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With Microsoft spending many billions on data centers, and rumors that no one is using its AI, CEO Satya Nadella shared some usage numbers.
Microsoft just rolled out Copilot upgrades that make it easier to pick up old chats, handle longer prompts, and use Copilot on Mac and iPhone. Some features arrive in waves, starting with memory in the US.
Shares dropped the most since March 2020 on Thursday, with investors fleeing the stock amid slower cloud growth and big spending on AI.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks Copilot, Azure, AI, agents, OpenAI and more on the company’s Q2 earnings call.
Microsoft's capital expenditures, viewed as a barometer for artificial-intelligence spending, may have topped a milestone figure in the latest quarter. The company hasn't spent upwards of $20 billion on capital expenditures in any quarter going back at least to the end of 2021,
For the quarter, Microsoft is expected to report earnings per share (EPS) of $3.92 on revenue of $80.3 billion, according to Bloomberg analyst consensus estimates. That’s up from an EPS of $3.23 and revenue of $69.6 billion the company saw in Q2 last year.
Physical AI marks a transition from robots as programmed tools to robots as adaptable collaborators. That transition will unfold over years rather than months, but the foundation models emerging from Microsoft, Nvidia and Google establish the architectural patterns that will shape enterprise robotics for the next decade.
With its newest AI chip, Microsoft plans "wider customer availability" after its initial product was only used for internal projects.