Microsoft Taps DeepMind Co-Founder to Lead New AI Division, Consolidating Consumer AI Efforts
• Microsoft has hired DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to lead a new consumer AI division reporting to CEO Satya Nadella.
• The move aims to capitalize on the AI boom and integrate generative AI across Microsoft products like Windows, Office, and Bing.
• Most staffers from Suleyman's startup Inflection will join Microsoft as well, including chief scientist Karén Simonyan.
• The new unit consolidates teams working on consumer-facing AI products like Copilot, Bing, Edge, and GenAI.
• It follows Microsoft's $13 billion investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI amid an "AI race" with rival Google.