Microsoft is investing $15B in UK AI and cloud, expanding data centers, Nvidia-powered supercomputers, and workforce to boost AI skills and innovation.

Worries about missing the AI market might explain the culture of fear some Microsoft employees are experiencing.

Microsoft has a crucial partnership with OpenAI, but the companies have been drifting apart lately.

Microsoft's long-gestating Gaming Copilot AI assistant is coming to more PC users and the Xbox mobile app in the near future. This toolset is sort of like an AI version of those old Nintendo help lines.

Alphabet has also become a key player in the field of AI, offering a vast number of services through Google Cloud, which has supercharged that unit's revenue in recent years. In the latest quarter, the company reported that cloud revenue soared 32% to more than $13 billion, boosted by AI infrastructure and generative AI solutions.

Read AI on Wednesday rolled out a new “Agentic Workflow Suite.” The company is led by David Shim, who won CEO of the Year honors at the GeekWire Awards in May. — Lisa Gurry is stepping down from Seattle health data startup Truveta.