Microsoft’s AI Access Principles are the most important initiatives in the company’s 49-year history

The AI economy is here.

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Published onFebruary 26, 2024

published onFebruary 26, 2024

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Microsoft has started the week by introducing the tech world (and the world) to its AI Access Principles, which are deemed by the company the most important initiatives in its 49-year history.

In a lengthy blog post, Brad Smith, vice president at Microsoft, emphasized the importance and relevance of AI in the current economy, outlining the need to create a perfect balance to sustain the development of AI technologies.

Smith managed to mention the importance of having a variety of companies engaging in competition when it comes to AI development, while also having the sustainable and climate-friendly means to do so.A recent reportshowcased that Microsoft used more than 22 billion liters of water to sustain AI back in 2022, and should the trend continue, it will most likely be responsible for the great waste of water globally.

Then, in a world where political stability is fragile, andthreat actors are becoming more and more viciousin their attacks, the Microsoft executive also stressed AI partnerships to overcome these obstacles, and the need to be fully transparent and responsible under the law.

Smith also emphasized constructive, proactive, and committed partnerships (Microsoft also announced itsAI partnership with Mistral AI, today) that would result in AI technologies ready to serve the public and private sectors, from governments to regular people.

Like other general-purpose technologies in the past, AI is creating a new sector of the economy. This new AI economy is creating not just new opportunities for existing enterprises, but new companies and entirely new business categories. The principles we’re announcing today commit Microsoft to bigger investments, more business partnerships, and broader programs to promote innovation and competition than any prior initiative in the company’s 49-year history. By publishing these principles, we are committing ourselves to providing the broad technology access needed to empower organizations and individuals around the world to develop and use AI in ways that will serve the public good.

According to the Microsoft executive, these are the 11AI Access Principles:

It’s worth mentioning that Microsoft is currently investing in AI technologies and infrastructures inseveral European countries, along with building new data centers to support these developments. The Redmond-based tech giant promised to keep the developmentas sustainable as possible, and it seems the company is taking the issue seriously with these new principles.

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Microsoft’s AI Access Principles are the most important initiatives in the company’s 49-year history