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Microsoft put an ex-Facebook exec in charge of a new AI unit. Internal memos reveal how it's going.
Internal memos Jay Parikh has sent to employees since taking on a new AI unit reveal its early ambitions and accomplishments.
Microsoft is racing to build an AI ‘agent factory’
When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella ran into Meta’s former engineering chief, Jay Parikh, at a conference last summer, he had ...
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Palestinian techie confronts Indian-origin Jay Parikh during Microsoft keynote: ‘How dare you talk about AI when…’
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators continued protesting against chief execs for the second day in a row amid the ongoing annual ...
After Satya Nadella, Microsoft EVP Jay Parikh’s speech disrupted by protestor
Pro-Palestine protestors interrupted Microsoft’s Build conference for the second consecutive day, with a tech worker speaking ...
Palestinian developer disrupts Microsoft keynote: ‘my people are suffering’
Microsoft’s Build developer conference has been interrupted by a protester for the second day in a row. Microsoft’s head of ...
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Microsoft's Jay Parikh talks about the firm's need for AI speed
In leading Microsoft's core AI work, Jay Parikh says he has a clear mission: To make sure the company develops, ships and ...
Microsoft expands AI roster with Anthropic and xAI integrations, looking beyond OpenAI alliance
Jay Parikh, Microsoft executive vice president and head of the company’s CoreAI engineering division, speaks at Build 2025 in ...
Microsoft employee bypasses ‘Palestine’ block to email thousands of staff in protest
A mass email sent by a Microsoft employee appears to have gotten around a block on words like “Palestine” and “Gaza” that the ...
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Palestinian developer disrupts Microsoft keynote: ‘my people are suffering’
Microsoft’s head of CoreAI, Jay Parikh, was on stage discussing the company’s Azure AI Foundry efforts when a Palestinian tech worker interrupted his keynote to protest against Microsoft’s ...