BlackRock, Microsoft AI partnership raises $12.5 billion so far

BlackRock Inc. has raised $12.5 billion as part of a partnership with Microsoft Corp. to bankroll data centers and energy ...

Microsoft Has a Plan to Address One of the Biggest Complaints About AI

“We are the ‘HOTTEST’ Country in the World, and Number One in AI,” he wrote. “Data Centers are key to that boom, and keeping ...

Microsoft campus library closes in broader shift to AI-powered digital learning experiences

The Microsoft Library in Redmond has long been a quiet anachronism in the middle of the high-tech campus, a place where ...

Microsoft’s Brad Smith pushes Big Tech to ‘pay our way’ for AI data centers amid rising opposition

Microsoft is trying to win over communities concerned about AI data centers. The company's president, Brad Smith, is meeting ...

After 15,000 Layoffs, Microsoft Cuts Employee Library and Newspaper Access, Shifts Focus to AI-Based Learning

Microsoft is closing its employee library and ending news subscriptions, shifting staff learning to an AI-powered Skilling ...
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Microsoft’s Spending on Anthropic AI Is on Pace to Hit $500 Million

OpenAI is Microsoft’s most important AI provider and its biggest cloud server customer. But as OpenAI does more business with ...

Anthropic taps former Microsoft India MD to lead Bengaluru expansion

Anthropic has appointed Irina Ghose, a former Microsoft India managing director, to lead its India business as the U.S. AI ...

Trump Warns Microsoft: Don’t Make Americans Pay for AI Electricity

President Donald Trump pressures Microsoft and Big Tech to cover the costs of powering AI data centers as rising electricity ...

Microsoft warns that China is winning AI race outside the west

Microsoft has warned that US AI groups are being outpaced by Chinese rivals in the battle for users outside the west, as ...