LONDON (AP) — Microsoft hires Mustafa Suleiman to lead its consumer artificial intelligence business, adding an influential figure to the company's ranks to solidify its position at the forefront of the burgeoning AI industry. added to.
Suleiman, co-founder of AI research lab DeepMind, said in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday that he will become CEO of Microsoft AI and will lead all of the company's consumer AI products and research, including generative AI services Copilot and Bing. Then he said. Search engine and edge browser.
Microsoft is also hiring the chief scientist from Suleiman's AI company, Inflection, as well as several of the company's top engineers and researchers, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a blog post. Ta.
The hire is likely to strengthen Microsoft's leading position in the AI industry as major tech companies vie for a position to capitalize on demand for AI services.
Microsoft partnered with ChatGPT maker OpenAI, invested billions of dollars in the San Francisco company, and recently partnered with up-and-coming AI startup France's Mistral.
Suleiman co-founded the DeepMind AI Research Institute, which Google acquired in 2014, and worked there until 2022, working with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman to develop Inflection.ai, an AI that won't turn the corner. He left the company to establish a company. lead to racist, sexist, or violent behavior;
He also co-authored a book, The Coming Wave, which explores the potential of AI and the need to limit its potential dangers.
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This article corrects the announcement date to Tuesday instead of Monday.
