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

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 cloud computing platform Microsoft Azure. The companies first partnered in 2018 and they have delivered enterprise AI solutions at scale...

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

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. Azure operates in China via a joint venture and has made it clear in public statements that the AI models...

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

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 social media while using less data, Reuters reported Tuesday (April 23), while outperforming models twice its size. The report notes...

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

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 marks the latest example of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) growing importance in the AI space. “Building on the two...

Interviews & Exclusives
Acuant Teams With Microsoft On Secure ID Verification

April 08, 2021
Identity verification provider Acuant has partnered with Microsoft to support secure information exchange and identity verification on the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Acuant announced in a press release on Tuesday (April 6). Azure AD verifiable credentials, now in public preview, give businesses and individuals more control of their personal data when verifying their identities […]

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Microsoft and C3 AI Expand Partnership to Promote Enterprise AI

November 19, 2024
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 cloud computing platform Microsoft Azure. The companies first partnered in 2018 and they have delivered enterprise AI solutions at scale to some of the world’s largest organizations since then, they […]

Microsoft Won’t Follow OpenAI in Blocking China’s Access to AI Models

July 08, 2024
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. Azure operates in China via...

Microsoft Debuts Smallest AI Model as AI Eludes Small Businesses

April 23, 2024
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 social media while using less...

Microsoft Invests $1.5 Billion in UAE AI Firm G42

April 16, 2024
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 marks the latest example of...