Microsoft Appoints Google Deepmind Co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to Lead Its AI Efforts

Mar. 20, 2024

Microsoft, under the leadership of Satya Nadella, seems to be making all the right moves of late. The Redmond giant has hired Google DeepMind and Inflection AI co-founder, Mustafa Suleyman, as the CEO of Microsoft’s AI division. Suleyman will be heading the consumer side of AI products at Microsoft. It means that he will be leading the AI products and research team forCopilot, Bing, and Edge.

Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, welcomed Mustafa Suleyman to spearhead AI innovations at Microsoft. Microsoft’s consumer AI products aredeeply tied with the Windows platformso Suleyman would be working with the Windows division as well. After Panos Panay left Microsoft last year, the company needed someone to lead the consumer-facing AI products, and Mustafa Suleyman seems to be filling his shoes.

Mustafa Suleyman is one of the leadingproponents of AI ethicsand advocates for companies to build AI technologies responsibly. Now that he has joined Microsoft, we might see safe and helpful AI features, perhaps leading to a more personal Copilot on Windows that offers a deeper and more personalized user experience.

Microsoft has already announced two events, one for commercial users onMarch 21st, and another for consumers onMay 20th. The company is expected to release the next version of Copilot along with new Surface devices with the Snapdragon X Elite chipset. Theadvanced Copilot, leaked through Samsung’s GalaxyBook4 product page, already shows that it’s gettingmore personalwith deeper Android integration.

Now what Suleyman brings to Microsoft’s consumer AI products is left to be seen. What is your opinion on this crossover? Let us know in the comments.

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