Microsoft’s annual developer convention kicks off as we speak in Seattle, Washington, throughout the identical week Google hosts its personal I/O developer occasion in Mountain View, California. Construct shall be targeted on Microsoft’s newest platform adjustments for builders, together with new AI bulletins which might be certain to go head-to-head with Google’s personal information.
Microsoft is streaming Construct on-line freed from cost and builders, college students, and engineers may even have the ability to attend the in-person occasion at Seattle’s convention heart. I’m anticipating Microsoft to focus largely on AI this 12 months, with emphasis on its push for AI brokers that Microsoft envisions working alongside people as digital colleagues.
We might also get some information on Microsoft’s plans to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI mannequin. I revealed in my Notepad e-newsletter earlier this month that Microsoft is in discussions with xAI to host the Grok AI mannequin on its Azure AI Foundry service, with a possible announcement at Construct this week.
Maybe we’ll additionally see OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seem at Construct, similar to he did final 12 months. In Notepad earlier this 12 months I revealed that OpenAI had been planning to launch its GPT-5 mannequin in late Could, however sources accustomed to OpenAI’s plans inform me that’s much less doubtless now because of service adjustments and up to date delays affecting the launch of different fashions. Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella are at all times eager to indicate that the partnership between the 2 firms stays sturdy — amid media experiences of tensions — with the pair posing for a selfie earlier this month.
Nadella will kick off all of Microsoft’s AI bulletins at 9AM PT / 12PM ET on Could nineteenth, adopted by a day two technical keynote hosted by Jay Parikh, Charles Lamanna, and Scott Guthrie.
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The keynote for Microsoft Construct 2025 will begin at 9AM PT / 12PM ET on Could nineteenth.
Keep tuned to The Verge for all of the information popping out of the convention!
