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מיקרוסופט קמפוס הרצליה

Inside Microsoft's Israel R&D Center: Almost $1B in annual income and an average monthly salary of $18k

17.12.23|Meir Orbach
According to documents seen by Calcalist, Microsoft's R&D center in Israel employs about 2,700 people and spent around $570 million on salaries in FY 2023
סם אלטמן

8 insights on the OpenAI saga: Winners, losers, and the road ahead

23.11.23|Omer Kabir
Altman reinstated as CEO, new board members announced, but questions linger
סם אלטמן בביקור בישראל

What’s behind the hasty firing of Sam Altman from OpenAI?

19.11.23|Viki Auslender
The CEO and co-founder of the artificial intelligence company was fired just half an hour before the official announcement was made; the board said that it "no longer has confidence" in his ability to lead the company, but did not provide explanations; it is believed that OpenAI's chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is behind the move; meanwhile, a conversation held by interim CEO Mira Murati didn't really help, and several senior employees resigned.
מייסד OpenAI סם אלטמן בכנס המפתחים הראשון של החברה

OpenAI's board ousted CEO Sam Altman: we lost confidence in him

18.11.23|CTech and Reuters
Altman was removed from his position because "he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board", the statement said. The company's CTO Mira Moratti will serve as interim CEO until a permanent CEO is found
מימין: מנכ"ל מיקרוסופט סאטיה נדאלה, מנכ"ל גוגל סונדאר פיצ'אי ואדי קיו, סגן נשיא בכיר לשירותים של אפל

Google and Microsoft CEOs come out in support of Israel

11.10.23|CTech
“Heartbroken by the horrific terrorist attacks on Israel and the escalating conflict,” wrote Microsoft’s Satya Nadella. “Google has 2 offices and over 2,000 employees in Israel. It’s unimaginable what they’re experiencing,” wrote Google’s Sundar Pichai
שרה בירד חוקרת AI מ מייקרוספט

Bird’s eye view: "Bing AI still makes mistakes but we try to get it down to a minimum"

13.08.23|Roni Dori
Dr. Sarah Bird, Responsible AI Leader at Microsoft, has been part of Bing's AI chat from the beginning. In an in-depth interview, she shares how it's taught not to be racist, chauvinistic or discriminatory and when it is okay for the model to behave “in a humanlike way and when is it crossing the line”
מנכ”ל מיקרוסופט סאטיה נדאלה

From dormancy to dominance: Microsoft's 1000% share surge defines a pivotal decade

27.07.23|Viki Auslender
The launch of a complementary software package for Microsoft 365 powered by artificial intelligence illustrates how the technology giant has continued to grow under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella
מוסף שבועי 8.6.23 ג'רון לאניר ממייסדי האינטרנט

The Lanier sphere: "Artificial intelligence should be more like the Talmud"

15.06.23|Roni Dori
Jaron Lanier is one of the most influential tech gurus in the world, one of the founders of the internet and the godfather of virtual reality. He’s also a sharp critic of the tech industry, even though he’s a senior employee at Microsoft. In an interview with Calcalist, he explains why AI should become like the Talmud
CTech Work After Work Alon Haimovich וידאו

Generative AI “is not a trend” for employees, says Microsoft Israel

15.06.23|James Spiro
Alon Haimovich, Microsoft Israel Country General Manager, spoke to CTech during KPMG’s Work After Work event
Work after Work פאנל מנחה רועי ברגמן משתתפים מימין רוני מיכאל , אלון חיימוביץ' , רן גוראון ו יעל רגב

Microsoft Israel GM: “AI will become the private tutor of every schoolkid”

14.06.23|Irad Atzmon Schmayer
Alon Haimovich, Israel Country General Manager at Microsoft, was speaking during a panel at the Work After Work event hosted by Calcalist and KPMG
מוני חסיד מיקרוסופט

Mony Hassid, Managing Partner at Microsoft’s M12, is stepping down

23.05.23|Meir Orbach
Hassid’s decision comes on the back of numerous personnel changes at Microsoft’s investment arm following the company’s decision earlier this year to develop a more focused investment strategy tightly aligned to Microsoft
קמפוס מיקרוסופט החדש ב הרצליה Microsoft Office Outside

14 Israeli startups selected for Microsoft’s fourth AI for Good acceleration program

19.04.23|James Spiro
The companies have been selected to promote sustainability and will receive benefits worth more than $350,000 and access to Microsoft and Open AI’s AI tools, with an emphasis on Responsible AI
מטא פייסבוק 6.12.22

Second wave of Meta layoffs to hit Israel next week

13.04.23|Meir Orbach
After the first wave last month included mainly employees from the HR departments, this time employees from a wide variety of fields, including programmers and engineers, are expected to be let go, with the total number of people being laid off estimated to be many dozens
מיכל ברוורמן בלומנשטיק מנכלית מיקרוסופט ישראל מחקר ופיתוח

Microsoft Israel to lay off dozens as part of global cutbacks

26.03.23|Meir Orbach
According to Business Insider, layoffs are coming to Microsoft’s cyber team on Monday. Microsoft announced in January that it is laying off 10,000 workers
Adir Ron

Artificial relationships: Will AI replace love in the near future?

14.03.23|Adir Ron
“While Generative AI models simply mimic humans and are not sentient in any way, it is becoming increasingly common for people to develop emotional connections with AI models such as ChatGPT,” writes Adir Ron, CTO at Microsoft for Startups
איור הייטק טוב ורע

The fast & the spurious: Failures of Tesla, Amazon and Google testify to the motives behind the scenes

21.02.23|Viki Auslender
Tesla's autonomous driving is causing accidents, Amazon is killing small merchants, and Google's chatbot is wrong. The hasty launches and uncontrolled expansion indicate that it is not "innovation" that drives these companies, but short-term profits
Nir Minerbi

Microsoft and Israeli startup Classiq collaborate to bring advanced quantum software to researchers and academic institutions

08.02.23|CTech
Collaboration to offer academia access to state-of-the-art quantum algorithm design, analysis, and hardware execution via Azure Quantum
ועידת Tech TLV ד"ר תומר סיימון המדען הראשי, מיקרוסופט ישראל מחקר ופיתוח

Microsoft Israel R&D Chief Scientist: "We are making AI accessible to everyone without the need to be an AI engineer"

29.11.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer
"If in the past we had to develop a new artificial intelligence for each function, today’s artificial intelligence consists of one model that can perform many tasks," said Dr. Tomer Simon, speaking at Calcalist's Tech TLV conference
מנכ"ל מיקרוסופט סאטיה נאדלה ב פורום הכלכלי העולמי ב דאבוס

Thanks to cyber, Microsoft is keeping its Israeli employees - for the time being

18.10.22|Meir Orbach
Even though the cyber center of the technology giant is located in Israel, in the event of a worsening recession in the U.S., its employees and the employees of the company's R&D center in Israel will also face layoffs
מטה מיקרוסופט אוריג'ינל

Microsoft makes further cuts after growth slowdown

18.10.22|CTech
The software giant has laid off hundreds of employees due to the worsening economic climate. The latest layoffs aren't expected to impact the company's Israeli employees
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