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Microsoft’s Nadella is back in business

“We, as an industry, have to wake up to this,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told Semafor about the AI race. “It’s not about the shiny object and FOMO.”

Microsoft’s Nadella is back in business

Satya Nadella, Microsoft's CEO, has returned to a more pragmatic approach to AI, according to a recent interview at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Wash. Four years since the launch of ChatGPT, the impact of AI on the world has been largely incremental rather than exponential, and Microsoft is now focused on making AI work predictably and reliably.

Nadella rejected the idea of competing with industry giants like Google and OpenAI, stating that "it's not about the shiny object and FOMO." Microsoft's stock has risen by 27% over the past six months, valuing the company at nearly $4 trillion, but Nadella remains skeptical about outpacing frontier labs and Nvidia in the long run.

He emphasized Microsoft's 51-year history, saying, "I look at them and say, hey, this is not an industry where your initial success means anything."

Written by urgent.news from Semafor's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

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