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Microsoft Hosts Developer Conference as Focus Grows on AI Profits
Microsoft has already spent $64 billion (roughly Rs. 5,46,718 crore) this year, much of it on data centers needed for AI-based services such as Copilot used in its popular Microsoft 365 applications. But there are signs that Microsoft is reworking its relationship with OpenAI and seeking to become a neutral arms dealer in the AI race.
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Microsoft 365 Apps to Receive Security Updates on Windows 10 Until 2028
Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 are getting an extension. The Redmond-based tech giant recently updated its support page to announce that the Microsoft 365 apps (also known as Office apps) will continue to get security updates till 2028. With the latest development, the Windows maker made a U-turn on its previous decision that these apps would not...
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Microsoft Expands Copilot Pages to All Users, to Offer a Collaborative Space for Creative Projects
Microsoft is expanding Copilot Pages to all users globally. Announced last week, the new artificial intelligence space is a multiplayer collaborative space where the chatbot and humans can work together to edit and create content and documents. Copilot Pages was first introduced in September 2024 as part of the Microsoft 365 Copilot for enterprises...
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Asus Vivobook S14, Vivobook S14 Flip With 13th Gen Intel Core i5 Processors Launched in India
Asus Vivobook S14 and Asus Vivobook S14 Flip have been launched in India, with 13th Gen Intel Core i5 processors and 16GB RAM. Both laptops feature 14-inch displays, with the Flip model sporting a touch screen and stylus support. They run on Windows 11, and come with Microsoft Office 2024 and a one-year Microsoft 365 Basic subscription.
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Microsoft Introduces Two New Reasoning Agents in 365 Copilot, Launches Autonomous Agents in Copilot Studio
Microsoft introduced two new artificial intelligence (AI) agents to its 365 Copilot suite of features on Tuesday. These new AI agents are aimed at its enterprise users and can perform complex research and data analysis-related tasks. Dubbed Researcher and Analyst, these are built on OpenAI’s models with fine-tuning done by the Redmond-based tech ...
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Microsoft Said to Be Developing AI Reasoning Models to Compete With OpenAI
Microsoft is reportedly developing in-house AI reasoning models, known as MAI, to rival OpenAI, with plans to offer them to developers. These models, led by Mustafa Suleyman, perform nearly as well as OpenAI's and Anthropic's on key benchmarks. The company has also tested models from xAI, Meta, and DeepSeek as potential OpenAI alternatives for Copi...
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Microsoft Unveils Two AI Agents That Can Complete Sales Tasks for Enterprise Clients
Microsoft unveiled two new artificial intelligence (AI) agents for enterprises on Wednesday. These agents are adept in various tasks in sales operations, and can assist professionals by automating time-consuming workloads. The company introduced these two AI agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot, and businesses can now access them and integrate them into...
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Microsoft Testing a Free, Ad-Supported Version of Microsoft 365 Desktop Apps
Microsoft is testing an ad-supported free tier for the Microsoft 365 Copilot or Office apps. Typically, these apps are only accessible to those who purchase the Microsoft 365 subscription. However, some users are now seeing an option to opt for a free version that offers limited features and ads. Currently, the Redmond-based tech giant is only offe...
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Microsoft Said to Be Adjusting Office-Teams Pricing to Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft is mulling if it can widen the price difference between the software sold without the app and its Office product sold with Teams to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. The move comes five years after Salesforce-owned Slack complained to the European Commission about Microsoft's tying of Teams with Office.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for Enterprise Launched With Pay-as-You-Go AI Agents
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat has been announced as a new subscription plan for enterprises that includes the usage of artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The new subscription offers a more flexible entry to the company’s AI services, as it ditches the fixed subscription fees with a pay-as-you-go model.
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Microsoft Reportedly Bundling Copilot AI With Microsoft 365 Subscription and Hiking Prices
Microsoft is reportedly making changes to its Microsoft 365 subscription in some regions to bring Copilot to more users. As per the report, the Redmond-based tech giant has started bundling the Copilot AI assistant, which is available across multiple apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, with the subscription. This new addition is also...
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Microsoft Reportedly Trying to Bring Internal and Third-Party AI Models to 365 Copilot
Microsoft is reportedly working on adding non-OpenAI artificial intelligence (AI) models to its 365 Copilot products. As per the report, the Redmond-based tech giant is trying to reduce its dependence on OpenAI’s AI models due to concerns regarding speed and cost. To diversify the company is said to be looking at both third-party models as well a...
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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Microsoft Denies Using Word and Excel User Data For Training AI
The controversy erupted as social media users speculated the possibility based on the "opt-out" feature inside Microsoft 365 Suite
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Microsoft Denies Training AI Models on User Data From Microsoft 365 Apps
Microsoft on Wednesday denied claims that it uses customer data to train artificial intelligence models. The response came after some users pointed out on social media that the company requires users to opt-out of its "connected experiences" feature, which they argued was used to train AI models.
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Microsoft Hosts Developer Conference as Focus Grows on AI Profits
Microsoft has already spent $64 billion (roughly Rs. 5,46,718 crore) this year, much of it on data centers needed for AI-based services such as Copilot used in its popular Microsoft 365 applications. But there are signs that Microsoft is reworking its relationship with OpenAI and seeking to become a neutral arms dealer in the AI race.
-
Microsoft 365 Apps to Receive Security Updates on Windows 10 Until 2028
Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 are getting an extension. The Redmond-based tech giant recently updated its support page to announce that the Microsoft 365 apps (also known as Office apps) will continue to get security updates till 2028. With the latest development, the Windows maker made a U-turn on its previous decision that these apps would not...
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Microsoft Expands Copilot Pages to All Users, to Offer a Collaborative Space for Creative Projects
Microsoft is expanding Copilot Pages to all users globally. Announced last week, the new artificial intelligence space is a multiplayer collaborative space where the chatbot and humans can work together to edit and create content and documents. Copilot Pages was first introduced in September 2024 as part of the Microsoft 365 Copilot for enterprises...
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Asus Vivobook S14, Vivobook S14 Flip With 13th Gen Intel Core i5 Processors Launched in India
Asus Vivobook S14 and Asus Vivobook S14 Flip have been launched in India, with 13th Gen Intel Core i5 processors and 16GB RAM. Both laptops feature 14-inch displays, with the Flip model sporting a touch screen and stylus support. They run on Windows 11, and come with Microsoft Office 2024 and a one-year Microsoft 365 Basic subscription.
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Microsoft Introduces Two New Reasoning Agents in 365 Copilot, Launches Autonomous Agents in Copilot Studio
Microsoft introduced two new artificial intelligence (AI) agents to its 365 Copilot suite of features on Tuesday. These new AI agents are aimed at its enterprise users and can perform complex research and data analysis-related tasks. Dubbed Researcher and Analyst, these are built on OpenAI’s models with fine-tuning done by the Redmond-based tech ...
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Microsoft Said to Be Developing AI Reasoning Models to Compete With OpenAI
Microsoft is reportedly developing in-house AI reasoning models, known as MAI, to rival OpenAI, with plans to offer them to developers. These models, led by Mustafa Suleyman, perform nearly as well as OpenAI's and Anthropic's on key benchmarks. The company has also tested models from xAI, Meta, and DeepSeek as potential OpenAI alternatives for Copi...
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Microsoft Unveils Two AI Agents That Can Complete Sales Tasks for Enterprise Clients
Microsoft unveiled two new artificial intelligence (AI) agents for enterprises on Wednesday. These agents are adept in various tasks in sales operations, and can assist professionals by automating time-consuming workloads. The company introduced these two AI agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot, and businesses can now access them and integrate them into...
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Microsoft Testing a Free, Ad-Supported Version of Microsoft 365 Desktop Apps
Microsoft is testing an ad-supported free tier for the Microsoft 365 Copilot or Office apps. Typically, these apps are only accessible to those who purchase the Microsoft 365 subscription. However, some users are now seeing an option to opt for a free version that offers limited features and ads. Currently, the Redmond-based tech giant is only offe...
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Microsoft Said to Be Adjusting Office-Teams Pricing to Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft is mulling if it can widen the price difference between the software sold without the app and its Office product sold with Teams to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. The move comes five years after Salesforce-owned Slack complained to the European Commission about Microsoft's tying of Teams with Office.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for Enterprise Launched With Pay-as-You-Go AI Agents
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat has been announced as a new subscription plan for enterprises that includes the usage of artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The new subscription offers a more flexible entry to the company’s AI services, as it ditches the fixed subscription fees with a pay-as-you-go model.
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Microsoft Reportedly Bundling Copilot AI With Microsoft 365 Subscription and Hiking Prices
Microsoft is reportedly making changes to its Microsoft 365 subscription in some regions to bring Copilot to more users. As per the report, the Redmond-based tech giant has started bundling the Copilot AI assistant, which is available across multiple apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, with the subscription. This new addition is also...
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Microsoft Reportedly Trying to Bring Internal and Third-Party AI Models to 365 Copilot
Microsoft is reportedly working on adding non-OpenAI artificial intelligence (AI) models to its 365 Copilot products. As per the report, the Redmond-based tech giant is trying to reduce its dependence on OpenAI’s AI models due to concerns regarding speed and cost. To diversify the company is said to be looking at both third-party models as well a...
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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Microsoft Denies Using Word and Excel User Data For Training AI
The controversy erupted as social media users speculated the possibility based on the "opt-out" feature inside Microsoft 365 Suite
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Microsoft Denies Training AI Models on User Data From Microsoft 365 Apps
Microsoft on Wednesday denied claims that it uses customer data to train artificial intelligence models. The response came after some users pointed out on social media that the company requires users to opt-out of its "connected experiences" feature, which they argued was used to train AI models.
