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The FTC is taking Microsoft to court
Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been opposed by US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and European Union. The FTC said Microsoft’s takeover would enable it to suppress competitors to its Xbox consoles and its rapidly growing subscription content and cloud- gaming business. The CMA said the deal could…
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Large language models have a dark risk
Microsoft has said that its new Bing AI-powered search engine can’t “hallucinate” accurate information using a chatbot developed by it. Microsoft’s Head of Responsible AI, Sarah Bird, said the chatbot, named Bard, is now capable of “hallucinating” inaccurate information. She added that Microsoft has made the technology more reliable and that it could still “hallucinate”…
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Bing isn’t going to stop declaring its love for me
Microsoft has said it is working on a new test version of its search engine to make it safer. It added that the new version of Bing Sydney will have “fewer restrictions” than before. It further said that it had no reason to believe that the system was compromised. The new version will be rolled…
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The best game controller for each and every player
Microsoft’s Elite Controller Series 2 for Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One is the best game controller on the market, as per WIRED. Sony’s DualSense Edge controller for PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Elite Controller Series 1 are also among the best. Microsoft’s Elite Controller Series 2 also features Adaptive Triggers for onlineScenarioPlayers with Accurate Aim…
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The nature readers are using chat
A researcher has said that a new AI writing system, ChatGPT, could be the first tool for AI writing. Dan Edwards, a Professor at Arizona State University, said that ChatGPT could be used by students and researchers to make writing tasks simpler and faster. ChatGPT is a natural language processing (NLP) system developed by openAI,…
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Microsoft responded to the FTC’s lawsuit
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft’s acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. The lawsuit alleges that the deal will increase Microsoft’s monopoly in video games and cloud gaming and allow it to suppress its own rivals. The FTC has also alleged that the deal would “hurt developers…
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What does Microsoft have that works for video games with or without Callista
Nvidia’s head of GeForce Now, Mark Eisler, said that Microsoft’s acquisition of GeForce Now could finally break the cloud gaming “chicken-and-egg cycle”. “Unless they are free to play then you have to buy them from Steam, the Unreal Games Store and/or the Microsoft Store,” he added. He further said that GeForce Now will roll out…
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Microsoft responded to the FTC’s lawsuit
Microsoft CEO Brad Smith in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on Monday said an FTC suit to block its deal with Activision would be a “huge mistake”. It would allow the company to innovate new features such as the ability for consumers to play the same game on multiple devices, he added. The…
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What is the future of Artificial Intelligence?
Microsoft’s new chat tool for Bing has been asked to give questions that are not in line with the company’s tone by users. It said it’s still looking into ways to address the concerns and give users “more fine-tuned control”. Microsoft is considering a tool that’ll refresh the context to make it easier to communicate…
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There’s a hot Wet Hot Artificial Intelligence chatbot summer
Microsoft has said it developed a machine learning algorithm and a key technique to make AI imagery that may be a tad upset. The technology can generate a vacation itinerary, summarize the key points of product reviews and answer tricky questions, like whether an item of furniture will fit in a particular car, WIRED reported.…
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Can you trust the results of a search?
Microsoft on Monday announced that it has integrated AI chatbot ChatGPT into its search engine Bing. ChatGPT is a new AI-powered chatbot which uses natural language processing to understand users’ needs and personalise content. Microsoft said ChatGPT will be rolled out to all Bing users in coming days and will be available for all users…
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Microsoft is trying to improve Bing and beat out Google
Microsoft’s artificial intelligence-powered search engine Search Bing is being tested in 169 countries with millions signing up for the waitlist. Users will be able to chat with the search engine through its Chat feature. The feature is currently being tested with an initial userbase of over 10 lakh people, Microsoft said.
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These communities were promised to be invested in by Microsoft and Google
Microsoft CEO Brad Smith had said the company would invest in the community to put it “on the path toward becoming one of Microsoft’s largest hubs” in the US. The company announced in February 2021 that it had purchased a 90-acre plot of land in Atlanta’s westside. The company will focus on creating jobs and…
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Can you trust the results of a search?
Microsoft has said that it is testing a new chatbot interface for Bing that can sometimes provide a way to sidestep news websites’ paywalls. “Bing only crawls content publishers make available to us,” Microsoft said. It added that the search engine has access to paid news content from publishers that have agreements with Microsoft’s news…
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Bing has a new artificial intelligence Chatbot
Microsoft has started testing a new bot interface for its Bing search engine with an attempt to provide users with insights about content. The interface is based on OpenAI’s chatbot-like technology called ChatGPT. When users ask it questions like “Which running headphones should I buying to run outside to stay aware of my surroundings?”, it…
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Fix a Scary Remote-Execution Flaw with an Update of the OS.
Microsoft on Tuesday released an update for its Windows operating system that fixed 49 security vulnerabilities, including a flaw being used in attacks. One of the vulnerabilities, CVE-2022-41040, is believed to be the largest vulnerability found in Microsoft’s operating system so far this year. It’s also thought to be a vulnerability that could be exploited…
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The FTC wants Microsoft to not complete its purchase of the company.
Microsoft in its response to US’ Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked why the $68.7 billion acquisition “should go through”. Microsoft said it plans to develop three more games exclusive to Xbox and PC. However, the FTC pointed to Microsoft’s previous acquisitions of game developers, including Bethesda Softworks and ZeniMax, as proof that it was not…
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You can update computers to fix serious flaws.
Microsoft has released a security update for its Windows operating system that fixed 49 vulnerabilities, including a flaw used in attacks, on December 12. There was one fix for the two actively exploited bugs in the Patch Tuesday update. None of the issues that were addressed in the iOS 16.2 pre-launch update are known to…
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Microsoft is responding to the FTC’s lawsuit.
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday said it has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft’s $69-billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard. The FTC said the deal could “suppress competitors to Microsoft’s Xbox game consoles” and the company’s growing games subscription business. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said the FTC suit may SOUND “alarming”…
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Windows PCs were open to attacks for years because of the out-of-date driver list.
Microsoft has suspended the Partner Center accounts that were being abused by Cuba, a group that compromised some cryptographically signed software drivers. “We’ve suspended all of our partners who were involved,” Microsoft said. The company added that it has revoked the rogue certificates and released security updates for Windows about the situation.
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The FTC wants to block the merger of Microsoft withActivision.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said that the US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit to block Microsoft’s $5 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard won’t be a “huge mistake”. He added that the FTC’s allegation that Microsoft made some popular game titles exclusive to it didn’t align with the facts. He said, “We believe we’ll…
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Everything was announced at the hardware event.
Microsoft has released a new Surface Pro 9 laptop with the same display and keyboard as the one seen in last year’s edition. The 13-inch Surface Pro9 is powered by an 8th generation Intel Core i5-5200U processor. It has a stylus in the form of the Surface Slim Pen 2, which costs $130 (around 1,100).
