While downplaying the immediate impact of AI on power consumption, Nadella admitted that the rapid growth of data centers is “putting a lot of pressure” on the electric grid — and that the public will accept that pressure only if it “results in economic growth that is broad-spread in the economy.”

The swift expansion of expensive AI infrastructure and the high capital demands for generative AI, in comparison to earlier cloud technologies, have left

Expedia nabs Xavier Amatriain from Google to serve as its first chief artificial intelligence officer and data officer while Textio's Kieran Snyder takes a role at Microsoft.

John Giannandrea, Apple's AI chief, is leaving the company. Amar Subramanya is joining as vice president of AI.

Indeed, Microsoft's investments are already sizable. In the first quarter of fiscal 2026, capital expenditures totaled $34.9 billion, directed primarily to GPUs, CPU s, and data center sites to support AI workloads.

Microsoft is aware of the shortcomings of artificial intelligence, as the company's documentation reveals. Nonetheless, the corporation continues to push for further AI integration in Windows 11 and is implementing additional safeguards.

Subramanya was at Microsoft prior to his Apple placement for a short stint and served as corporate vice president of AI at Microsoft.

AI might not be transforming every job yet, but it’s having a big impact on developers.

Microsoft Copilot had another winning week making NFL picks. Can the AI chatbot continue its success into Thanksgiving and Week 13?

At Ignite, Microsoft said software is 'evolving from being made for people to being made by people.' Attendees I spoke with were intrigued, but a little confused about how to make that work.