Written by Muhammad Ayman Thursday, April 4, 2024 12:00 AM
Company subject Microsoft For a major change led by Jared Spataro, with a focus on enhancing Copilot AI products while streamlining resources for the Teams chat app. This move comes after the company’s success with Teams during the pandemic, and a report from Business Insider indicates that the company is firing some people to improve its AI tools. .
Spataro emphasized that the pandemic presented a rare opportunity for growth, prompting Microsoft to now double its Copilot AI products. As part of this shift, resources allocated to the teams will be reduced, with a new central team led by Colette Stahlbaumer.
While the reorganization includes layoffs, exact numbers have not been revealed, however, Business Insider’s sources claim that there have been workforce reductions.
Frank Shaw, a Microsoft spokesman, emphasized that Teams remains a top priority for the company, and stressed that Copilot is a vital part of Teams, especially Copilot for Teams, which enjoys high customer satisfaction, and this strategic reorganization indicates Microsoft’s broader goal of prioritizing artificial intelligence. Across its operations, despite the success of Teams with more than 300 million monthly active users, the company sees the potential to leverage AI-driven tools like Copilot to further revolutionize productivity in the workplace.
Microsoft’s Copilot tools, built on OpenAI’s GPT models, embody its dedication to AI innovation. These tools automate tasks like meeting summaries and presentation preparations. Although feedback on Copilot has been mixed, Microsoft remains focused on Leveraging artificial intelligence to meet evolving needs in the workplace.
Besides, Microsoft earlier this year in January announced layoffs after laying off thousands of employees last year. The company reportedly fired people working at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week, and while Microsoft cut jobs in its gaming divisions Xbox and Blizzard, cutting nearly 8% of Microsoft’s total gaming division, which currently has about 22,000 employees.
