Microsoft Ai

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  Microsoft Adds OpenAI-Rival Anthropic’s Claude AI Models to Copilot

  Microsoft on Wednesday revealed that Copilot will now support Anthropic’s AI models, marking its first integration of a non-OpenAI system. Users will gain access to Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1, which will initially be available in the Researcher agent and Copilot Studio. The announcement follows a recent non-binding deal with OpenAI.

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  Friendship Over With Microsoft? Nvidia’s $100B Deal Reveals 5 Signals into OpenAI’s Future

  The announcement of a strategic partnership between OpenAI and Nvidia on Monday quickly sparked discussion across Silicon Valley. The attention wasn’t centred on financial details but on what the collaboration could mean for the future of artificial intelligence (AI). Crucially, it suggests OpenAI is moving towards reducing its dependence on Micr...

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  LinkedIn Wants to Train AI Models on User Data, But This One Step Stops It

  LinkedIn is updating its terms to begin collecting user data from November 3 to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The professional networking platform confirmed that profile details and public posts will be used, while private messages will remain excluded. Some data will also be shared with Microsoft and affiliates for targeted ads, t...

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  Windows 11 Users Invited to Test Microsoft’s Experimental AI Features in MS Paint

  Microsoft is inviting select Windows 11 users to join its new Microsoft AI Labs, a platform seemingly aimed at testing experimental AI features in MS Paint. The invites, spotted in non-Copilot+ PCs, appear randomly distributed and do not grant immediate access to tools. While some users reported signup errors, others received confirmation messages ...

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  Layoffs in 2025 (July-Sep): Google, xAI, Fiverr, Salesforce, Oracle and More Fire Over 10K Workers Amid AI Push

  In July, Gadgets 360 reported that the mass layoffs in the first half of the year were led by global tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, Meta, and HP. Now, nine months into the year, the job cuts do not appear to be stopping. In the 64 days between now and our previous report, more than 10,000 professionals have received the pink slip again.

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  Microsoft Introduces Native Audio Generation in Copilot With Multiple Expressive Voices

  Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a new Copilot feature that enables native audio generation. Users can provide a script, and the AI will convert it into a voiceover with multiple style options. Unlike standard text-to-speech, the output is designed to sound more natural. The feature is powered by Microsoft’s in-house MAI-Voice-1 model.

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  Is OpenAI About to Go Public? New Non-Binding Microsoft Deal Signals IPO Plans

  OpenAI’s path towards acquiring more investors or going public has been cleared by Microsoft. The two entities signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday and called it the next phase of their partnership. This MoU also gives the San Francisco-based AI firm to now formalise the conversion of its for-profit arm into a PBC.

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  Samsung Vision AI Companion Unveiled at IFA 2025 as a Multi-Agent Central Hub for Smart Displays

  Samsung’s Vision AI Companion was unveiled as a central hub for all the artificial intelligence (AI) feature for select smart displays. The announcement came on Thursday as an expansion of the Vision AI technology that was first introduced in January. The new central hub allows easy access to the AI features available on the device, as well as a ...

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  Trump Hosts Tech CEOs For Dinner At White House, Elon Musk Not Present

  Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States.

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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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  23-Year-Old Duo Exited Amazon And Microsoft To Build AI Startup, Raised $4 million

  Bluejay focuses on testing AI voice and text agents using synthetic customers to identify weaknesses.

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  Microsoft Unveils Its First Fully Homegrown AI Models; Set to Bring New Features to Copilot

  Microsoft unveiled the company's first two homegrown artificial intelligence (AI) models on Thursday. The foundation models were developed by the Redmond-based tech giant’s AI division, and is said to be built entirely in-house. The first model is MAI-Voice-1, a speech generation model that natively generates expressive and natural sounding voice...

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  Elon Musk Takes On Bill Gates' Microsoft With 'Macrohard'. What It Is

  Elon Musk has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) venture under his xAI initiative, taking on the mighty Microsoft. The project, Macrohard, was announced by Musk on X (formerly Twitter) on August 22.

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  India Tops Global Malware Attack Chart As AI Drives Ransomware Surge: Report

  India has emerged as the most-targeted nation for malware attacks, topping global charts, with Artificial Intelligence fuelling a surge in ransomware, a new report by cybersecurity firm Acronis has said.

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  Microsoft Begins Testing Semantic File Search in Copilot+ PCs, Introduces New Copilot Home Experience

  Microsoft has started testing the semantic file search feature in Windows 11 with a larger user base. On Wednesday, the Redmond-based tech giant announced that two new artificial intelligence (AI) features are now available to all Insiders using Copilot+ PCs. The feature, powered by Copilot, allows users to search for certain files and images using...