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Microsoft AI News: Week Ending 06/07/2024

June 7, 2024

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FTC and DOJ reportedly opening antitrust investigations into Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia – The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/6/24172868/ftc-doj-antitrust-openai-microsoft-nvidia-investigations

U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI – The New York Times

“Microsoft researchers just introduced Aurora, a new AI foundation model to generate accurate weather forecasting insights The day that the weatherman is truly right 100% of the time might be coming sooner than most people probably think

Microsoft researchers just introduced Aurora, a new AI foundation model to generate accurate weather forecasting insights

The day that the weatherman is truly right 100% of the time might be coming sooner than most people probably think pic.twitter.com/qnMHzvQfMS
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) June 5, 2024

Introducing Aurora: The first large-scale foundation model of the atmosphere – Microsoft Research

Introducing Aurora: The first large-scale foundation model of the atmosphere

Microsoft to invest $3.2 bn in AI in Sweden

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-invest-3-2-bn-131501138.html

“Nice to see Microsoft listening to AI Recall feedback, making MUCH needed changes: 1. Recall will now be opt-in (vs. previously opt-out with users being enrolled by default) 2. Local database is now encrypted (vs. previously unencrypted in plain text) 3. Biometric authentication

Nice to see Microsoft listening to AI Recall feedback, making MUCH needed changes:

1. Recall will now be opt-in (vs. previously opt-out with users being enrolled by default)
2. Local database is now encrypted (vs. previously unencrypted in plain text)
3. Biometric authentication… https://t.co/LBj9yMIMAX pic.twitter.com/ws6UtYxeik
— Bilawal Sidhu (@bilawalsidhu) June 7, 2024

“The narrative around Windows Recall has snowballed into a major PR disaster. People don’t trust Microsoft, and that means features like Recall aren’t welcome in the eyes of many Windows users. EDITORIAL:

The narrative around Windows Recall has snowballed into a major PR disaster. People don't trust Microsoft, and that means features like Recall aren't welcome in the eyes of many Windows users.

EDITORIAL: https://t.co/1kUJHFH8qN #Windows11 #WindowsRecall
— Zac Bowden (@zacbowden) June 6, 2024

“Microsoft launched Copilot+ PCs, an AI-first specification for a line of Windows computers featuring new generative and search functions. The first Copilot+ machines will use Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. Learn more in #TheBatch: https://twitter.com/DeepLearningAI/status/1798749403240382604

This week’s executive overview and top links are here:

AI News #36: Week Ending 06/07/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 40 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.

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