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LONDON — British regulators opened a preliminary investigation on Tuesday into Microsoft’s hiring of an AI startup’s key staff over concerns that it could thwart competition in the booming artificial intelligence market. The Competition and Markets Authority said its review of the hirings from Inflection AI, including its co-founder and CEO Mustafa Suleyman, turned up “sufficient information” to open an …

Microsoft opening new AI office in London as capital becomes artificial intelligence hub

Microsoft to launch artificial intelligence hub in London

Microsoft has announced plans for a new artificial intelligence hub in London, focused on product development and research. CONTEXT Last month, Microsoft hired DeepMind cofounder Suleyman to run its in-house Microsoft AI division. BY THE NUMBERS While it remains unclear how many jobs the new centre will create, the announcement builds on Microsoft's recent commitment to invest 2.5 billion pounds …

Earlier this week, Microsoft Corp. named artificial intelligence pioneer Mustafa Suleyman chief of its consumer AI business and hired most of the staff from his Inflection AI startup. A day before, Bloomberg reported that Alphabet Inc.’s Google was in talks to license its Gemini AI engine to Apple Inc. HT Image The moves suggest that despite pouring billions of dollars …

Satya Nadella, the CEO and Chairman of Microsoft, one of the world's leading tech players, welcomed Mustafa Suleyman, who has been appointed as the new CEO of the company’s artificial intelligence venture. Thrilled to have you lead Microsoft AI as we build consumer AI, like Copilot, that is loved by and benefits people around the world.” Mustafa on the other …

The U.S. should allow Nvidia's artificial intelligence chips only to buyers who agree to ethically use the technology, Google DeepMind's co-founder Mustafa Suleyman told the Financial Times on Friday. The US should enforce minimum global standards for the use of AI, and companies should at a minimum agree to abide by the same pledge made by leading AI firms to …