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Did Elon Really Intern at Microsoft? Plus: AI, Jobs, and the Economy
Manage episode 484586159 series 2346331
Satya Nadella’s offhand remark at Build, about Elon Musk once interning at Microsoft, sparked a mystery that sent us digging through biographies and transcripts in search of confirmation.
We also break down Microsoft’s new AI moves, and consider what its agentic ambitions mean for tech jobs and the economy. Plus, a sharp warning from Microsoft President Brad Smith on Washington state’s fading focus on innovation.
RELATED STORIES
- Elon and Satya, together again: Microsoft brings Musk’s xAI models to Azure, despite OpenAI feud
- Microsoft expands AI roster with Anthropic and xAI integrations, looking beyond OpenAI alliance
- Businessweek: Microsoft’s CEO on How AI Will Remake Every Company, Including His
- Washington state cuts back economic development program amid criticism of innovation approach
- ‘We better wake up’: Microsoft’s Brad Smith sounds alarm as state enacts controversial tax plan
- Washington governor approves new business taxes, acknowledges potential ‘unintended consequences’
With GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop and John Cook. Edited by Curt Milton.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
375 episodes
Manage episode 484586159 series 2346331
Satya Nadella’s offhand remark at Build, about Elon Musk once interning at Microsoft, sparked a mystery that sent us digging through biographies and transcripts in search of confirmation.
We also break down Microsoft’s new AI moves, and consider what its agentic ambitions mean for tech jobs and the economy. Plus, a sharp warning from Microsoft President Brad Smith on Washington state’s fading focus on innovation.
RELATED STORIES
- Elon and Satya, together again: Microsoft brings Musk’s xAI models to Azure, despite OpenAI feud
- Microsoft expands AI roster with Anthropic and xAI integrations, looking beyond OpenAI alliance
- Businessweek: Microsoft’s CEO on How AI Will Remake Every Company, Including His
- Washington state cuts back economic development program amid criticism of innovation approach
- ‘We better wake up’: Microsoft’s Brad Smith sounds alarm as state enacts controversial tax plan
- Washington governor approves new business taxes, acknowledges potential ‘unintended consequences’
With GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop and John Cook. Edited by Curt Milton.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
375 episodes
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