Microsoft names cybercriminals behind AI deepfake network

Microsoft has named multiple threat actors part of a cybercrime gang accused of developing malicious tools capable of bypassing generative AI guardrails to generate celebrity deepfakes and other illicit content. An updated complaint identifies the individuals as Arian Yadegarnia from Iran (aka ‘Fiz’), Alan Krysiak of the United Kingdom (aka ‘Drago’), Ricky Yuen from Hong

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Chip race: Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Nvidia battle it out for AI chip supremacy

Nvidia’s cute ‘Digits’ AI desktop is coming this summer with a new name and a big brother Nvidia has revealed its new DGX Spark and DGX Station “personal AI supercomputers” at today’s GTC conference, which are both powered by the company’s Grace Blackwell platform and designed for users to work on large AI models with

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Microsoft Copilot offers Voice and o1-powered Think Deeper for free

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Microsoft is said to cancel AI leases, sending stocks into reverse with Nvidia earnings up next

Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images) In This Story U.S. stocks fell on Monday after media outlets, citing a TD Cowen ( TD +2.13% ) report, said Microsoft ( MSFT +2.43% ) has canceled some leases for US data center capacity , pointing to a potential oversupply position. Suggested Reading DraftKings CEO on March Madness

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Microsoft wants to use generative AI tool to help make video games

The Muse AI was trained on the video game Bleeding Edge Microsoft An artificial intelligence model from Microsoft can recreate realistic video game footage that the company says could help designers make games, but experts are unconvinced that the tool will be useful for most game developers. Neural networks that can produce coherent and accurate

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Microsoft to upskill 1M South Africans on AI as scams surge

Homepage > News > Business > Microsoft to upskill 1M South Africans on AI as scams surge Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) intends to train 1 million South Africans on artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and other emerging technologies by 2026. The American tech giant’s AI upskilling initiative will impart trainees with the basic tools to leverage the

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Microsoft is now hosting DeepSeek R1, even though it suspects it of illegal data abuse

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. A hot potato: Microsoft is raising eyebrows after announcing that it will host DeepSeek R1 on its Azure cloud service. The decision comes just days after OpenAI accused DeepSeek of violating its terms of service by allegedly using ChatGPT outputs to

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Microsoft ports DeepSeek’s AI to Copilot+ PCs, and their NPUs

Image: Deepseek Microsoft has taken the hot new AI model, DeepSeek, and made it available for Copilot+ PCs — and on the NPU, no less. If it seems like every other week something important is happening in the AI space — well, that’s not too far from the truth. And while it’s sometimes difficult to

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Microsoft opens testing for Windows AI search

Microsoft is testing AI-powered Windows search in a new dev channel build for Windows 11 Insider testers. Announced in October, it uses semantic indexing to let users search for local files using more casual language. Like other Microsoft AI features, you’ll need a Copilot Plus PC to use it. The feature applies whether you’re using

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Microsoft AutoGen v0.4: A turning point toward more intelligent AI agents for enterprise developers

January 18, 2025 11:00 AM Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The world of AI agents is undergoing a revolution, and Microsoft’s release of AutoGen v0.4 this week marked a significant leap forward in this journey. Positioned as a robust, scalable and

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Microsoft follows Google with price bump, forced AI 365 bundles

Image: Chris Hoffman / IDG Two days ago, Google announced that it was doing away with a separate upcharge for its Gemini AI features in Workspace and forcing you to pay for it instead whether you want AI or not. Today, Microsoft is following suit, raising prices for its Microsoft 365 packages by $3 per

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Home Microsoft 365 plans use Copilot AI features as pretext for a price hike

Microsoft hasn’t said for how long this “limited time” offer will last, but presumably it will only last for a year or two to help ease the transition between the old pricing and the new pricing. New subscribers won’t be offered the option to pay for the Classic plans. Subscribers on the Personal and Family

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Microsoft launches Copilot Chat with AI agents; take that, Gemini!

January 15, 2025 11:43 AM VentureBeat/Ideogram Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Microsoft has been positioning Copilot as the “UI for AI.” The company has already launched several variants of the GPT-4o-powered assistant for business and personal users. Now, as the next

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Microsoft reports big profits amid massive AI investments

Microsoft reported quarterly earnings that impressed investors and showed how resilient the company is even as it spends heavily on AI. Some investors have been uneasy about the company’s aggressive spending on AI, while others have demanded it. During this quarter, Microsoft reported that it spent $20 billion on capital expenditures, nearly double what it

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Microsoft faces scrutiny over AI spending as Copilot adoption lags

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In brief: Microsoft will reveal its quarterly financial results on Wednesday, and it might not be a high point for the Redmond giant. Analysts expect Microsoft to report its slowest quarterly revenue growth in a year, and once again there are

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Microsoft Will Let Its Users Build Autonomous AI Agents with Copilot Studio

From November, Microsoft will let its users create autonomous AI agents that can help them with their day-to-day tasks. These agents can be built from the Copilot Studio without any coding knowledge. For beginners, 10 pre-configured AI agents proficient in expense tracking, supply chain management and client communication have already been created by the company.

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Microsoft has a plan to beat Apple and Google at AI. Here’s how

LOS ANGELES — At a Microsoft ( MSFT ) event here earlier this month, attendees sipped drinks and sampled hors d’oeuvres as Kendrick Lamar pulsed through the speakers. They meandered between rows of laptops, each demonstrating the latest capabilities of the company’s flagship AI product, Copilot. True to the city’s reputation, many of those present

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Microsoft to allow autonomous AI agent development starting next month

Microsoft will allow customers to build autonomous artificial intelligence agents starting in November, the software giant said on Monday, in its latest move to tap the booming technology. The company is positioning autonomous agents — programs which require little human intervention unlike chatbots — as “apps for an AI-driven world,” capable of handling client inquiries

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Microsoft launches new healthcare AI tools

Microsoft announced Thursday that it is unveiling several artificial intelligence enhancements in Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare innovations, including new healthcare AI models in Azure AI Studio, new healthcare data capabilities in Microsoft Fabric and developer tools in Copilot Studio. Many of the artificial intelligence enhancements are available by preview. Executives from the company also provided

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Microsoft AI Censors Creating Donald Trump-Supporting Images While Allowing Them for Kamala Harris

A clear bias has been uncovered in the AI image creator Image Creator from Microsoft Bing, also known as Microsoft Designer. The online tool will allow the creation of images with Kamala Harris for President content, but will not allow the same for Donald Trump. I ran into this phenomenon today, October 1, 2024, when

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BlackRock And Microsoft Inject $30 Billion Into AI Sector, Sparking Major Rally In AI Coins

The AI sector is experiencing a surge as BlackRock and Microsoft team up to inject a massive $30 billion into AI development. This partnership, set to mobilize up to $100 billion, aims to accelerate advancements in deep learning and large-scale data processing. As a result, AI-related cryptocurrencies are already on [……

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Hyperscalers Like Microsoft Are Far Better Customers for Nuclear Energy

Microsoft and the companies making AI data centers will be great customers for nuclear energy. Barrons reports that Microsoft is paying double the price for the Three Mile island nuclear electricity as the going commercial rates. This is about $130 per megawatt hour. An 835 megawatt reactor at 92% capacity factor would generate about 6.6

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BlackRock and Microsoft Partner on $30 Billion AI Infrastructure Fund

As we have been writing for the better part of the last year, the next AI trade continues to look like it’s going to be energy. And now, both BlackRock and Microsoft are making it known that they understand this, too. Yesterday it was reported that the two industry giants are prepping the launch of

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Microsoft and Constellation Energy Will Restart Three Mile Island Unit 1 in 2028

Information from the US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear energy relays the Constellation Energy announcement of plans to restart Three Mile Island Unit 1. This shows the massive demand for electricity for AI data centers is reviving the nuclear energy industry. Constellation signs its largest-ever power purchase agreement with Microsoft…

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BlackRock, Microsoft back $30 billion AI infrastructure venture

The $30 billion AI infrastructure venture could significantly boost economic growth, job creation, and sustainable AI innovation globally. The post BlackRock, Microsoft back $30 billion AI infrastructure venture appeared first on Crypto Briefing…

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Microsoft adds $30-a-month business chat AI assistant to Copilot

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