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Microsoft, IndiaAI join hands to train 500,0000 individuals on AI by 2026

The government's artificial intelligence programme unit IndiaAI and Microsoft have partnered to train 5 lakh individuals, including students, educators, developers, government officials, and women entrepreneurs on AI by 2026, a senior company official said on Wednesday. Microsoft India and South Asia President, Puneet Chandok told PTI that the USD 3 billion investment announced by the company's Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella will be on building tech, infrastructure and AI capacity and also on building the human capital in this country. "We had announced training for 20 lakh people last year. We have already trained 24 lakh. We have announced to train 1 crore people over the next five years. We have also signed an MoU with IndiaAI mission and as part of that, 5 lakh people will be trained," Chandok said. The government in March 2024 approved Rs 10,372 crore for the development of AI ecosystem in the country for five years. Under the collaboration, AI Productivity Labs in 20 National

Microsoft to invest $3 bn in AI and cloud expansion in India: Nadella

The tech giant will also support the country's long-term competitiveness by training 10 million people over the next five years with AI skills

Microsoft to invest $3 bn to boost AI infra in India: CEO Satya Nadella

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a $3 billion investment to expand cloud and AI infrastructure in India, aiming to enhance regional capabilities and train 10 million people in AI by 2030

Microsoft to invest $3 bn in AI, cloud expansion in India: Satya Nadella

IT major Microsoft will invest USD 3 billion in India for the expansion of cloud and AI infrastructure in the country, the company's chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said on Tuesday. There is a fantastic momentum in India where people are pushing for a multi-agent kind of deployment. "I am really really excited to announce the single largest expansion we have ever done in India by putting USD 3 billion additional dollars to expand our Azure capacity," Nadella said. He said that the company is doing a lot of regional expansions in India. Nadella said that Microsoft's mission to empower every person and organisation in India drives the company. "To that end it is about being able to ensure that the human capital of this country is able to continue to scale, take advantage of immense opportunity and potential the technology has. That's why we are very excited to announce today our commitment, which we have always had, to train 10 million people around AI skills by 2030," Nadella said.

Microsoft Inc is not Google's most serious rival, it's an AI startup

Perplexity has raised far more money than Neeva- $913 million compared with $77 million, according to Pitchbook- and its clean, comprehensive answers are drawing users

Powering AI dreams: Microsoft bets $80 billion on data centre revolution

To strengthen its AI infrastructure and expand its data centre footprint, Microsoft has already committed significant financial resources

Nvidia's market value gets $2 trillion boost in 2024 on AI rally

The chipmaker's market value increased by over $2 trillion last year, reaching $3.28 trillion at the close of 2024

Telangana CM Reddy meets Satya Nadella, seeks support for IT ecosystem

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday called on Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at his residence here and sought the IT major's support to develop a strong ecosystem so that Hyderabad is recognised as a leading city in the world in the technology domain. The CM thanked Nadella for Microsoft's regular investments and growth in the city and state, an official release said. Reddy and IT Minister D Sridhar Babu discussed various technology imperatives that Telangana is focusing on, including AI, Gen AI, and cloud, and sought Microsoft's support, it said. The CM also explained his plans for infrastructure development in the state, including the Regional Ring Road, radial roads, Future City, the development of new manufacturing clusters, and how the government is proposing to create a vast pool of industry-ready talent through institutions like the Young India Skills University. The Microsoft CEO reiterated the tech giant's commitment to partnering with the state government on a

Kaapi Machines: Using digital tech to deliver a perfect cup of coffee

The firm's IoT-enabled machines are installed in offices and public places, including at Microsoft, Facebook, Rashtrapati Bhawan, and the iconic Deccan Queen train

Microsoft tests easier option to share files with iPhone via Phone Link app

The new file sharing option is available through the Phone Link app on Windows and the Link to Windows app on iOS

Google asks FTC to break up Microsoft's cloud deal with OpenAI: Report

The conversation happened after the US Federal Trade Commission asked Google about Microsoft's business practices as part of a broader investigation

Google says it has cracked quantum computing challenge with a new chip

In a paper published in the journal Nature, Google said that it has found a way to string together the Willow chip's qubits so that error rates go down as the number of qubits goes up

OpenAI aims more investment by removing 'AGI' clause with Microsoft

The clause was included to protect the technology from being misused for commercial purposes, giving its ownership to OpenAI's non-profit board

Tata Electronics targets tech giants Microsoft, Dell for client expansion

Tata Electronics is expanding its client base beyond Apple, aiming to diversify by partnering with tech giants like Microsoft, Dell, and HP

Microsoft faces legal action in Britain over cloud computing licences

Microsoft in 2020 introduced new licence fees for running its software on major cloud providers

US FTC opens antitrust investigation in several Microsoft businesses

After more than a year of conducting informal interviews with competitors and business partners, antitrust enforcers have crafted a detailed request to force Microsoft to turn over information

Is Microsoft training AI models using consumers' data from Office apps?

Connected Experiences feature, which analyses user content to provide suggestions and recommendations, has raised questions about whether Microsoft is using customer data to train its AI models

Nokia, Microsoft Azure extend multi-year deal for data centre scalability

As part of the agreement, Nokia will supply its 7250 IXR-10e platform to ensure multi-terabit interconnectivity within Microsoft's data centres

Now, Microsoft lets you stream select games you own over Xbox Cloud Gaming

You can now stream games that you own, that are not on the Game Pass catalogue, on supported Smart TV platforms, Meta Quest headset, as well as other browser supported devices like PCs and smartphone

Microsoft improving software and game emulation for Windows on Arm: Report

Microsoft is reportedly adding support for multiple Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) instructions to the Prism emulator on Copilot Plus PCs