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Microsoft 365 Copilot is Now Generally Available

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Chris McKay• September 16, 2024 • 2 min read

By embedding advanced AI capabilities into widely-used tools like Excel, Word, and Outlook, Microsoft offers a compelling solution for businesses looking to harness AI without disrupting existing workflows.

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Microsoft Announces Copilot Agents for Microsoft 365

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Chris McKay• September 16, 2024 • 2 min read

These agents, built using Microsoft Copilot Studio, can automate and execute business processes by interacting with users and performing tasks on their behalf.

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Microsoft Partners with StopNCII to Combat Intimate Image Abuse

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Chris McKay• September 5, 2024 • 1 min read

The pilot program has already shown promising results. By the end of August, the company had taken action on 268,899 images flagged through the StopNCII database, preventing them from appearing in Bing image search results.

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Microsoft Unveils Phi-3.5: Powerful AI Models Punch Above Their Weight

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Chris McKay• August 20, 2024 • 2 min read

All three Phi-3.5 models are available on Hugging Face under a permissive, open-source MIT license. Developers can freely use, modify, and commercialize them.

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Microsoft to Use Consumer Data to Train AI, But You Can Opt-Out

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Richard Banfield• August 16, 2024 • 2 min read

By incorporating data from consumer interactions, including those with advertisements, the company hopes to build AI models that better understand and respond to user needs.

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Microsoft and Palantir Team Up to Bring AI to Classified U.S. Defense Networks

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Chris McKay• August 8, 2024 • 1 min read

Palantir will be the first industry partner to deploy Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service in classified environments.

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Microsoft Lists OpenAI as Competitor: Strategic Move in AI Search Race

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Chris McKay• August 1, 2024 • 2 min read

The filing specifically mentions OpenAI alongside Google as rivals in search, coinciding with OpenAI's launch of SearchGPT. But this competitive positioning doesn't tell the whole story.

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GitHub Models Makes it Easier to Get Started With AI Engineering

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Chris McKay• August 1, 2024 • 1 min read

You can access industry-leading AI models via a built-in playground that lets you test different prompts and model parameters, for free, right in GitHub.

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Microsoft Urges Congress to Enact Federal Deepfake Fraud Statute

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Richard Banfield• July 30, 2024 • 2 min read

President Brad Smith is urging lawmakers to pass a comprehensive 'deepfake fraud statute' that would give law enforcement the necessary legal framework to prosecute deepfake-related crimes.

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Microsoft Unveils Bing's New Generative Search Experience

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Chris McKay• July 24, 2024 • 1 min read

When a user enters a query, Bing's generative search creates a bespoke and dynamic response. The system understands the search query, reviews millions of sources of information, dynamically matches content, and generates search results in an AI-generated layout.

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Microsoft Designer Now Available for iOS and Android

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Chris McKay• July 17, 2024 • 1 min read

Copilot Pro subscribers can now access Designer's capabilities directly within Word and PowerPoint, allowing for seamless image and design creation within documents and presentations.

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Microsoft Departs OpenAI's Board

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Chris McKay• July 10, 2024 • 2 min read

In a letter to OpenAI, Microsoft expressed its decision to step down from the observer role, effective immediately. The letter highlighted the significant progress made by OpenAI’s reconstituted board over the past eight months and Microsoft’s growing confidence in the company’s trajectory.

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Microsoft Reveals 'Skeleton Key': A Powerful New AI Jailbreak Technique

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Chris McKay• June 28, 2024 • 3 min read

The jailbreak allowed top models to comply fully with requests across various risk categories, including explosives, bioweapons, political content, self-harm, racism, drugs, graphic sex, and violence.

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The Center for Investigative Reporting Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over Copyright Infringement

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Chris McKay• June 28, 2024 • 2 min read

The lawsuit seeks to establish clear boundaries for the use of copyrighted material in AI training and to ensure that content creators are fairly compensated for their work.

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OpenAI Earns More from Selling GPT Access than Microsoft

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Chris McKay• June 27, 2024 • 2 min read

The startup's API business, which allows developers to use models like GPT-4, reached $1 billion in annual revenue back in March.

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Microsoft Delays Controversial Recall Feature for Copilot+ PCs

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Chris McKay• June 13, 2024 • 2 min read

The AI-powered Recall feature, which can screenshot everything on your PC, has been postponed until a later date.

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Microsoft Retires GPT Builder, Shifts Focus to Commercial and Enterprise Offerings

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Richard Banfield• June 12, 2024 • 1 min read

Copilot Pro subscribers will no longer be able to create new GPTs as of July 10. Additionally, all existing GPTs and their data will be deleted between July 10 and July 14, 2024.

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Apple's ChatGPT Integration Accelerates OpenAI's Need for More AI Infrastructure

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Chris McKay• June 12, 2024 • 2 min read

Despite Microsoft's ongoing efforts to dedicate additional infrastructure to support OpenAI's needs, it has become evident that even the tech giant's resources alone are not sufficient to meet the demand.

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SAP and Microsoft Are Integrating their Generative AI Copilots

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Chris McKay• June 4, 2024 • 1 min read

The goal is to create a seamless workflow for users by providing access to information from both business applications in SAP and Microsoft 365, all without the need to switch platforms.

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Microsoft's Aurora AI Makes Rapid Global Weather and Air Pollution Forecasts Possible

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Chris McKay• June 4, 2024 • 3 min read

Its remarkable speed and accuracy could revolutionize decision-making in fields such as public health, agriculture, and transportation.

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5 Announcements that Show Why Copilot is the Best Platform to Build AI Products Today

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Chris McKay• May 24, 2024 • 5 min read

Microsoft has made strategic investments in talent, technology, and strategy over the past decade to drive their AI vision forward.

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Third Party Extensions Are Coming to GitHub Copilot

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Chris McKay• May 22, 2024 • 1 min read

With Copilot Extensions, developers can interact with tools using natural language within GitHub Copilot Chat.

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Microsoft Partners with Cognition Labs to Bring Devin to Developers

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Chris McKay• May 21, 2024 • 2 min read

Devin will help engineers tackle complex tasks such as code migration and modernization projects.

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Microsoft Unveils Phi Silica: A Small Language Model for Copilot+ PCs

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Chris McKay• May 21, 2024 • 3 min read

Phi Silica stands out as the first state-of-the-art SLM to be shipped with Windows, marking a significant milestone in bringing advanced AI capabilities directly to end-users.

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Khan Academy and Microsoft to Bring Free AI Teaching Tools to All US K-12 Educators

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Chris McKay• May 21, 2024 • 1 min read

Microsoft is donating access to Azure AI infrastructure, enabling Khan Academy to offer Khanmigo for Teachers free to all K-12 educators in the country.