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Microsoft is racing to build an AI ‘agent factory’
When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella ran into Meta’s former engineering chief, Jay Parikh, at a conference last summer, he had ...
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Microsoft Chooses Anthropic as Model Provider to Power GitHub’s New AI Coding Tools
Microsoft has struck a deal with Anthropic to use the startup’s models to power new AI agent features in its GitHub Copilot product, the company said on Thursday. The move reflects Microsoft’s ...
Microsoft expands AI roster with Anthropic and xAI integrations, looking beyond OpenAI alliance
Microsoft is continuing to expand its fleet of AI partners, hedging its bets beyond its high-profile partnership with OpenAI ...
Microsoft's big event was all about the 'explosion' of AI agents
It was all about AI agents at Microsoft's Build developer conference, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joining to talk about the ...
GitHub, Microsoft embrace Anthropic’s spec for connecting AI models to data sources
GitHub and Microsoft, GitHub's corporate parent, are joining the steering committee for MCP, Anthropic’s standard for ...
You can get free AI skills training from Microsoft for a few more days, and I recommend you do
Microsoft's AI Skills Fest offers free AI training for beginners and pros, plus prizes and discounts. You can register now ...
Microsoft put an ex-Facebook exec in charge of a new AI unit. Internal memos reveal how it's going.
Internal memos Jay Parikh has sent to employees since taking on a new AI unit reveal its early ambitions and accomplishments.