The latest news, a number of insiders revealed today: Microsoft headquarters issued an email to notify multiple teams in charge of AI research in China to move out of China as a whole, involving hundreds of employees.
The multiple teams involved include the C+AI team for the Microsoft cloud, the Azure ML team for the AI platform, and more.
It is understood that Microsoft asked employees in the email whether they were willing to move to other regions to work, including the United States, Australia, Ireland and other countries, and said that it would help employees' relatives solve visa problems.
In addition, employees who receive the email have until June 7 to make a decision to either go overseas or leave with compensation.
A Microsoft employee affected by the change said that his group is responsible for AI-related business, and received an email asking the entire team to pack up and go to Ireland, and employees can choose not to go.
In response to the above news, Microsoft China responded that this is to give some employees an optional internal transfer opportunity, which will not affect the company's domestic operations.
These employees can choose whether to accept international rotational transfers according to their own situation, or they can continue to work in their current positions, as for the rumors of "packing to the United States", there are exaggerated and untrue.
According to public information, Microsoft Cloud and Artificial Intelligence China (C+AI China) was originally founded in early 2005, and the team participates in global research and development in cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, Dynamics 365, e-commerce and other fields, and is headquartered in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Shenzhen and other places.
Microsoft Azure is an AI-embedded cloud computing platform that provides access, management, and development of applications and services through global data centers, offering a range of solutions including Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
In the second year of its partnership with OpenAI, Microsoft foresaw the disruptive potential of AI, followed Google's shift to an AI-first strategy to accelerate the deployment of AI, and continue to promote the productization of AI technology.
During this period, not only did AI technology be integrated into Azure cloud services and Office product lines, but also in-depth layout in capital operation and market investment, and the investment of more than 10 billion US dollars in OpenAI was one of them, with ChatGPT opening the prelude to a new era of AI, proving that Microsoft's strategy is correct.
Overall, Microsoft has successfully capitalized on the AI/AIGC growth opportunity through a series of deliberate strategic initiatives, technological innovations, and market insights, not only establishing a leadership position on the technology frontier, but also achieving a leap in market value through an efficient commercialization path.
It is worth mentioning that a week ago Microsoft announced a multibillion-dollar investment in AI infrastructure in Wisconsin, USA, with the aim of expanding its AI network, a move seen as the latest stop in a series of large-scale investments being made around the world.