Eligible staff in the US, UK, Canada and India can leave with financial support and career planning resources. The offer is part of Microsoft's efforts to reduce costs and reshape its workforce. According to The Information, the company is seeking lower expenses amid investment in developing and running AI.
Buyout terms will resemble Microsoft's standard severance offer, according to Business Insider.
Microsoft says layoffs remain an option, according to CTech.
The company reported $16.3 billion in first-half revenue and an $80.7 billion net loss, according to CoinDesk, which says it aims to price the offering in mid-November. Bloomberg reports that the filing warns of existential risks from its technology, while Unite.AI says Anthropic has applied to list on Nasdaq.
The planned stock symbol is ANT, according to The Guardian.
The arrangement would fund computing equipment that will be leased to Anthropic. Bank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Blackstone are involved, according to Bloomberg.
Siri AI now supports French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, expanding beyond English with Apple's latest software updates. The release also adds Apple Pencil support for iPhone Duo and changes to Apple Music.
The companies aim to improve training and inference performance for the Muse family of models. Meta also plans broader deployments of Nvidia computing and networking infrastructure, according to Unite.AI, which reports that Nvidia will invest $3 billion in Meta's equity offering.
The format gives creators a way to publish longer videos as Instagram expands its competition with YouTube. The rollout also prepares the platform for more viewing on TVs.
The financing would support spending on AI infrastructure and personal superintelligence, with Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom participating as cornerstone investors.
The acquisition would combine Classiq's quantum algorithm platform with Intel's silicon-based quantum hardware and manufacturing capabilities, according to DigiTimes. Reports differ on the price: CTech puts the cash-and-stock transaction at $2.3 billion, while SiliconANGLE reports $2.2 billion.
Anthropic PBC will offer shares as part of its blockbuster initial public offering directly to Australian investors, bringing a fresh artificial-intelligence bet to a market still reeling from the high-profile collapse of a data center deal.
Surging oil prices and the AI boom are widening a currency-market divide, deepening losses across most emerging Asian currencies while providing a buffer for others, such as the Korean won.
The increase would take Applied Materials’ stake from 9%, according to DigiTimes, which linked the move to rising demand for hybrid-bonding equipment used in advanced chip packaging.
Anthropic PBC’s initial public offering may give Commonwealth Bank of Australia an opportunity to cash in on a stake it purchased in the artificial intelligence startup more than a year ago and whose valuation has ballooned.