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Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here.In Microsoft’s Mistral stake, some EU regulators smell betrayalThe French unicorn AI lab Mistral said Monday that it’s sold a small share of the company to Microsoft for $16 million. Founded by Google DeepMind and Meta alumni, Mistral has billed itself as an open-source-friendly company, releasing its first two models via Hugging Face last year. But…

The European Commission is probing if Microsoft is preventing customers from relying on certain security software from its competitors, according to a document that regulators sent to at least one rival in January, seen by Reuters.Companies over the years have complained about Microsoft's bundling services and its cloud-computing practices, which European regulators have investigated. Microsoft has said it has worked to address rivals' concerns.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

The European Union is looking into Microsoft’s partnership with French startup Mistral AI as part of its broader review of the booming generative artificial intelligence sector to see if it raises any competition concerns.The 27-nation bloc’s executive commission said Tuesday in a brief statement that it’s analyzing the agreement between the two companies announced a day earlier. Microsoft declined to comment. Mistral did not respond to a request for comment.Microsoft said Monday it was teaming up with Mistral through a…

Microsoft's deal with French tech startup Mistral AI should be further investigated, one of the lawmakers who oversaw the drafting of the European Union's landmark AI Act said.On Monday, Microsoft announced it would soon make Mistral's AI models available through its Azure cloud computing platform.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisitIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in…

According to the official scheduling, Microsoft is getting ready to show off its first-party resolution upscaler at this year’s Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. Though this is more of an industry event rather than a conference for the consumer, the presence of DirectSR is quite exciting. As the GDC description notes, DirectSR is supposed to be an all-in-one resolution upscaling solution integrated into Windows itself. The notion that Microsoft is working on its own AI-based upscaler isn’t new as such, but it…

Intel's relatively new Foundry division — formerly known as Intel Foundry Services until earlier today — has just landed a notable order from a big name. According to Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that his company will be tapping into Intel's latest 18A (1.8nm) fabrication process for an upcoming in-house chip design. But given Intel's process roadmap, this means we likely won't be seeing Microsoft's new chip until 2025.While neither company disclosed the nature of said…

Grounded and Pentiment are the first previously Xbox-exclusive games to arrive on Nintendo Switch. Obsidian’s 2D narrative adventure roleplaying game Pentiment will launch on Switch tomorrow, followed by Grounded, the survival co-op that’s a combination of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and A Bug’s Life, on April 16th.Both games were confirmed in Nintendo’s partner showcase today, after Microsoft revealed last week that it would be taking four previously Xbox-exclusive games to rival consoles like the PS5 and Nintendo. The…

Even as stakeholders in the tech ecosystem talk about the hype around artificial intelligence (AI), Microsoft India and South Asia president Puneet Chandok said the technology is not hyped enough, considering the elevated expectations of the next generation.Speaking during a panel discussion with Haptik CEO Aakrit Vaish at the Mumbai Tech Week on Monday, Chandok emphasised the transformative impact AI could have on various aspects of daily life.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

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Apple is preparing a host of AI tools that will help it to take on Microsoft's Copilot and OpenAI and their software writing capabilities. The upcoming AI tool is part of the next major version of Xcode, Apple's premier programming software, and has undergone extensive development over the past year…