Microsoft has launched a native Copilot app for macOS users in the US, UK, and Canada. According to Tom Warren from The Verge, the app provides access to Microsoft’s web-based AI assistant, allowing users to generate images and text or upload images. The Mac version includes dark mode support and can be activated with Command …
Microsoft is now providing unlimited access to Voice and Think Deeper features for all Copilot users at no cost. The Copilot Team announced these advanced capabilities as part of their effort to build “the ultimate AI companion.” Voice allows for extended voice conversations with the AI, while Think Deeper, powered by OpenAI’s o1 model, handles …
Microsoft has unveiled two new AI models in its Phi series: Phi-4-multimodal with 5.6 billion parameters and Phi-4-mini with 3.8 billion parameters. These small language models (SLMs) deliver exceptional performance while requiring significantly less computing power than larger systems, challenging the notion that bigger AI models are always better. The Phi-4-multimodal model stands out for …
Microsoft is offering authors $5,000 per book to license their works for AI training through publisher HarperCollins, according to a detailed report by Alice Robb in Bloomberg. Authors would receive half of the licensing fee, amounting to $2,500 before agent commissions. The deal gives Microsoft permission to train its AI models on selected books from …
Microsoft is extending OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model to all Copilot users at no additional cost, Tom Warren reports. The feature, called “Think Deeper,” enables more complex question handling and provides detailed step-by-step answers. It was previously available only to premium subscribers. The tool takes approximately 30 seconds to analyze questions from multiple perspectives. Microsoft AI …
Microsoft’s AI chief Mustafa Suleyman has recruited three senior researchers from Google DeepMind, according to a Financial Times report by Melissa Heikkilä. Marco Tagliasacchi and Zalán Borsos, who developed DeepMind’s podcast-generating “Audio Overviews” feature, will join Microsoft’s new AI lab in Zurich. The third hire, Matthias Minderer, will focus on AI vision capabilities. The researchers …
Microsoft has announced significant changes to its AI-powered Copilot services, introducing a free business chat option and new pricing for consumer subscriptions. The company is launching Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, a rebranded version of its business AI chat service that includes access to AI agents on a pay-per-use basis. According to Microsoft’s chief marketing officer …
Microsoft has made its Phi-4 AI model freely available as open-source software on the Hugging Face platform. As reported by Carl Franzen, the model was previously only accessible through Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry platform. The 14-billion-parameter AI model has demonstrated strong capabilities in mathematical reasoning and language understanding tasks, outperforming larger models in specific benchmarks. …
Microsoft and OpenAI have established a financial benchmark for artificial general intelligence (AGI) in their partnership agreement, according to a report by The Information. The companies agreed that AGI will only be considered achieved when OpenAI develops AI systems generating at least $100 billion in annual profits. This definition differs significantly from traditional technical and …
Microsoft is expanding beyond OpenAI’s technology for its Microsoft 365 Copilot service, according to a Reuters report by Anna Tong and Krystal Hu. The company is working to integrate both internal and third-party AI models to reduce costs and improve performance. While OpenAI remains a partner for advanced AI models, Microsoft aims to make the …