Microsoft 365 Copilot

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  Microsoft 365 Personal With Copilot Is Now Free for Students for One Year

  Microsoft is giving college students free access to the Microsoft 365 Personal plan with Copilot for 12 months, expanding its usual three-month trial. Eligible undergraduate and postgraduate students can claim the offer until November 30. The plan supports up to five devices and includes premium Office apps, Copilot features such as Deep Research a...

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  Microsoft Introduces New Copilot Agent That Can Build Apps from Text Prompts

  Microsoft has introduced two new Copilot agents —App Builder and Workflows —for Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers. App Builder can generate full-fledged apps from simple text prompts, while Workflows automates routine tasks across Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint. Both features are initially limited to Frontier users, expanding soon to more subsc...

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  Microsoft Faces Lawsuit in Australia Over Allegedly Misleading Users on Copilot Pricing

  Microsoft is facing a lawsuit in Australia after the ACCC accused it of misleading Microsoft 365 subscribers. The regulator claims Microsoft failed to mention that users could keep their old plan at the same price without Copilot AI features. Instead, subscribers were told to pay higher prices or cancel. The case could result in fines of up to AUD ...

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  Microsoft Sued For "Misleading" 2.7 Million Australians About Subscriptions

  Microsoft is accused of making "false or misleading" statements to around 2.7 million Australians who subscribe by auto-renewal to Microsoft 365 plans, which include a suite of online Office services.

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  Anthropic Connects Claude With Microsoft 365 Platforms, Can Pull Information From Outlook and Teams

  Anthropic has announced that Claude can now connect with Microsoft 365 apps, including Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive. Using its Model Context Protocol (MCP), the AI can pull data from emails, chats, and files to provide context-aware answers and summaries. Available to Team and Enterprise users, the integration also enables unified enterprise search...

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  Microsoft CEO Shares 5 ChatGPT Prompts He Uses Daily: "A New Layer Of Intelligence"

  Mr Nadella showcased the AI-powered prompts, claiming they enhance his productivity and help him stay ahead as a leader.

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  Microsoft 365 Copilot Vulnerable to Zero-Click EchoLeak Exploit, Cybersecurity Researchers Say

  Microsoft 365 Copilot, the enterprise-focused artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that works across Office apps, is vulnerable to a zero-click vulnerability. As per a cybersecurity firm, a flaw existed in the chatbot that could be triggered via a simple text email to hack into it. Once the chatbot was hacked, it could then be made to retrieve sens...

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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 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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  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 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...