In another fast-paced week for the artificial intelligence industry, we’ve seen some big moves from major players, alongside the government unveiling its plan to make the UK a global AI leader.
Microsoft’s ex-Meta Exec to Spearhead New Agentic AI Division
Microsoft is making a strategic pivot toward agent-based computing with its new CoreAI division, led by former Meta VP Jay Parikh. CEO Satya Nadella envisions 2025 as a pivotal year, describing it as, “the next innings of this AI platform shift.” The company is introducing a new concept called “Service as Software,” where AI agents, rather than human operators, will run applications autonomously.
Nadella commented:
More so than any previous platform shift, every layer of the application stack will be impacted. It’s akin to GUI, internet servers, and cloud-native databases all being introduced into the app stack simultaneously
Google Brings Advanced AI to Mobile
Google has made a bold move by bringing its most powerful AI model, Gemini 2.0 Experimental Advanced (Gemini-Exp-1206), to mobile devices. Now available on both iOS and Android, this top-ranked chatbot brings desktop-level AI capabilities to smartphones. While the model excels at complex tasks like coding and advanced mathematics, it trades real-time updates for raw processing power, signalling Google’s commitment to putting advanced AI directly in consumers’ hands.
OpenAI’s Vision for American Leadership
OpenAI has released an Economic Blueprint for maintaining US AI leadership, with CEO Sam Altman stating:
AI will help our children do things we can’t…everyone’s lives can be better than anyone’s life is now. We need to act wisely but with conviction. The dawn of the Intelligence Age is a momentous development with very complex and extremely high-stakes challenges.
The company’s stark declaration that “AI is too powerful to be led and shaped by autocrats” underscores the democratic imperative in AI development. With an estimated $175 billion in global investment waiting to be deployed, OpenAI sees this as both an economic and democratic imperative.
Labour Government’s AI Vision
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has outlined an ambitious plan to make Britain a world leader in AI, implementing all fifty recommendations from Max Clifford’s 2024 report. “Artificial Intelligence will drive incredible change in our country,” Starmer stated, projecting a £47 billion boost to the economy. The plan includes AI growth zones, expanded computing capacity, and a new national data library.
