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We’re announcing a multi-year partnership with Mistral AI, as we build on our commitment to offer customers the best choice of open and foundation models on Azure.

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Microsoft unveils its AI Access Principles to foster AI innovation and competition

Microsoft took a bold step in the AI space on Monday by announcing its AI Access Principles, a comprehensive framework for responsible and ethical AI development and deployment. The guiding principles underscore Microsoft’s dedication to fostering innovation and competition in the burgeoning AI world. Accessibility, Choice, and a Level Playing Field Microsoft’s principles prioritize providing […]

Cyber attack on Hamilton knocks out municipal phone, email

One of Ontario’s biggest cities is in the second day of dealing with a cyber attack. Hamilton, a municipality of about 570,000 on the shore of Lake Ontario, said Sunday it had suffered a city-wide phone and email “disruption” to municipal and public library services, which included the Bus Check Info Line and the HSRNow […]

Dell at MWC 2024: NPU-equipped AI PCs come with Windows 11 and Copilot key

At Mobile World Congress, Dell updated its commercial portfolio with neural processing units (NPUs) built into its latest lineup of Windows 11 laptops and mobile workstations to accelerate AI processes.  With these PCs and their AI-accelerated engines, businesses can collaborate more effectively, work more securely and create content faster.  Across these PCs, help is always […]

Mistral AI unveils Mistral Large, a new LLM that surpasses all but GPT-4

Mistral AI, a company specializing in artificial intelligence, has unveiled two new language models: Mistral Large and Mistral Small. This comes after Microsoft and Mistral announced a new partnership to accelerate Mistral Large is a high-performance model designed for complex tasks such as multilingual reasoning, text comprehension, and code generation. The model’s capabilities are benchmarked against existing models, demonstrating […]