Microsoft is laying off approximately 6,000 employees, or around 3% of its global workforce, according to a recent report by CNBC.
OpenAI plans to significantly decrease the revenue share it provides to Microsoft, its largest investor, according to a report by The Information. Currently, OpenAI shares 20% of its revenue with Microsoft under an agreement that runs through 2030, but this share is expected to drop to 10% or lower by the end of the decade, states the report.
Skype, once the undisputed pioneer of internet-based video calls, has officially been shut down by Microsoft as of 5 May 2025, marking the end of a two-decade era in digital communication.
Microsoft has rolled out stricter performance management policies that could make it harder for low-scoring employees to remain with or return to the company, according to a recent report by Business Insider. In an internal email, Chief People Officer Amy Coleman outlined new measures designed to streamline accountability, including a two-year rehire ban for employees who exit due to poor performance.
Microsoft has announced it is "delaying" or "pausing" several data centre projects, including a planned $1 billion facility in Ohio, signalling a potential cooling of the infrastructure boom driven by artificial intelligence demand.
Microsoft has terminated two software engineers who disrupted company events last week to protest the tech giant’s artificial intelligence contracts with the Israeli military, according to internal documents viewed by CNBC. The employees—Ibtihal Aboussad, based in Canada, and Vaniya Agrawal, an Indian-American engineer—interrupted speeches during Microsoft’s 50th-anniversary celebrations in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration in Redmond, Washington, was disrupted on Friday when two employees staged pro-Palestinian protests, voicing opposition to the company’s ties to the Israeli military and its use of artificial intelligence in conflict zones.
Microsoft has announced that it will retire Skype in May 2025 as the company is encouraging users to transition to Microsoft Teams, which will now serve as its primary communication and collaboration tool.
Microsoft has recently introduced Muse, an artificial intelligence model designed to generate both game visuals and gameplay actions. Developed in collaboration with Ninja Theory, a subsidiary of Xbox Game Studios, Muse aims to assist in game development by predicting game dynamics based on human input.
Declining Iphone sales has caused Apple stocks to dip, and Microsoft looking to take advantage
Microsoft has recently released the Xbox Series S Toaster, a kitchen appliance inspired by the design of the Xbox Series S gaming console. The toaster, currently listed in Walmart for US$39.99, will imprint an Xbox sphere logo on the bread during toasting.
OpenAI and its financial supporter Microsoft have faced a new class action lawsuit by two US-based nonfiction authors for copyright infringement. Filed in a Manhattan federal court, the lawsuit claims that the two authors' works were improperly utilised by the companies to train the AI models behind ChatGPT and other AI-driven services.
The New York Times, the US-based news platform, has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringement, alleging the unauthorised use of millions of the newspaper's articles to train chatbots designed to deliver information to readers.
Microsoft is delving into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) to ease the complex approval process for next-generation nuclear reactors. The tech giant aims to leverage small modular reactors (SMRs) to meet the escalating electricity demands driven by the widespread use of OpenAI's ChatGPT, with 100 million weekly users as of November 2023, according to techcrunch.
Microsoft and the AFL-CIO, the pre-eminent labor group in the United States, have entered into a partnership to better address the consequences of artificial intelligence on the workforce and to guide government regulation.
Microsoft said in a statement on Friday that it does not own any part of OpenAI, an artificial intelligence powerhouse.
OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, is not likely to grant board seats to investors such as Microsoft, Khosla Ventures, and Thrive Capital for its new board, according to a source familiar with the matter.
OpenAI announced on Tuesday its co-founder Sam Altman will return as CEO, days after he was fired by the board
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday said that ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team
