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AI Deals and Earnings Paint Mixed Picture of Tech Transformation
AI Deals and Earnings Paint Mixed Picture of Tech Transformation
December 12, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

In artificial intelligence (AI) news this week, new partnerships highlight intensifying competition in enterprise AI infrastructure. Oracle’s cloud revenue surged 52% amid a Meta partnership,...

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Microsoft and C3 AI Expand Partnership to Promote Enterprise AI
Microsoft and C3 AI Expand Partnership to Promote Enterprise AI
November 19, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Microsoft and enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) application software company C3 AI have expanded their strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of enterprise AI on the...

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Microsoft Won’t Follow OpenAI in Blocking China’s Access to AI Models
Microsoft Won’t Follow OpenAI in Blocking China’s Access to AI Models
July 08, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

OpenAI’s upcoming ban on application programming interface (API) access to its artificial intelligence (AI) models in China doesn’t apply to Microsoft Azure’s customers in the country....

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Microsoft Debuts Smallest AI Model as AI Eludes Small Businesses
Microsoft Debuts Smallest AI Model as AI Eludes Small Businesses
April 23, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Microsoft has introduced its smallest artificial intelligence (AI) model, aimed at businesses with limited resources. The company’s Phi-3-mini can perform tasks like content creation for...

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Microsoft Invests $1.5 Billion in UAE AI Firm G42
Microsoft Invests $1.5 Billion in UAE AI Firm G42
April 16, 2024  |  Investments

Microsoft has invested $1.5 billion in Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm G42. The investment is the latest in a series of collaborations for the company and...

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TomTom Develops In-Car Voice AI Assistant With Microsoft
TomTom Develops In-Car Voice AI Assistant With Microsoft
December 19, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Mapping/navigation company TomTom says it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, in-car conversational assistant in collaboration with Microsoft. The tool offers enhanced voice interaction with infotainment, location search, and...

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Finastra and Microsoft Team on Trade Finance
Finastra and Microsoft Team on Trade Finance
September 20, 2023  |  Partnerships

Financial software firm Finastra has launched a trade finance partnership with Microsoft. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Sept. 20), combines Finastra’s Trade Innovation offering with a “full microservices architecture” using Microsoft...

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ACI Worldwide Powers Real-Time Payments for Microsoft Azure Clients
ACI Worldwide Powers Real-Time Payments for Microsoft Azure Clients
September 19, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

ACI Worldwide is working with Microsoft to help financial institutions provide faster instant payments. The payments software firm announced the collaboration Tuesday (Sept. 19), saying it would speed instant transactions...

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Wells Fargo to Use Google, Microsoft Azure Cloud Services to Support New Digital Strategy
Wells Fargo to Use Google, Microsoft Azure Cloud Services to Support New Digital Strategy
September 15, 2021  |  Cloud Banking

Wells Fargo has debuted a new digital infrastructure strategy, which will use a multicloud method with third-party data centers to drive speed, agility and scalability,...

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