Subj : MSFT hires DeepMind cofounder ¨, Toyota's smart city ¨, AI devs overhyped? ¨¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Wed Mar 20 2024 10:40:22 --W1BbCa7u Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman to run a new consumer AI unit called= Microsoft AI=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 = =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [TLDR] [4] TLDR 2024-03-20 = WANT TO=C2=A0ADVERTISE=C2=A0IN=C2=A0TLDR? (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Fortune 50 c= ompanies like AWS and Google Cloud as well as fast growing startups like = Vercel and Secureframe work with=C2=A0TLDR=C2=A0to reach our audience of = over 4 million tech-savvy=C2=A0decision=C2=A0makers=C2=A0with highly cust= omized campaigns (like this one!). 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