Posted 3/21/2024, 10:15:58 AM
DeepMind Co-Founder Mustafa Suleyman Tapped to Lead Microsoft AI Division Amid Antitrust Concerns
- Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, was named chief of Microsoft's new AI division
- Suleyman grew up in London, dropped out of Oxford, and co-founded DeepMind which was sold to Google
- He left DeepMind and Google after bullying complaints, then co-founded AI start-up Inflection
- Microsoft is Inflection's largest shareholder, but details of Suleyman's appointment are unclear
- The appointment allows Microsoft to tap Suleyman's AI expertise amid antitrust scrutiny over its deals with OpenAI and other AI firms