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Microsoft threatens to restrict data from rival AI search tools, says Bloomberg report

The company has told 2 customers that using its Bing search index-a map of the internet that can be scanned in real time- to feed AI chat tools, violates terms of their contract.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT kickstarted AI revolution. Get ready for a new arms race with GPT-4

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spent 15+ years working on search technology to catch up with Google. Now he is making Google dance with the use of OpenAI technology.

Microsoft unveils suite of cloud tools for telecom firms

Operators can benefit from advanced AI that helps to unlock new business opportunities from data on & insights into their operations, including the rollout of high-speed 5G networks.

ChatGPT vs Bard: Microsoft, Google’s growing chatbot rivalry and its lurking dangers

After ChatGPT’s entry into the market, major tech giants added to the competition with their own generative AI tools. But the concern is how accurate and bias-free these tools are.

Microsoft revamps Bing search engine, Edge browser with AI in big challenge to Google

The power of so-called generative AI that can create virtually any text or image dawned on the public last year with the release of ChatGPT, the chatbot sensation from OpenAI.

Teams, Outlook down for thousands, including Indian users, Microsoft probes outage issues

Microsoft did not disclose the number of users affected by the disruption, but data from outage tracking website showed more than 3,900 incidents in India and over 900 in Japan.

Microsoft to cut 10,000 jobs as tech layoffs intensify

The layoffs will result in a charge of $1.2 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2023, representing a negative impact of 12 cents on per share profit, the US tech firm said.

Microsoft to cut thousands of jobs across divisions

The company plans to cut jobs in a number of engineering divisions on Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported. The cuts will be significantly larger than other rounds in the past year.

Pentagon awards $9 billion cloud computing contracts to Google, Amazon, Microsoft & Oracle

The contracts will run until 2028 and provide the Department of Defense with enterprise-wide, globally available cloud services across all security domains and classification levels.

Tencent rose when Microsoft joined the list of foreign tech titans felled by Chinese rivals

In ‘Influence Empire’, Lulu Yilun Chen tells the much-awaited story of Tencent, the Chinese tech giant behind WeChat.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.