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Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and Members of the Committee, Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the critical issue of artificial intelligence. I am Brad Smith, the Vice Chair and ...
Chairman Blumenthal, Ranking Member Hawley, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on what I believe is a critical issue for the Congress and the country. I am Brad ...
As we usher in a New Year, we will welcome a new president into the White House as well as a golden opportunity for American technology and economic competitiveness. Not since the invention of ...
Editor’s note: On May 3 Eric Horvitz, Chief Scientific Officer, testified before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Cybersecurity for a hearing on the use of AI in Department of ...
This past year has been unlike any other, and developers have been critical to helping businesses in every industry and people everywhere respond and adapt to the challenges of a global pandemic.
Includes datacenter operations in 16 countries and Digital Resilience Commitment. Forty-two years ago, Microsoft released the very first version of Microsoft Word. It was a major milestone in the ...
In late September, we were excited to announce the Surface Adaptive Kit was coming soon. Today, the kit officially launches and we want to take a moment to celebrate the people, community, and stories ...
Artificial intelligence has captured the public imagination—and with good reason. It’s transforming how we work, create, learn, and navigate the world. But as AI carries the headlines, we also are on ...
Today, Microsoft published its 2025 Environmental Sustainability Report. This report covers our fiscal year 2024, and measures progress against our 2020 baseline. You can read the foreword below and ...
At Microsoft, we aim to create and maintain a healthy ecosystem where our partners and customers can thrive. Startups play a pivotal role in a thriving ecosystem given their outsized ability to push ...
Last summer, we launched a global skills initiative to reach 25 million worldwide. Nine months later, we have helped more than 30 million people, learned from our projects and are ready to launch the ...
You may have read last month in news reports about concerns raised in Europe about some of Microsoft’s software licensing practices that impact competing cloud providers. As I said to journalists then ...