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Founded1975

Key PeopleSatya Nadella, Mustafa Suleyman

HeadquartersRedmond, USA

ProductsCopilot, Azure

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma tapped to advise Federal Reserve on AI's economic impact days after 3,200 layoffs

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has been appointed to advise the Federal Reserve on how AI affects productivity and jobs, joining a task force alongside Marc Andreessen and economist Charles I. Jones. The timing raises eyebrows—Sharma announced 3,200 job cuts at Microsoft's gaming division just days earlier, with 1,600 staff losing their jobs immediately and another 1,600 cuts planned through fiscal year 2027.

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma tapped to advise Federal Reserve on AI's economic impact days after 3,200 layoffs

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Kevin Warsh taps Marc Andreessen and tech leaders to assess AI's economic impact at the Fed

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh announced members of five task forces aimed at reforming central bank operations. The groups include tech investor Marc Andreessen and Microsoft's Xbox CEO Asha Sharma leading an AI-focused team. The task forces will examine communications, inflation control, economic data, the Fed's $6.7 trillion balance sheet, and artificial intelligence's potential to reshape productivity and jobs.

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Kevin Warsh taps Marc Andreessen and tech leaders to assess AI's economic impact at the Fed

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Microsoft deploys AI security to accelerate Windows vulnerability discovery and patch releases

Microsoft is deploying AI-powered systems to identify Windows security vulnerabilities faster than ever before, leading to more frequent and comprehensive security updates. The company's MDASH system orchestrates over 100 specialized AI agents to discover, validate, and patch security flaws across the Windows codebase, which runs on more than 1.5 billion devices worldwide. While AI accelerates discovery, human engineers maintain oversight of all code reviews and deployment decisions.

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Microsoft deploys AI security to accelerate Windows vulnerability discovery and patch releases

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Microsoft emissions surge 25% as AI infrastructure expansion threatens 2030 climate goals

Microsoft's greenhouse gas emissions climbed 25% in fiscal 2025, driven by rapid data center construction for AI. The tech giant now faces mounting challenges to meet its 2030 carbon-negative pledge as AI infrastructure expansion outpaces sustainability solutions. The company joins Amazon and Google in reporting significant emissions increases tied to AI growth.

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Microsoft emissions surge 25% as AI infrastructure expansion threatens 2030 climate goals

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Starbucks uses AI to build software, cutting reliance on Microsoft and IBM in $2B turnaround

Starbucks is developing in-house AI tools to replace software from Microsoft and IBM, targeting inventory tracking and maintenance management systems. The coffee chain spends $400 million annually on software and aims to cut $2 billion in costs. AI-assisted coding is accelerating development, though the move signals mounting pressure on traditional software vendors as customers build their own AI-powered alternatives.

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Starbucks uses AI to build software, cutting reliance on Microsoft and IBM in $2B turnaround

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Brad Smith warns US AI policy creates uncertainty with regulation but no transparent rules

Microsoft President Brad Smith criticized Washington's approach to AI regulation, saying the US regulates AI without transparent or complete rules. Following abrupt export controls on Anthropic Fable 5 and delays to OpenAI GPT-5.6, Smith argues businesses cannot plan effectively. The moves have sparked a global push for sovereign AI as countries question reliance on American tech firms.

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Brad Smith warns US AI policy creates uncertainty with regulation but no transparent rules

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Microsoft shifts thousands of Office prompts to in-house AI models to slash soaring costs

Microsoft has begun routing tens of thousands of weekly AI prompts in Excel and Outlook through its own MAI models instead of relying on OpenAI and Anthropic. The shift marks a strategic pivot as AI token costs spiral across the industry, with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman stating the goal is to 'reduce and ultimately eliminate' payments to Anthropic.

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Microsoft shifts thousands of Office prompts to in-house AI models to slash soaring costs

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Microsoft Teams AI Facilitator detects confusion in meetings and answers questions automatically

Microsoft Teams is rolling out AI features that transform how meetings work. The AI Facilitator can detect when participants are confused, generate answers using web search, and post responses in chat. AI-generated meeting notes expand to in-person meetings, while chat layout improvements and guest invitation changes aim to streamline collaboration.

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Microsoft Teams AI Facilitator detects confusion in meetings and answers questions automatically

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Microsoft's $7.3 billion AI data center hit with class-action lawsuit over noise pollution

Wisconsin residents living near Microsoft's Fairwater facility have filed a class-action lawsuit citing excessive noise, light pollution, and construction disruptions. The lawsuit represents over 1,000 homes within 1.5 miles of what CEO Satya Nadella calls the world's most powerful AI data center, highlighting growing tensions around AI infrastructure expansion.

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Microsoft's $7.3 billion AI data center hit with class-action lawsuit over noise pollution

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Anthropic moves to close loopholes allowing Chinese companies to access Claude AI tools

Anthropic is cracking down on unauthorized access to Claude AI after discovering Chinese companies like Ant Financial and ByteDance have been using workarounds including overseas subsidiaries, cloud providers, and VPNs to bypass its stringent restrictions. While these methods don't violate US or Chinese law, they breach Anthropic's terms of service, which explicitly ban Chinese companies from using its models.

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Anthropic moves to close loopholes allowing Chinese companies to access Claude AI tools

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Microsoft mobilizes 6,000 workers to help customers adopt AI through new dedicated division

Microsoft has launched a new 6,000-employee division focused on helping businesses deploy artificial intelligence technology. The unit brings together engineering, corporate training, and industry-specific expertise to address growing customer concerns about AI implementation costs and complexity. This marks a shift from traditional software vendor practices, following a model popularized by Palantir Technologies.

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Microsoft mobilizes 6,000 workers to help customers adopt AI through new dedicated division

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Microsoft launches $2.5 billion AI deployment venture with 6,000 engineers to help enterprises

Microsoft announced Microsoft Frontier, a new operating business backed by a $2.5 billion investment and 6,000 industry experts focused on enterprise AI deployments. The move follows Amazon Web Services' $1 billion commitment to a similar initiative just two days earlier, signaling an industry-wide shift toward embedded engineering models that help businesses translate AI demos into measurable outcomes.

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Microsoft launches $2.5 billion AI deployment venture with 6,000 engineers to help enterprises

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Lightstorm and Microsoft build 3,600-km I-2SEA undersea cable to connect India's AI hubs with Singapore

A consortium led by Lightstorm and including Microsoft, Singtel, and Tata Communications has signed contracts to build the I-2SEA undersea cable system, a 3,600-kilometer network linking India's east coast with Malaysia and Singapore. Expected to be operational by Q4 2029, the cable will support AI training, cloud workloads, and hyperscale infrastructure across one of the world's fastest-growing data markets.

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Lightstorm and Microsoft build 3,600-km I-2SEA undersea cable to connect India's AI hubs with Singapore

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National Grid bets $1.75 billion on AI power demand with Joulent investment for Microsoft

Britain's National Grid is investing $1.75 billion for a 35% stake in Joulent, a U.S. energy platform building power infrastructure for data centers. The deal funds a 2.67-gigawatt gas-fired facility in West Texas, developed with Chevron, to supply a Microsoft-operated data center campus under a 20-year agreement starting in 2028.

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National Grid bets $1.75 billion on AI power demand with Joulent investment for Microsoft

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Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs across Xbox and sales divisions as AI spending reshapes operations

Microsoft eliminated 4,800 roles, representing 2.1% of its global workforce, with the deepest cuts hitting Xbox and commercial sales. The layoffs come as the company invests over $100 billion in AI infrastructure, marking the latest wave of tech industry job cuts that have affected 154,000 workers in the first half of 2026 alone.

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Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs across Xbox and sales divisions as AI spending reshapes operations

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