Microsoft has announced a new multi-year partnership with the France-based generative AI startup company Mistral AI. The deal also includes an undisclosed minor investment by Microsoft.
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Microsoft is developing more efficient AI by forming a new team called GenAI, which will focus on building smaller language models than OpenAI. The GenAI team will be led by VP Misha Bilenko.
Microsoft is realigning its partners' focus towards Azure cloud infrastructure. The company will retain all the old benefits such as Internal Usage Rights (IUR), and add a few more.
Unsurprisingly, Microsoft's Build 2020 virtual event took place this week, where the firm announced new things coming to Azure, Edge, plus much more. Be sure to catch up via our overview.
A number of things happened this past week, including the leak of some real-life images of the Series X (and its ports), some new cloud announcements from Microsoft, and more. Catch up below.
The Thales Group has announced a partnership with Microsoft to develop a common Defence Cloud to be used by armed forces. Azure Stack is being used as the baseline system for this operation.
In an effort to improve and enhance how businesses use IoT, Microsoft has unveiled Azure Location Based Services. The new cloud offering will give "location-based insights" to business customers.
Walmart is sending the message to its vendors that if they want to do business with the retail giant, they better not use Amazon for any of their cloud infrastructure or risk losing the contract.
In a post-Build interview, the CEO was bullish on Continuum and discussed Microsoft's way forward with Cortana, asserting AI will pervade all points of computing and mobility, including cars.
At day two of Microsoft's Build 2016 developer conference, the focus is the cloud. The firm announced that Azure is run by over 85% of Fortune 500 companies, among other stats.
Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft's Xbox division, has confirmed that the company's cloud technologies used in Titanfall can be used in any game, even if the title is exclusive to another platform.
Microsoft has continued a rapid roll-out of Azure Cloud services, adding a cloud region in the UK in 2016. Customers in the Middle East and Africa will also benefit from extra data centres.
