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Microsoft AI head calls out Anthropic for acting like Claude is conscious

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says it’s “really, really dangerous” for Anthropic to speculate about Claude’s consciousness inside its “constitution,” or the instructions that tell the model how to behave. During an episode of Decoder, Suleyman argues that this kind of speculation may have set up the chatbot to act as though it’s conscious: I […]

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Microsoft AI chief walks back comments about AI taking over white-collar work

Microsoft AI head Mustafa Suleyman is walking back his statement about AI automating jobs done by white-collar workers, including lawyers, accountants, and project managers, within two years. During an episode of Decoder on Monday, Suleyman says he meant AI will help these workers complete tasks, rather than take over their jobs: Sending an email, having […]

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Microsoft cuts hundreds of Azure jobs in China as the borderless cloud splinters

The cloud was supposed to make geography irrelevant. Microsoft’s latest round of job cuts in China shows how quickly that promise is coming apart. Microsoft is laying off hundreds of staff at its Azure cloud unit in China, according to affected employees who spoke to the South China Morning Post. Two sources put the number […]

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Microsoft’s AI chief says superintelligence is near, but won’t take your job

Today I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. And I’m actually going to keep today’s intro short — I’m working from my wife’s family farm this week, as you’ll see in the video, but also this is a real burner of an episode. We covered everything from Mustafa’s approach to training new […]

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Xbox exclusives are back and more complicated than ever

Two years ago, when Microsoft first revealed that it was bringing four Xbox-exclusive games to the PS5 and Nintendo Switch, it made the announcement far more complicated than necessary. That’s not likely to improve anytime soon. In fact, things now seem more confusing than ever as the company tries to appease both fans and the […]

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This is Microsoft’s Xbox 25th anniversary console in translucent green

Microsoft has created a special edition Xbox Series X to celebrate 25 years of the console. The Xbox 25th anniversary console takes design cues from the original Xbox console, with both the console and controller featuring a translucent green design. “For the first time, we’re bringing a translucent design to Xbox Series X, drawing inspiration […]

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Self-replicating Miasma worm hits 73 Microsoft GitHub repositories in supply chain attack

The self-replicating Miasma worm has reached Microsoft‘s own GitHub repositories. GitHub disabled 73 repositories across four Microsoft organisations, including Azure, Azure-Samples, Microsoft, and MicrosoftDocs, after the worm planted malicious code that harvests developer credentials. It is the most significant escalation yet in an ongoing supply chain attack campaign that has been spreading across the open-source […]

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Reid Hoffman leaves Microsoft’s board to go ‘founder mode’ with AI drug startup Manus

Reid Hoffman is stepping down from Microsoft‘s board of directors after nearly a decade. The company disclosed the departure in a regulatory filing on Thursday. Hoffman said he wants to go “founder mode” with Manus, his AI-powered drug discovery startup. Hoffman joined the board in 2016 after Microsoft bought his company LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. […]

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