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'The World's Largest AI Classroom Is In India': Microsoft President To NDTV
Microsoft President Brad Smith praised India's growing leadership in artificial intelligence, saying the country is increasingly shaping the global AI agenda.
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"AI Can Be Source Of Jobs, Must Be In Human Control": Microsoft President Brad Smith To NDTV
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, can be a source of growth - contrary to opinions it could cost millions their jobs - and will be as important to the future of knowledge as the invention of the printing press was, Microsoft's Brad Smith told NDTV.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Reiterates Call for Faster AI Regulation, Courts Regulators in Europe
Microsoft President Brad Smith on Thursday talked up the benefits of regulating artificial intelligence (AI) and how the US software giant can help, reiterating a message to a Brussels audience that he delivered in Washington last month. He has sought to court regulators and lawmakers with calls for regulating AI.
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Microsoft Activision Deal: Firm Offered to Agree to FTC Consent Decree on Call of Duty Games for Rivals
Microsoft President Brad Smith on Tuesday revealed that the US firm, which is seeking approval for its takeover of Activision Blizzard that was announced earlier this year, offered to agree to a consent decree with the US FTC to provide its Call of Duty games to Sony and other rivals, like Nintendo. The company's acquisition deal is also facing scr...
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Microsoft Activision Deal: US FTC Sues to Block $69 Billion Takeover Deal Over Competition Concerns
Microsoft's $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,66,800 crore) bid to acquire Activision Blizzard, maker of the popular Call of Duty series, hit a roadblock on Thursday after the US FTC sued to block the takeover deal. Brad Smith, the company's president, tweeted on Thursday that the company would fight the FTC to complete the deal.
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Microsoft Chief Warns Of Talent Crunch For Tackling Climate Change
Thousands of businesses will fail to meet pledges to combat climate change unless they start training employees on sustainability, Microsoft Corp's President Brad Smith told Reuters.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Sees Labour Force Decline Amid Pressure on High Salaries
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the US companies are facing a "new era", when there are fewer people entering the workforce, but the pressure to pay higher salaries may become permanent. He states major markets overseas have seen outright labour force declines.
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Microsoft Declines to Resist Unionisation Efforts, Highlights Growing Receptiveness in Tech Sector
Microsoft President Brad Smith announced on Thursday that the company will not resist unionisation efforts from its employees as a sign of growing receptiveness in the tech sector for organised labour.
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Microsoft President Says Tech Must Compromise, Downplays Metaverse 'Hype'
The tech sector needs to compromise with regulators and take governments and people's concerns seriously, Microsoft President Brad Smith said.
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Microsoft to Work With US Community Colleges to Fill 250,000 Cybersecurity Jobs
Microsoft said it plans to work with community colleges across the United States to fill 250,000 cybersecurity jobs over the next four years.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Named as Vice Chair, Company to Buy Back Up to $60 Billion in Shares
Microsoft said it will conduct an up to $60 billion (roughly Rs. 4,42,120 crores) share buyback programme, raise its quarterly dividend by 11 percent, and appoint company President Brad Smith as vice chair.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Says George Orwell's '1984' Could Become a Reality by 2024
Microsoft President Brad Smith says that the dystopian world depicted by George Orwell in his novel "1984" — where totalitarian surveillance was a part of life — could soon become a reality, What's more, it may be as early as 2024, if artificial intelligence (AI) is not regulated better, he suggests.
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SolarWinds Hack Was 'Largest and Most Sophisticated Attack' Ever, Microsoft President Brad Smith Says
A hacking campaign that used a US tech company as a springboard to compromise a raft of US government agencies is "the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen," Microsoft President Brad Smith said.
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Microsoft Plans to Build 3 New Data Centres in Greece, Invest in Country’s Cloud Services
Microsoft looks to build a new data centre in Greece as it invests in cloud services infrastructure in the country, a boon to an economy weakened by a decade-long debt crisis and the coronavirus pandemic.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Says EU 'Most Influential' on Tech Rules
Microsoft president Brad Smith on Tuesday said Europe was the global leader on setting rules for big tech, two years after the EU implemented the GDPR, its landmark data privacy law.
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'The World's Largest AI Classroom Is In India': Microsoft President To NDTV
Microsoft President Brad Smith praised India's growing leadership in artificial intelligence, saying the country is increasingly shaping the global AI agenda.
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"AI Can Be Source Of Jobs, Must Be In Human Control": Microsoft President Brad Smith To NDTV
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, can be a source of growth - contrary to opinions it could cost millions their jobs - and will be as important to the future of knowledge as the invention of the printing press was, Microsoft's Brad Smith told NDTV.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Reiterates Call for Faster AI Regulation, Courts Regulators in Europe
Microsoft President Brad Smith on Thursday talked up the benefits of regulating artificial intelligence (AI) and how the US software giant can help, reiterating a message to a Brussels audience that he delivered in Washington last month. He has sought to court regulators and lawmakers with calls for regulating AI.
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Microsoft Activision Deal: Firm Offered to Agree to FTC Consent Decree on Call of Duty Games for Rivals
Microsoft President Brad Smith on Tuesday revealed that the US firm, which is seeking approval for its takeover of Activision Blizzard that was announced earlier this year, offered to agree to a consent decree with the US FTC to provide its Call of Duty games to Sony and other rivals, like Nintendo. The company's acquisition deal is also facing scr...
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Microsoft Activision Deal: US FTC Sues to Block $69 Billion Takeover Deal Over Competition Concerns
Microsoft's $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,66,800 crore) bid to acquire Activision Blizzard, maker of the popular Call of Duty series, hit a roadblock on Thursday after the US FTC sued to block the takeover deal. Brad Smith, the company's president, tweeted on Thursday that the company would fight the FTC to complete the deal.
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Microsoft Chief Warns Of Talent Crunch For Tackling Climate Change
Thousands of businesses will fail to meet pledges to combat climate change unless they start training employees on sustainability, Microsoft Corp's President Brad Smith told Reuters.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Sees Labour Force Decline Amid Pressure on High Salaries
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the US companies are facing a "new era", when there are fewer people entering the workforce, but the pressure to pay higher salaries may become permanent. He states major markets overseas have seen outright labour force declines.
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Microsoft Declines to Resist Unionisation Efforts, Highlights Growing Receptiveness in Tech Sector
Microsoft President Brad Smith announced on Thursday that the company will not resist unionisation efforts from its employees as a sign of growing receptiveness in the tech sector for organised labour.
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Microsoft President Says Tech Must Compromise, Downplays Metaverse 'Hype'
The tech sector needs to compromise with regulators and take governments and people's concerns seriously, Microsoft President Brad Smith said.
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Microsoft to Work With US Community Colleges to Fill 250,000 Cybersecurity Jobs
Microsoft said it plans to work with community colleges across the United States to fill 250,000 cybersecurity jobs over the next four years.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Named as Vice Chair, Company to Buy Back Up to $60 Billion in Shares
Microsoft said it will conduct an up to $60 billion (roughly Rs. 4,42,120 crores) share buyback programme, raise its quarterly dividend by 11 percent, and appoint company President Brad Smith as vice chair.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Says George Orwell's '1984' Could Become a Reality by 2024
Microsoft President Brad Smith says that the dystopian world depicted by George Orwell in his novel "1984" — where totalitarian surveillance was a part of life — could soon become a reality, What's more, it may be as early as 2024, if artificial intelligence (AI) is not regulated better, he suggests.
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SolarWinds Hack Was 'Largest and Most Sophisticated Attack' Ever, Microsoft President Brad Smith Says
A hacking campaign that used a US tech company as a springboard to compromise a raft of US government agencies is "the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen," Microsoft President Brad Smith said.
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Microsoft Plans to Build 3 New Data Centres in Greece, Invest in Country’s Cloud Services
Microsoft looks to build a new data centre in Greece as it invests in cloud services infrastructure in the country, a boon to an economy weakened by a decade-long debt crisis and the coronavirus pandemic.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Says EU 'Most Influential' on Tech Rules
Microsoft president Brad Smith on Tuesday said Europe was the global leader on setting rules for big tech, two years after the EU implemented the GDPR, its landmark data privacy law.
