Sources: Microsoft security chief Hayete Gallot, who took over in February, has prioritized AI tools, cut several hundred roles, replaced senior execs, and more (The Information)

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Microsoft’s security chief is restructuring leadership and jobs around AI tooling, signaling a material internal shift at a major AI platform company.

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<a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsofts-new-security-chief-replaces-top-execs-force-ai-overhaul"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260715/i50.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260715/p50#a260715p50" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/">The Information</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsofts-new-security-chief-replaces-top-execs-force-ai-overhaul">Sources: Microsoft security chief Hayete Gallot, who took over in February, has prioritized AI tools, cut several hundred roles, replaced senior execs, and more</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Microsoft, the largest cybersecurity software seller in the world, is overhauling that business to cash in on corporate anxieties about AI-powered hacks.</p>