"Microsoft's New AI Division Led by Controversial DeepMind Co-founder Mustafa Suleyman"
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Microsoft has announced the formation of a new AI division led by Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection, with Karén Simonyan as Chief Scientist. Suleyman will oversee consumer AI products and research, including Copilot, Bing, and Edge, while Inflection will continue with a new CEO, Sean White. However, Suleyman's controversial past, including accusations of bullying behavior at Google DeepMind, has sparked concerns, with some viewing the move as reinforcing fears of AI consolidation among tech leaders.
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- Microsoft hires DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as CEO of new AI unit CNBC
- Microsoft Hires Execs From AI Start-Up Inflection to Run Its New AI Arm Barron's
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