Microsoft is one of the world’s largest technology companies and a central player in AI, through its Copilot assistants, the Azure cloud, and a deep partnership with OpenAI. This hub gathers news and explainers on Microsoft’s AI products, investments, and strategy.
Microsoft says AI-powered scanning is uncovering Windows vulnerabilities faster than engineers can review them, prompting changes to how security updates are tested and shipped.
Read more →Intel- and Microsoft-backed chipmaker Syntiant filed to list on Nasdaq under ticker SYTN, betting on demand for its low-power, on-device 'Physical AI' processors.
Read more →Microsoft committed $2.5 billion and 6,000 engineers to a new subsidiary that stations AI specialists directly inside client organizations, competing with similar offerings from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Amazon.
Read more →Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI assistant built into Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, and more — it drafts documents, summarizes meetings, and analyzes data using your organization's own information.
Read more →The United Nations and ITU announced the AI for Good Global Commission on July 2, assembling 44 founding members — including heads of state and the CEOs of Amazon, Nvidia, and Microsoft — to help ensure AI benefits developing nations and bridges the global digital divide.
Read more →Microsoft announced a new operating unit on July 2 that will embed 6,000 AI engineers inside enterprise client organizations to co-build and maintain AI systems, backed by a $2.5 billion investment.
Read more →Anthropic is restoring global access to Claude Fable 5 starting July 1, three weeks after a US export control order, and is rolling out a four-criteria jailbreak severity framework developed with Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.
Read more →RAISE US, a nonpartisan nonprofit co-chaired by former US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, launched June 25 with over $500 million from more than 25 companies to retrain American workers displaced by AI.
Read more →Microsoft's third annual AI in Education Report, surveying 3,345 educators and students across six countries, finds near-universal AI adoption in schools alongside a critical gap in formal guidance and training.
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