Nov 6, 2025

Microsoft Corp. is pursuing a more powerful form of AI called “superintelligence” it hopes will be capable of making advances in areas like medicine and materials science. Author of the article: Mustafa Suleyman Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg Photo by David Ryder /Bloomberg Article content (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. is pursuing a more powerful form of AI called “superintelligence” it hopes will be capable of making advances in areas like medicine and materials science. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, and others. Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication. Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman and others. Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication. Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Sign In or Create an Account Email Address Article content OpenAI, Meta Platforms Inc. and other companies are also increasingly focusing on superintelligence as the new goalpost for AI development. Article content The announcement comes in the wake of a renegotiated agreement between Microsoft and OpenAI that determined the software maker’s stake in the startup and altered portions of their relationship. That included removing a prior prohibition on Microsoft’s development of advanced AI tools, which had limited much of the Redmond, Washington-based company’s work to smaller, less broadly capable models than those that power ChatGPT. Article content Thursday’s announcement formalizes a project that Microsoft had been laying the groundwork for since last March, when the company hired Suleyman and licensed the intellectual property of his startup, Inflection AI. With a combination of reorganized Microsoft teams and new hires, Suleyman set about building a new family of Microsoft AI models, which to date remain much smaller in scale than the most capable products from OpenAI or Alphabet Inc.’s Google. Article content Suleyman told employees in September that Microsoft would make “significant investments” to expand the capability of those models. Article content