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A “mirage.”That’s how Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman described Moltbook, a Reddit-style forum built entirely for bots.In a LinkedIn post on Monday, Suleyman said MoltBook is a powerful demonstration of how convincingly artificial intelligence can mimic human behavior — but warned that realism should not be confused with consciousness.”As funny…
Wall Street had very different reactions to two of Big Tech’s biggest spenders after quarterly earnings reports came out on Wednesday.Both Meta and Microsoft reported higher-than-expected capex. While both companies beat revenue expectations, Microsoft’s stock sank more than 6% after-hours, while Meta’s stock jumped as high as 9%.Big Tech’s spending…
After Microsoft reported results on Wednesday, CFO Amy Hood sent an internal memo to employees calling attention to recent developments in AI chips and coding tools, and deals with OpenAI and Anthropic.Hood sends these emails every quarter when Microsoft discloses its financials. Her missives mostly rehash what the company reports…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kruthika Jayatheertha, a millennial based in Bangalore, India. It has been edited for length and clarity.In October 2024, my husband and I welcomed our first child into the world. I took a six-month maternity leave, which was provided through my senior…
An apparent error by Microsoft’s Copilot is roiling a UK police scandal.On Monday, West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford wrote to a Parliamentary committee that his officers did not catch a hallucination by Microsoft’s AI tool when they were preparing their security recommendations for a soccer match between Maccabi…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Diarmuid Early, the 40-year-old winner of the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been in the Excel business for about 20 years.I played around with it a little bit in college and started using it…
