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Microsoft Fires Employee Protestors Who Disrupted 50th Anniversary Event: 'You Have Shown No Remorse For The Effect That Your Actions Have'
Monday, April 7, 2025 - 10:20pm | 660Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) has reportedly fired two employees who disrupted the tech giant's 50th-anniversary event on Friday after protesting the company's contracts with Israel and accusing its AI CEO of war profiteering. What Happened: Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal, both Microsoft...
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Worker Disrupts Microsoft 50th Anniversay Event With Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, And Satya Nadella Present, Calls Tech Giant 'War Profiteer'
Saturday, April 5, 2025 - 3:42am | 568On Friday, a Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) employee disrupted the company's 50th-anniversary event, accusing the tech giant of complicity in war crimes. Microsoft’s former CEOs Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and current CEO Satya Nadella attended the event. What Happened: During the event,...
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Microsoft Poaches Top DeepMind AI Talent Behind Google's Podcasting Feature—Mustafa Suleyman's Zurich AI Lab Expands
Thursday, February 6, 2025 - 1:05am | 657Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has recruited top talent from Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google DeepMind. This recruitment is part of an effort led by Mustafa Suleyman to expand Microsoft’s AI lab in Zurich. What Happened: Microsoft has onboarded Marco Tagliasacchi and...
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Microsoft's Mustafa Suleyman Is Recruiting Google DeepMind Talent As Redmond Plans AI Healthcare Superiority: Report
Thursday, December 12, 2024 - 1:41am | 714Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is reportedly making significant strides in AI healthcare by recruiting former Alphbaet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google DeepMind staff. What Happened Mustafa Suleyman, who co-founded DeepMind in 2010 and is now Microsoft’s AI head, is...
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Microsoft Avoids UK Antitrust Investigation Into Acquisition Of 'Certain Assets' From Inflection AI
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 - 10:09pm | 661Satya Nadella-led Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) has managed to avoid a comprehensive U.K. probe into its recruitment of staff from startup Inflection AI. What Happened: On Wednesday, the Competition and Markets Authority or CMA said that while Microsoft’s acquisition of “certain assets...
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Microsoft's AI Chief Sparks Controversy, Says Open Web Content Is 'Freeware' Amid Lawsuits For Training AI Using Copyrighted Online Content
Saturday, June 29, 2024 - 5:17am | 650In a recent interview, Mustafa Suleyman, the head of Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ:MSFT) AI division, made a controversial statement about the use of content from the open web. What Happened: Suleyman suggested that any content published on the open web is considered “freeware” and is open...
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Google's DeepMind Co-Founder Mustafa Suleyman, Shares His Exciting First Month At Microsoft: 'Truly Transformational'
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 7:11am | 792In a recent series of posts on X, Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of Alphabet Inc‘s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google DeepMind AI lab, shared his initial experiences at Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT). Suleyman, who was previously the CEO of Inflection AI, was poached by Microsoft in March....
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Is Microsoft Trying To Diversify Its OpenAI Risk By Hiring Inflection AI Founders? Cathie Wood's Potential Successor Thinks So
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 1:21am | 672Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), one of the biggest supporters of ChatGPT-parent OpenAI, has onboard two founders from a rival company, and Ark Invest's "chief futurist" thinks the tech giant is trying to diversify. What Happened: On Monday, Brett Winton, chief futurist at Cathie Wood-led...