Microsoft is becoming M(ai)crosoft. -- Friends of AI

Tech giants are active players at the cognitive technologies scene. Alphabet and Facebook proved themselves active acquirers and investors in cognitive tech. Supercomputers, robots and drones are among themes approached by Internet giants. Bill Gates coined the concept of'digital nervous system (DNS)… that … [provides] a well-integrated flow of information to the right part of the organization at the right time'. This intellectual system inherits some important features of its biological prototype, for instance, it '…blocks out the information that isn't important …' [1] The system acts as an agent, anticipating user's intentions and making some decisions by its own.