Brad Smith defends Microsoft layoffs, addresses AI’s role, and explains the company’s $4B workforce initiative amid a major tech transition.

Be it Azure’s dominance, Copilot’s spread, or its massive data center bets, Microsoft is marching forward with considerable aplomb. 💵💰Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's free daily newsletter💰💵 Despite the uncertainty,

The report also noted that the company is considering implementing formal AI usage metrics into employee reviews for the next fiscal year

Microsoft plans to donate $4 billion worth of cash, technology and training to enhance artificial intelligence education, a substantial bequest as the Redmond software giant aims to make billions more off a technology it expects to be on par with the introduction of electricity.

Microsoft said it would provide cash, artificial intelligence tools and computing services to schools, colleges and nonprofit groups.

Microsoft President Brad Smith speaks at a special event Wednesday morning in Seattle announcing the company's new Microsoft Elevate skilling initiative.

Some long-awaited Microsoft Teams features, like threaded conversations and the option to react with multiple different emojis on the same message, are rolling out now.

Microsoft’s chief commercial officer Judson Althoff noted AI has been so useful that Microsoft was able to save more than $500 million last year in its call center alone.

The sustaining growth of the company’s AI revenue and cloud platform Azure are not fully priced into the stock, Oppenheimer analysts said.