Microsoft and Hugging Face expand collaboration — 10,000+ open models on Azure

AI Impact Summary

Microsoft and Hugging Face are expanding their collaboration to make deploying a vast collection of open models (over 10,000) on Azure significantly easier. This expansion includes enhanced security measures like vulnerability scanning and safetensors format for model weights, alongside a streamlined deployment process via Azure AI Foundry. This allows enterprises to leverage cutting-edge open models while maintaining control over their data and infrastructure.