Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman to run a new consumer AI unit called Microsoft AI. Suleyman is one of Google DeepMind's cofounders and chief executive of AI startup Inflection. Microsoft AI will combine consumer-facing products like Copilot, Bing, and Edge into one team. Microsoft will hire most of Inflection's staff, including AI engineers, researchers, and large language model builders. Inflection will switch its focus from its consumer chatbot to selling enterprise AI software to businesses.

Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan are leaving Inflection to start Microsoft AI. Sean White is joining as the new CEO. A few senior team members from Inflection are also joining Microsoft AI.

Microsoft will create a consumer AI division to consolidate its artificial intelligence efforts and enhance user experiences across its products, including its Copilot chatbot, Bing search, and Edge browser. Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Inflection AI and DeepMind AI, will be the CEO of the new unit.

Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, has been named the chief executive of Microsoft AI. He will contribute to Microsoft's expansion into AI consumer products, while his former colleague and DeepMind's other co-founder, Demis Hassabis, will lead AI research at Google. The journey of these two influential figures reflects the personal and competitive undercurrents driving the race to develop the next major computing platform.

Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, praised OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman and discussed the collaborative yet independent relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI in a recent interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Suleyman emphasized the need for a dialogue around AI safety and regulation rather than perceiving the development of AI as a race. He also expressed interest in AI cooperation with China and the potential role of AI as a teaching aid in classrooms.