ambitions are getting a boost with Microsoft's €4 billion investment in new data centers, AI training, and support for startups. This commitment aims to position France as a leader in AI.
Microsoft has announced a partnership with the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on its new AI Cyber Challenge. Microsoft will offer Azure AI resources for the contestants.
After adding the Mistral Large LLM as an option for its Azure AI services, Microsoft has included the Mistral Small LLM as well. It is supposed to be used for high-volume workloads with low latency.
Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion to develop Indonesia's AI infrastructure by building new cloud computing data centers. CEO Satya Nadella said it would be their largest investment in the country.
Microsoft has announced that customers who access its Azure AI services can now use nine more realistic-sounding AI voices. They are designed to offer conversational responses to questions.
Microsoft has announced it is conducting a limited test of a new Azure AI feature that will allow businesses to upload documents so sensitive info from them can be detected and removed.
Microsoft has announced it plans to give startup companies free access to its Azure AI services, including GPU virtual machine clusters, so they can train and run large language models.
Due to a misconfigured cloud storage setting on GitHub, Microsoft accidentally exposed over 38TB of internal data for over two years. This includes backups of employee passwords and messages.
The Microsoft Azure service, which offers businesses a way to add natural speech through text for apps and services, finally has a male voice, that can speak in 41 different languages.
Developers utilizing Azure Synapse, Cognitive Services, AI, Cosmos DB, Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL, and SQL Database have a lot to be excited today for what Microsoft has in store for them.
The team-up with Hewlett Packard Enterprise will be centered around delivering Azure capabilities to space through HPE's Spaceborne Computer-2, which is set to be launched this month.
The Azure Cognitive Service which has been in preview since last year has finally become generally available, bringing additional features such as an updated SDK and new translator languages as well.
The new supercomputer is noted to be the fifth most powerful publicly disclosed one across the globe, and it represents a key milestone in Microsoft's partnership with independent research org OpenAI.
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Microsoft and Sony have formed a new partnership to apply the former's Azure AI capabilities to the latter's smart camera sensor system. The goal is to boost computer vision for enterprise settings.
A number of things happened this past week, including but not limited to a healthy helping of cumulative updates, enhancements to Power BI, and even more xCloud details. Be sure to catch up below.
New insights applications powered by Azure AI and announced today are specifically aimed toward business users. These include Dynamics 365 Product Insights, Connected Store, and more.
Today Microsoft announced an alliance with OpenAI and an investment of $1 billion in the company. Microsoft aims to build new Azure AI supercomputing tech through this partnership.
