Microsoft is moving in the right direction with both open source and AI, making the necessary adjustments to ensure that the ...

Microsoft announced plans to bring NPU-optimized versions of the DeepSeek-R1 model directly to Copilot+ computers running on Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft on Wednesday announced that DeepSeek's reasoning model R1 is available on Azure AI Foundry service, Microsoft's platform that brings together a number of artificial ...

Designed for simplicity, it can easily scale to Azure AI Foundry, facilitating a smooth transition to cloud deployment without upfront commitments. This solution suits scenarios requiring data ...

In January 2025, Microsoft added DeepSeek R1, the impactful model from China-based DeepSeek, to Azure AI Foundry, even as an investigation into potential improper OpenAI API data access by a ...

Azure AI Foundry, on the other hand, is Microsoft's cloud-based platform for hosting, training, and deploying AI models and agents. Companies can centralize their own or external models—such as ...

Engineers didn’t sleep much over those days while they worked overtime to get R1 ready for Azure AI Foundry. Sources tell me Nadella has been pushing for Microsoft to host Grok, as he’s eager for ...

The big news was announced in Microsoft chief Satya Nadella's Monday keynote, and it was all about AI. Between Microsoft bringing DeepSeek R1 models to ... be available on Azure, which should ...

Back in January, the CEO asked its engineers to test and push out DeepSeek R1 on its Azure AI Foundry. Now, it’s time for Grok. However, given OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s history with Elon Musk, it might ...

Microsoft started offering versions of DeepSeek's R1 model on its cloud platform, Azure AI Foundry, in January. Aside from DeepSeek, the platform includes other AI models from companies like ...

Azure AI Foundry is Microsoft’s development environment for AI applications ... Earlier this year, for example, the DeepSeek R1 model was rolled out rapidly on Azure, an unusual speed for the tech ...

On April 16, Satya Nadella announced new updates for the Azure OpenAI Foundry, which he called a “leap forward” in AI reasoning technology. (Photographer: David Ryder / Bloomberg) Microsoft ...