Today, I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. Mustafa is a fascinating character in the world of AI — he’s been in and out of some pivotal companies like DeepMind, which he cofounded, and Google. He landed at Microsoft through a unique not-quite-acquisition deal of his latest startup, Inflection AI. 

As CEO of Microsoft AI, Mustafa now oversees all of its consumer AI products, including the Copilot app, Bing, and even the Edge browser and MSN — two core components of the web experience that feel like they’re radically changing in a world of AI. The company has also a unique relationship with OpenAI, one that’s grown more complicated of late. That’s a lot of Decoder bait, and we really get into it. 

Links: 

• Google DeepMind co-founder joins Microsoft as CEO of its new AI division | The Verge
• This is Big Tech’s playbook for swallowing the AI industry | Command Line
• The new AI deal: buy everything but the company | NYT
• Sam Altman lowers the bar for AGI | The Verge
• OpenAI seeks to unlock investment by ditching ‘AGI’ clause with Microsoft | FT
• ​​Microsoft needs to win back trust | The Verge
• Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s okay to steal content if it’s on the open web | The Verge
• Read Microsoft’s optimistic memo about the future of AI companions | The Verge
• ​​Microsoft gives Copilot a voice and vision in its biggest redesign yet | The Verge
• How Microsoft is thinking about the future of Copilot and AI hardware | The Verge

Transcript: https://www.theverge.com/e/24078862

Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Callie Wright. Our supervising producer is Liam James.

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

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