the Microsoft logo reimaged as a British theme –ar 5:3 –v 6.0 –style raw
“The UK has phenomenal AI talent and a long established culture of responsible AI development. Today I’m proud to be opening a new office: Microsoft AI London. If you’d like to join us, get in touch. We’re hiring! https://twitter.com/mustafasuleyman/status/1777341903597617506
“Today we announced our plans to deepen our investments in Japan, spanning cloud and AI infrastructure, skilling, research, and cybersecurity, as we continue partnering to accelerate the country’s AI transformation.” / X – https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/1777751428947378575
“@mreflow @NathanLands A newly revealed patent from Microsoft Bing detailed ‘Visual Search’. The patent describes a reverse image search with personal results tailored to user preferences and interests. Source: @mspoweruser Link to full patent: https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1778271406846824886
Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple – The Verge – https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/8/24116587/microsoft-macbook-air-surface-arm-qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elite
Microsoft to invest US$2.9 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure in Japan while boosting the nation’s skills, research and cybersecurity – Microsoft Stories Asia – https://news.microsoft.com/apac/2024/04/10/microsoft-to-invest-us2-9-billion-in-ai-and-cloud-infrastructure-in-japan-while-boosting-the-nations-skills-research-and-cybersecurity/
Microsoft could update Copilot to detect upcoming natural disasters. Here’s how – https://windowsreport.com/microsoft-is-working-on-sound-recognition-ai-technologies-capable-of-detecting-natural-disasters/
Reverse image on Bing Visual Search may be getting smarter, latest Microsoft patent reveals – MSPoweruser – https://mspoweruser.com/reverse-image-on-bing-visual-search-may-be-getting-smarter-latest-microsoft-patent-reveals/

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This week’s executive overview and top links are here:
AI News #28: Week Ending 04/12/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 48 Links
The post you just read is an deep dive extension of my weekly newsletter, This Week In AI, an executive summary of the top things to know in AI. Each week, I create an accessible overview for laypeople to feel confident they are conversant with the week’s AI developments. I include a curated list of must-click links of the week, to offer everyone a hands-on opportunity to explore the most intriguing updates in artificial intelligence across various categories, including robotics, imagery, video, AR/VR, science, ethics, and more. Beyond the overview, I post these topic-based deeper dives (below). If you haven’t read this week’s overview, I recommend starting there.
- Agents/Copilots
- Amazon
- Apple
- Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
- Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR)
- Autonomous Vehicles
- AI Audio
- Business and Enterprise AI
- Chips and Hardware
- Consumer Products
- Education
- Ethics/Legal Security
- Images/Photos
- International AI News
- Locally Run AI Models
- Mobile
- Meta
- Microsoft
- OpenAI
- Open Source
- Podcasts/YouTube
- Publishing and News
- Robots and Embodiment
- Science and Medicine
- Video
- Vision/Multimodality
- X/Twitter/Grok
- Tech and Development
Credits/Sources

Most of these weekly links come from just a few prolific oversharing sources. Please follow them, as they work hard to find the news each week and they make it a lot easier for me to compile.
- Robert Scoble: https://x.com/Scobleizer
- Ethan Mollick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emollick/
- Alan Thompson: https://lifearchitect.ai/
- Theoretically Media: https://www.youtube.com/@TheoreticallyMedia
- The Rundown: https://www.therundown.ai/
- Bilawal Sidhu: https://twitter.com/bilawalsidhu/
- TLDR: https://tldr.tech/ai
- Jeremiah Owyang: https://twitter.com/jowyang
- Nick St. Pierre: https://twitter.com/nickfloats
- Dr. Jim Fan: https://twitter.com/DrJimFan
- All About AI: https://www.youtube.com/@AllAboutAI
- Marshall Kirkpatrick: https://aitimetoimpact.com/
- AI News (Smol Talk): https://buttondown.email/ainews/archive/
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