11:57 AM EST, 11/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Microsoft ( MSFT ) AI said Thursday that it is working on an artificial intelligence called "Humanist Superintelligence", designed to make advances in fields such as medicine, clean energy, and science.

The MAI Superintelligence Team has been formed to develop the AI, which will be headed by Microsoft AI Chief Mustafa Suleyman, according to the blog post.

"If [artificial general intelligence] is often seen as the point at which an AI can match human performance at all tasks, then superintelligence is when it can go far beyond that performance," Suleyman said.

Microsoft ( MSFT ) shares were down 1.8% in recent Thursday trading.

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