News

Microsoft's fired AI director to 6,000 laid off employees along with her: "These are people who…"
Microsoft recently laid off approximately 6,000 employees, impacting various levels and teams. Gabriela de Queiroz, Director ...
Microsoft just launched an AI that discovered a new chemical in 200 hours instead of years
Microsoft launches Discovery platform that uses agentic AI to compress years of scientific research into days, transforming R ...
Microsoft's big event was all about the 'explosion' of AI agents
It was all about AI agents at Microsoft's Build developer conference, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joining to talk about the ...
You can get free AI skills training from Microsoft for a few more days, and I recommend you do
Microsoft's AI Skills Fest offers free AI training for beginners and pros, plus prizes and discounts. You can register now ...
Microsoft makes largest-ever biochar carbon removal deal as AI boom threatens climate ambitions
Microsoft is striving to bolster the global carbon removal market as the AI boom is threatening its climate ambition.
eWeek11h
Microsoft’s Big Bet on AI Agents: Model Context Protocol in Windows 11
Microsoft integrates the Model Context Protocol into Windows 11, paving the way for secure, AI-driven agents to interact with ...
Microsoft Is binging Elon Musk’s AI models to its cloud
Grok 3, which Musk’s AI outfit introduced earlier this year, will be available on Microsoft’s cloud-computing platform, the ...
ROI on generative AI: Microsoft vets raise $4.9M to quantify business value of AI investments
Pay-i, a Seattle startup founded by Microsoft veterans, raised a $4.9 million seed round to help businesses figure out ...
Microsoft is putting AI actions into the Windows File Explorer
Microsoft is starting to integrate AI shortcuts, or what it calls AI actions, into the File Explorer in Windows 11. These ...
Microsoft to offer rival AI models from own data center; launches AI coding agent
Microsoft said on Monday it would offer new AI models made by Elon Musk's xAI, Meta Platforms and European startups Mistral ...
Microsoft’s and Google’s dueling developer conferences reveal opposite AI strategies—and a big weakness for one company
Microsoft's focus on AI agents for enterprises may be easier to deliver than Google's consumer focus on a universal AI ...