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Microsoft is developing its own large language model with 500 billion parameters

Through its strong partnership with OpenAI, Microsoft already leverages one of the industry’s top large language models (LLMs). Beyond OpenAI’s offerings, Microsoft Research consistently releases smaller language models (SLMs) to stay competitive with AI startups and open-source projects. Now, The Information reports that Microsoft is creating its own in-house LLM, code-named MAI-1. While the Phi […]

Microsoft rolls out passkey auth for personal Microsoft accounts

Microsoft announced that Windows users can now log into their Microsoft consumer accounts using a passkey, allowing users to authenticate using password-less methods such as Windows Hello, FIDO2 security keys, biometric data (facial scans or fingerprints), or device PINs. […]

Microsoft warns of “Dirty Stream” attack impacting Android apps

Microsoft has highlighted a novel attack dubbed “Dirty Stream,” which could allow malicious Android apps to overwrite files in another application’s home directory, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution and secrets theft. […]

Microsoft announces passkey support for Microsoft consumer accounts

Microsoft accounts already allow you to sign in to apps and websites using FIDO security keys, Windows Hello, or Microsoft Authenticator app. From 2021, you were also able to sign in to your Microsoft account even without setting up a password. Today, Microsoft announced the support for passkeys in Microsoft consumer accounts. With this support, […]

Sanctuary AI and Microsoft to work on the development of AI models for general purpose robots

Sanctuary AI, a startup which is trying to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general purpose robots, today announced its partnership with Microsoft. Both the companies will be working on the development of AI models for general purpose humanoid robots. Also, they will work to improve AI research and development and Sanctuary AI will be using […]

Microsoft’s lagging internal AI efforts sparked OpenAI investment, internal email reveals

Microsoft was scrambling to catch up to Google’s dominance in AI, according to an internal email, which led to its major investment in OpenAI. This email exchange sheds light on Microsoft CEO and CTO’s sense of urgency and their awareness that Microsoft was falling behind in AI development. “Very, very worried.” In a 2019 email […]