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Cognizant partners with Microsoft to boost GenAI, copilot adoption

American IT firm Cognizant on Monday said it has partnered with Microsoft Corporation to expand the reach of the latter's generative AI and copilots, enhance employee experiences, and accelerate cross-industry innovation. The partnership will use Microsoft Copilot and Cognizant's advisory and digital transformation services to help employees and enterprise customers operationalise generative AI and realise strategic business transformation, a company statement said. The company said it will contribute to the projected USD 1 trillion that AI is expected to inject into the US GDP over the next 10 years. It added that the partnership will also benefit India. "AI is expected to add USD 450-500 billion to India's GDP by 2025, accounting for 10 per cent of the country's USD 5 trillion GDP target," it said. As part of the partnership, Cognizant purchased 25,000 Microsoft 365 Copilot seats for Cognizant associates, along with 500 Sales Copilot seats and 500 Services Copilot seats, and wil

Cognizant, Microsoft announce partnership to expand adoption of GenAI

Cognizant purchased 25,000 Microsoft 365 Copilot seats for Cognizant associates, along with 500 Sales Copilot seats and 500 Services Copilot seats

Google Chats now offers cross-messaging to Microsoft Teams, Slack and more

Messaging across platforms will, however, require Google Workspace subscription and Mio licence for businesses

Microsoft's OpenAI partnership could face EU antitrust probe: Report

The people said the European Union antitrust regulator had decided not to investigate the partnership under EU merger rules, but that Microsoft could still face an antitrust investigation

Russian influence operations targeting US election have begun: Microsoft

While the Russian activity Microsoft observed is not as intense as around the previous elections, it could increase in the coming months, the researchers said

Microsoft-OpenAI deal set to dodge formal EU merger probe, says report

UK's Competition and Markets Authority is reviewing whether to launch a probe to see if the deal affects competition among British firms

Microsoft to invest $1.5 bn in UAE-based AI firm G42, takes minority stake

G42 had divested its investments in China and began the lengthy task of pulling out Chinese hardware amid US concerns over its relationship with Chinese businesses

Microsoft, beset by cyberattacks, grapples with issue years in making

In recent years, Microsoft Corp. has been hit with a series of embarrassing hacks that have exposed corporate and government customers

Microsoft-backed cybersecurity firm Rubrik aims to raise $713 mn in IPO

Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo are the lead underwriters for Rubrik's IPO

OpenAI, Meta to roll out AI versions capable of planning, reasoning

Meta plans to release Llama 3 in the upcoming weeks, while OpenAI's AI model 'GPT-5' will also be introduced soon

Big Tech's 'interconnected web' of AI investments concerns UK's CMA

The Competition and Markets Authority said Thursday it's uncovered an "interconnected web" of partnerships and investments within AI involving a handful of the same tech firms

Tech Mahindra, Microsoft announce unified workbench for analytics platform

The collaboration will help organisations to adopt Microsoft Fabric and create complex data workflows with simple-to-use interface

Apple targets new Miami office space following Amazon and Microsoft

The company already has a smaller office in the vicinity, which has focused mostly on Latin America as well as the advertising business, including selling ad slots in the App Store

IBM, Microsoft collaborate to launch experience zone in Bengaluru

IBM Consulting and Microsoft on Thursday announced the launch of the IBM-Microsoft Experience Zone in Bengaluru, which is a first-of-its-kind collaboration. The Experience Zone provides a dedicated space for clients to explore how generative AI, hybrid cloud and other Microsoft products and technologies can accelerate their business transformation journeys and help them gain a strategic advantage, IBM said in a statement. At the Experience Zone, clients from around the globe and across industries can work with IBM Consulting, in various technology zones, to co-ideate and co-create generative AI-powered solutions that leverage Azure OpenAI Service, Copilot and other Microsoft technologies, it added. Within the technology stations, clients can explore business solutions for cloud modernisation, data, analytics and advanced AI, customer relationship management, employee experience, finance and operations, IoT and edge, and emerging technology including augmented reality and virtual ...

Microsoft, Quantinuum claim breakthrough in quantum computing: Details here

Microsoft said it plans to release the Quantum computing technology to its cloud computing customers in the coming months

Xbox AI chatbot: Microsoft testing AI-powered agent to handle support tasks

Microsoft confirmed an internal prototype of an animated character that can answer support related queries with voice or text

Envy x360 14: HP launches AI laptop with dedicated Microsoft Copilot button

Priced at Rs 99,999 onwards, the HP Envy x360 14 is now available at HP World Stores and HP Online stores in Meteor Silver and Atmospheric Blue colours

Microsoft to separate Teams, Office globally amid antitrust clampdown

The European Commission has been investigating Microsoft's tying of Office and Teams since a 2020 complaint by Salesforce-owned competing workspace messaging app Slack

GitHub community in India is going to overtake the US: Sharryn Napier

Napier spoke about developers and their significance in AI development globally

Microsoft-backed data security startup Rubrik to file IPO papers next week

The company confidentially submitted its IPO plans to the US Securities and Exchange Commission earlier