The AI game keeps getting bigger. Due to high costs of playing, it is played mainly by Big Tech players. On Monday, Bloomberg published that Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reportedly in talks with Google to use Gemini to power generative AI features to the next iPhone. In an unexpected announcement on Tuesday, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) revealed it got an AI pioneer and co-founder of DeepMind, Mustafa Suleyman, to lead its consumer-oriented Copilot business.
Microsoft deepens its AI focus.
Currently in the second year of its AI shift, Microsoft continues to speed up its efforts. Suleyman and Karén Simonyan, a renowned AI research, are coming on board to run a new segment, Microsoft AI, designed to advance the tech titans’ AI efforts. Moreover, Microsoft also hired Suleyman’s colleagues from Inflection.ai, a high-profile AI startup worthy of challenging Microsoft ...