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Microsoft names Former Meta VP Jason Taylor as CTO
Jason Taylor, a former Meta executive, has joined Microsoft’s AI supercomputing division as CTO to broaden its leadership team.
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Jason Taylor, a former Meta executive, has joined Microsoft’s AI supercomputing division as CTO to broaden its leadership team.
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Jason Taylor, a former Meta executive, has joined Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputing division to broaden its leadership team. The tech company took this calculated step to improve its capacity to develop the infrastructure needed to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence. Jason Taylor, a former Meta executive, has joined Microsoft ‘s AI supercomputing group. Taylor will assume the position of corporate vice president and deputy CTO to assist in “building the next set of systems that will push the frontier of AI forward,” according to a Monday LinkedIn post from Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott. His wealth of experience, most notably as Meta’s vice president of infrastructure, is expected to be instrumental in his contributions to Microsoft’s AI endeavours.
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Analysis
More durable hardware is required by Microsoft and OpenAI to keep up with the rapidly developing AI systems. The Information reported last month that Microsoft and OpenAI intended to construct a $100 billion supercomputer, called “Stargate,” to power OpenAI’s models. However, in his post on LinkedIn today, Microsoft’s Scott appears to refute these rumours, stating that the majority of the recent conjecture is “amusingly wrong.” Also read: What is a Tesla destination charger? Also read: Microsoft reminder: Support for Office 2016 and 2019 ends next year Taylor worked for Meta for almost 14 years, leaving the company in September 2022. He also chaired the Open Compute Project Foundation from 2015 to 2017, promoting open-source designs in data centres, an organization that promotes open-source designs in data centres. According to his LinkedIn, since then his only role has been as an investor in Intrepid Ventures.
Key Points
- A former Meta Platforms executive Jason Taylor, has taken on a senior executive role within Microsoft’s data centre team.
- Microsoft has recently been increasing its spending on data centres and Jason Taylor is expected to be a part of discussions regarding these data center supercomputers.
- Taylor’s leadership experience is complemented by his involvement with the Open Compute Project Foundation.
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