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Microsoft Unveils New Mouse Made from Ocean Wastes

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters
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Microsoft Unveils New Mouse Made from Ocean Wastes

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters

Microsoft showed off a new mouse made from 20% recycled ocean plastic and a 100% plastic-free, recyclable box.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella doubled down on his pledge that the tech giant will become carbon negative and zero waste by 2030, with sustainable changes made across the materials used for the company's devices and packaging, according to the German News Agency (dpa).

"If you're serious about innovation, you must also be serious about accessibility for everyone, and the sustainability of our most finite resource -- our planet," said Microsoft CEO at the company's Surface event.

Nadella first promised that Microsoft would go carbon negative by 2030 last year, with the goal of undoing the greenhouse gas emissions the company has sent into the Earth's atmosphere over its lifetime by 2050.

The company has been carbon neutral since 2012.

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Microsoft Launches Copilot Chat for Businesses to Boost AI Adoption

FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is pictured on a store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is pictured on a store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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Microsoft Launches Copilot Chat for Businesses to Boost AI Adoption

FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is pictured on a store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is pictured on a store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out a chat service allowing businesses to use on-demand AI agents for routine tasks, betting on the pay-as-you-go model to drive up the adoption of the technology.

The free service, Copilot Chat, which uses OpenAI's GPT-4, lets users create AI agents using natural languages such as English and Mandarin for tasks such as market research, writing strategy documents and preparing for meetings, Reuters reported.

However, features including summarizing and transcribing Teams calls and creating PowerPoint slides require a $30 monthly Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription.

Microsoft, like other big technology companies, is under pressure to show returns on its hefty investments in AI, as the software giant is set to spend about $80 billion during its current fiscal year on data centers and AI infrastructure.

After a Gartner report last year raised doubts about Copilot's adoption, Microsoft has been pushing its uptake.

In November, Microsoft began allowing customers to create autonomous agents requiring minimal human intervention, a strategy which some analysts say could offer tech companies a simpler path to monetization.