From AI to mixed reality: Inside Microsoft's Future Decoded event

Future Decoded is a conference for customers and partners of the tech giant which was held in London over two days at the start of this month. Discussions about the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) were much in evidence. Microsoft's approach to AI is as a service delivered from its Azure cloud delivered through a network of large scale data centres and smaller edge based technologies. Also on the agenda was Microsoft's Quantum Computing software programme development which uses what is known as Topological Qubits code, described as "a robust type of quantum bit that Microsoft believes will serve as the basis for a scalable, general purpose quantum computer system." Microsoft plans to release Quantum Computing developer code before then end of the year.