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Microsoft’s Designer app arrives on iOS and Android with AI editing and creation – The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/17/24200294/microsoft-designer-app-launch-windows-ios-android-features

New ways to get creative with Microsoft Designer, powered by AI | Microsoft 365 Blog

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/07/17/new-ways-to-get-creative-with-microsoft-designer-powered-by-ai

Microsoft / Inflection inquiry – GOV.UK

https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/microsoft-slash-inflection-ai-inquiry

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott thinks LLM “scaling laws” will hold despite criticism | Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/07/microsoft-cto-defies-critics-ai-progress-not-slowing-down-its-just-warming-up

“Microsoft presents SpreadsheetLLM Encoding Spreadsheets for Large Language Models Spreadsheets, with their extensive two-dimensional grids, various layouts, and diverse formatting options, present notable challenges for large language models (LLMs). In response, we introduce

Microsoft presents SpreadsheetLLM

Encoding Spreadsheets for Large Language Models

Spreadsheets, with their extensive two-dimensional grids, various layouts, and diverse formatting options, present notable challenges for large language models (LLMs). In response, we introduce… pic.twitter.com/j8pk82oAur
— AK (@_akhaliq) July 15, 2024

SPREADSHEETLLM: Encoding Spreadsheets for Large Language Models

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.09025

Meta Follows in Apple’s Footsteps by Restricting AI Releases in EU Countries – CNET

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/meta-follows-in-apples-footsteps-by-restricting-ai-releases-in-eu-countries

Meta won’t bring future multimodal AI models to EU

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/17/meta-future-multimodal-ai-models-eu

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