“Hey Copilot” voice control and AI agents for all Windows 11 PCs

Microsoft is integrating new generative AI features into its Windows 11 operating system, making them available to all users, not just those with new, specialized hardware. The company states its goal is to fundamentally change how people interact with computers. The updates introduce three core capabilities: The company emphasizes that while it is promoting a …

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Microsoft AI announces its first in-house text-to-image model

Microsoft AI has announced MAI-Image-1, its first text-to-image generator developed entirely within the company. The model has already secured a position in the top 10 on LMArena, a public benchmark platform where human users compare and vote on the quality of outputs from different AI systems. According to the official post, MAI-Image-1 is designed to …

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Microsoft introduces Agent Mode for automated Office tasks

Microsoft has launched Agent Mode for Excel and Word, along with Office Agent in Copilot chat, marking a significant expansion of AI capabilities in its productivity suite. The company calls this approach “vibe working,” comparing it to the concept of “vibe coding” where users create complex outputs through simple prompts. Agent Mode represents a more …

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Microsoft plans AI marketplace to pay publishers for content

Microsoft is developing a marketplace to compensate publishers for their content used by artificial intelligence. Axios reports that the company is in talks with several U.S. publishers about a pilot program. The project, called the Publisher Content Marketplace, would launch with Microsoft’s Copilot assistant. This move would make Microsoft the first major tech company to …

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AI browsers explained: What content creators need to know

If you’re a content creator, your browser is more than just a window to the web. It’s basically your office. And for many of us, it’s a pretty messy one! Picture your screen right now. How many tabs are open? Ten? Twenty? A chaotic mix of Google Docs, a competitor’s blog, SEO tools, a thesaurus, …

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Microsoft struggles to compete with ChatGPT despite massive AI investment

Microsoft’s AI assistant Copilot faces an uphill battle against OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which has reached 900 million downloads compared to Copilot’s 79 million. Bloomberg reporter Matt Day highlights the software giant’s challenges in capturing consumer attention despite spending tens of billions on artificial intelligence infrastructure. CEO Satya Nadella told employees in May that Microsoft aims to …

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An AGI clause is at the center of Microsoft and OpenAI’s partnership renegotiation

A critical clause in the partnership agreement between Microsoft and OpenAI could void the deal if OpenAI develops artificial general intelligence (AGI). This provision is now a central point in renegotiations between the two companies. In an article for Wired, journalist Steven Levy reports that this clause has become a source of significant tension. The …

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT gains ground against Microsoft’s Copilot in corporate market

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is winning over corporate customers at the expense of Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant, creating tension between the two partner companies. Bloomberg reporters Brody Ford and Shirin Ghaffary reveal how this competition is reshaping the enterprise AI market. Drugmaker Amgen initially planned to deploy Microsoft’s Copilot to 20,000 employees but switched to ChatGPT after …

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Microsoft offers OpenAI’s Sora video AI for free

Microsoft has made OpenAI’s Sora AI video generator available for free through its Bing Video Creator feature on mobile devices. The tool allows users to create five-second videos from text prompts without requiring expensive ChatGPT subscriptions that cost up to $200 monthly, according to a report by Carl Franzen. Users can access the feature through …

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Microsoft expands Phi language model family with new reasoning capabilities

Microsoft has introduced three new small language models (SLMs) focused on complex reasoning tasks: Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning. These models represent a significant advancement in what small AI models can accomplish, particularly in mathematical reasoning and multi-step problem solving. The flagship Phi-4-reasoning-plus, a 14-billion parameter model, demonstrates performance that rivals much larger AI systems. According …

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