Posted 3/19/2024, 9:54:00 PM
Microsoft Hires DeepMind Co-Founder to Lead New Consumer AI Division
- Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind co-founder, hired by Microsoft to lead consumer AI efforts
- Suleyman co-founded DeepMind in 2010 before its acquisition by Google in 2014
- Suleyman later left DeepMind and Google to form startup Inflection, competing with Microsoft AI partner OpenAI
- Microsoft hiring Suleyman and much of Inflection's staff to create "compelling, well-designed" consumer AI products
- Suleyman to focus on turning existing AI models into products; Microsoft still partnering with OpenAI