Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott has already taken over his group and responsibilities. and central to the company's strategy to gain more customers for its important cloud business.
Shum hasn't revealed his next move, but a Microsoft spokesperson said he will continue to advise Nadella and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates after he departs.Microsoft is losing a key executive who helped the Redmond-based company turn artificial intelligence research into products just as its AI business is getting off the ground.
Shum was key to Microsoft's efforts to take the cutting-edge work it was doing through its more academically-minded subsidiary Microsoft Research and translate it into actual products Microsoft can sell. The AI and Research group he leads was explicitly created for that purpose — and now Microsoft will have to embark on this goal without him.
Microsoft formed the AI and Research group in September 2016 by combining several teams, including Bing, the Cortana virtual assistant, and its robotics efforts. The idea was to place a greater emphasis on turning AI research into AI products, with Shum at the helm. In his capacity as CTO, Scott largely worked as a futurist, helping the company navigate industry trends and identify new opportunities.
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