Microsoft: Latest News and Analysis

The Verge
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says conversational AI is the next web browser
Today, I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI.
The Verge
Microsoft’s AI boss and Sam Altman disagree on what it takes to get to AGI
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman disagrees with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s recent claim in a Reddit AMA that artificial general intelligence, or AGI, is possible on today’s hardware. While AGI is ...
Bloomberg
Microsoft Unveils Zero-Water Data Centers to Reduce AI Climate Impact
Microsoft Corp., trying to mitigate the climate impact of its data center building boom, is starting to roll out a new design that uses zero water to cool the facilities’ chips and servers.
SiliconANGLE
C3 AI shares surge on strong second quarter and upgraded outlook
For the quarter that ended on Oct. 31, C3 AI reported an adjusted net loss per share of six cents, down from a loss of 16 cents per share in the same quarter of the previous year, on revenue of $94.3 ...
Reuters
C3.ai lifts annual forecast on strong demand for enterprise AI software
C3.ai raised its forecast for fiscal year 2025 revenue on Monday, helped by healthy demand for the company's enterprise artificial intelligence software as companies look for tools to help streamline ...
Reuters
US clears export of advanced AI chips to UAE under Microsoft deal, Axios says
The U.S. government has approved the export of advanced artificial intelligence chips to a Microsoft-operated facility in the United Arab Emirates as part of the company's highly-scrutinized ...
The Verge
You can now try Microsoft’s Recall AI feature on Intel and AMD Copilot Plus PCs
Recall takes screenshots of almost everything you do on a Copilot Plus PC to make it searchable and easy to recall a memory or retrace your steps. Microsoft has made the AI experience entirely optional, so you can enable snapshots to find what you were working on previously through natural language search or a scrollable timeline.
The Register
Euro cloud body heads off to Microsoft's HQ to check it's keeping promises
Wine-tasting seems to be an essential part of an EU-friendly Azure Local Exclusive Microsoft and the Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers of Europe (CISPE) trade body this week kicked off their technical summit to assess the Windows maker's progress in making available a version of Azure Local for hosters.
The Register
Microsoft teases Copilot Vision, the AI sidekick that judges your tabs
Microsoft said: "Browsing no longer needs to be a lonely experience with just you and all your tabs," which makes The Reg wonder exactly what the company thinks its users are like. The tool will only ...
VentureBeat
Microsoft Copilot Vision is here, letting AI see what you do online
In the long run, the company may even expand these capabilities to other products in its ecosystem, allowing enterprise users to work and make decisions more easily.
The Verge
Microsoft’s Copilot can now browse the web with you using AI ‘Vision’
Originally unveiled in October, Copilot Vision allows Microsoft’s AI companion to see what you see on an Edge webpage you’re browsing. You can then ask it questions about the text, images, and content ...
TechCrunch
Copilot Vision, Microsoft’s AI tool that can read your screen, launches in preview
Microsoft's newest AI tool, Copilot Vision, can read your screen — or rather, the sites you're browsing with Edge. It's now in preview.
Reuters
OpenAI aims to attract more investment by removing 'AGI' clause with Microsoft, FT reports
OpenAI is in discussions to remove a clause that shuts Microsoft out of the start-up's most advanced models when it achieves "artificial general intelligence", as it seeks to unlock future investments ...
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft faces $1.27 billion antitrust lawsuit over cloud services in UK
Microsoft faces a dispute in the U.K. over how it charges customers who buy cloud software services that rival its own Azure, the latest antitrust challenge to the U.S. tech giant’s approach to ...
TechCrunch
UK antitrust suit hits Microsoft with claim for $1.25B in cloud fees damages
Microsoft is in the crosshairs of a U.K. competition class action-style lawsuit that's seeking £1 billion (around $1.25 billion at current exchange rates) ...
TechCrunch
Ex-Microsoft employees get $4M from Accel to build an AI tool for product presentations
Product teams often have tons of screen recordings and screenshots that end up unused. Video production using those screen recordings has been ...
CRN
Salesforce CEO Benioff Calls Microsoft Copilot ‘Repackaged ChatGPT’
Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff continued his attacks on artificial intelligence rival Microsoft during the vendor’s latest quarterly earnings call, calling Microsoft’s Copilot AI offerings ...
The Verge
Microsoft accuses FTC of leaking news of its antitrust investigation
Now, Microsoft’s corporate vice president and deputy general counsel Rima Alaily is accusing FTC management of leaking details of the probe, in violation of the agency’s own e ...
CRN
Microsoft’s Windows 10 End Might Spark Start Of New AI PC Spending
Microsoft partners ready themselves for the Windows 10 to Windows 11 refresh cycle, where they could persuade customers to upgrade to Copilot+ and AI PCs from Dell, HP, Lenovo.
Reuters
Microsoft faces UK lawsuit over cloud computing licences
Microsoft faces legal action in Britain over a claim that thousands of businesses using cloud computing services provided by Amazon, Google and Alibaba could be paying higher licence fees to use ...
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft Faces $1.27 Billion Antitrust Lawsuit Over Cloud Services in U.K.
Microsoft faces a dispute in the U.K. over how it charges customers who buy cloud software services that rival its own Azure, the latest antitrust challenge to the U.S. tech giant’s approach to ...
VentureBeat
AI that clicks for you: Microsoft’s research points to the future of GUI automation
Microsoft research reveals how AI agents are transforming computer interaction through GUI control, with major tech companies racing to deploy LLM-powered automation tools worth $68.9 billion by 2028.
The Register
Yup, half of that thought-leader crap on LinkedIn is indeed AI scribbled
This trend suggests that many self-proclaimed thought leaders on LinkedIn may be presenting AI-generated content as their own profound insights. Sure, it's what many LinkedIn users may have suspected, but it's still potentially damaging for Microsoft's flavor of business-first social networking.
Inc
After Office Software Outage, Microsoft Faces Allegations of Data Scraping in Word and Excel
Reports that the tech giant is taking user data through its best known business software to train its AIs follows a global crash on Monday.
The Verge
No, Microsoft isn’t using your Office docs to train its AI
Microsoft says it isn’t using customer data from its Microsoft 365 apps to train its AI models. The clarification addresses reports circulating online in the last few weeks claiming Microsoft required ...
Financial Times
Microsoft bets on artificial intelligence to power a nuclear resurgence — and more AI
While that potential overhaul hangs in the balance, Microsoft is exploring using artificial intelligence to cut the time and money spent on efforts to win approval for new nuclear power plants. For ...
TechCrunch
Inflection AI CEO says it’s done trying to make next-generation AI models
Just last year, Inflection AI was as hot as a startup could be, releasing best-in-class AI models it claimed could outperform technology from OpenAI, ...
The Verge
Zoom 2.0 relaunches as an AI-first company without video in its name
Zoom is changing its name from Zoom Video Communications Inc. to just Zoom Communications Inc. In a post on the company blog, Zoom Communications CEO Eric Yuan writes that Zoom is now an “AI-first ...
VentureBeat
Microsoft’s 10 new AI agents strengthen its enterprise automation lead
In a three-part video series with generative AI developer and expert Sam Witteveen, I explore what Microsoft's announcements about AI agents mean for enterprises, why Microsoft is pulling ahead as a ...
The Verge
You can now try Microsoft’s Recall AI feature on a Copilot Plus PC
Microsoft is releasing the first preview of its Recall AI feature for Copilot Plus PCs today. After a series of delays, Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel can now install a new build of Windows 11 ...
Wired
Relevance! Relevance! Relevance! Microsoft at 50 Is an AI Giant—and Still Hellbent on Domination
When Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top.
The Register
Microsoft unveils beefy custom AMD chip to crunch HPC workloads on Azure
In-house DPU and HSM silicon also shown off Ignite One of the advantages of being a megacorp is that you can customize the silicon that underpins your infrastructure, as Microsoft is demonstrating at ...