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We’re back with August’s edition of The Monthly Tech-In, focused on creativity. 🎨📸   Explore the unique creations of talented artists, designers and writers that showcase the limitless potential of using AI to bring your ideas to life. We also have a new AI quiz to test your knowledge of the ways AI is changing how we work. 

“Our strong performance this fiscal year speaks both to our innovation and to the trust customers continue to place in Microsoft. As a platform company, we are focused on meeting the mission-critical needs of our customers across our at-scale platforms today, while also ensuring we lead the AI era.” - Satya Nadella. Read Microsoft’s FY24 Q4 earnings release here: https://msft.it/6008lbYer Note about Forward-Looking Statements: https://msft.it/6046lj5Kj

You've heard of light speed and cruising speed, but have you heard of AI speed? 🚀 In July's edition of The Monthly Tech-In, we'll spotlight how big-city research labs and small businesses around the world are rapidly adding AI to their toolkits.

The education transformation is underway. Khan Academy, founded by Sal Khan, is Microsoft's partner and is offering all K-12 educators in the US access to an AI-powered teaching assistant. “You have to encourage folks to use AI and give them space for failure,” Khan says. Learn more: https://msft.it/6002Y7wRj

When Lumen Technologies was tasked with creating a website, brochure, and social media posts for a product within 40 minutes, they turned to Microsoft Copilot to spark quick creativity and launched the inaugural “Copilot Olympics.” This event tasked employees with using the AI-powered productivity tool to help with everything from creating images to developing product concepts, and has now expanded to an event across Lumen’s 250-person marketing department. “Copilot fit Lumen’s vision of digital transformation, supporting our company culture around growth, collaboration and customer obsession,” says Ryan Asdourian, executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Beyond fostering team collaboration and a little workplace fun, the Copilot Olympics has motivated Lumen’s staff to use it more broadly turning it from a traditional telecom to a technology company. Learn more: https://msft.it/6048lX7er