Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has mentioned that he likes listening to podcasts, however not in the way in which that you’d count on.
The Indian-origin tech trade chief has revealed how he makes use of Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant to assist break down podcasts. First, Nadella uploads the transcript of a podcast episode into the Copilot app on his iPhone. Then, he chats with the voice assistant concerning the contents of the podcast episode within the automobile whereas on the way in which to Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, US, in response to a report by Bloomberg.
“I’m an electronic mail typist,” Nadella was quoted as jokingly saying by the enterprise information outlet. He was referring to the varied methods during which he makes use of Copilot for day by day duties akin to summarising messages he receives in Outlook and Groups. Nadella mentioned that he additionally depends on not less than 10 customized brokers from Copilot Studio that he views as AI chiefs of workers, as per the report.
Nadella additional spoke about how Microsoft selected to embrace DeepSeek R1, when it was launched, as an alternative of making an attempt to stamp it out as a possible rival. “Get it out,” Nadella reportedly informed Microsoft staffers, instructing them to combine R1 on Microsoft’s cloud in order that it might be accessed by prospects, alongside merchandise from OpenAI and Microsoft as effectively.
The Bloomberg report comes days forward of Microsoft Construct 2025, the annual developer convention the place Nadella is about to unveil the newest AI-focused options and companies that the corporate has been engaged on for the previous few months.
Talking at Meta’s first-ever AI developer occasion referred to as LlamaCon held final month, the Microsoft CEO had revealed that round 20-30 per cent of the corporate’s code is now AI-generated. Weeks later, Microsoft introduced it was shedding round 6,000 workers in what is alleged to be the corporate’s largest spherical of job cuts since 2023.
Notably, those who’ve been hit hardest within the firm’s current layoffs have reportedly been programmers.
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