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Founded1975

Key PeopleSatya Nadella, Mustafa Suleyman

HeadquartersRedmond, USA

ProductsCopilot, Azure

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Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 7% of workforce in first-ever move amid massive AI spending

Microsoft announced its first voluntary retirement program in 51 years, targeting about 7% of its US workforce—roughly 8,750 employees. The move uses a 'Rule of 70' formula and comes as the tech giant commits over $80 billion to AI infrastructure while facing investor concerns about commercializing its AI investments. The program follows more than 15,000 layoffs in 2025 and a hiring freeze exempting AI teams.

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Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 7% of workforce in first-ever move amid massive AI spending

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Microsoft Copilot transforms into agentic AI assistant across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Microsoft has launched Agent Mode for Copilot in Microsoft 365, enabling the AI assistant to perform in-app actions rather than just suggest edits. The enhanced AI feature shows promising engagement metrics—Excel reported +67% user engagement and +65% satisfaction—but early testing reveals gaps in functionality and ongoing trust concerns about AI reliability in productivity workflows.

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Microsoft Copilot transforms into agentic AI assistant across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

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Microsoft commits $18 billion to expand Australia AI infrastructure and train 3 million workers

Microsoft announced its largest-ever investment in Australia, pledging A$25 billion ($18 billion) by 2029 to expand Azure AI supercomputing capacity by 140%. CEO Satya Nadella signed a memorandum with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, committing to train 3 million Australians in AI skills, enhance cybersecurity through the ASD Cyber-Shield program, and collaborate with the Australian AI Safety Institute.

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Microsoft commits $18 billion to expand Australia AI infrastructure and train 3 million workers

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Microsoft embeds Anthropic Mythos into security framework to detect vulnerabilities faster

Microsoft is integrating Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview into its Security Development Lifecycle to identify and fix software vulnerabilities earlier. The advanced AI model has already discovered thousands of major security flaws in operating systems and web browsers. This move comes as part of Project Glasswing, where tech giants including Amazon, Apple, and Google are testing the model for defensive cybersecurity purposes.

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Microsoft embeds Anthropic Mythos into security framework to detect vulnerabilities faster

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Microsoft unveils infrastructure tools for agentic web as AI agent traffic surges 8,000%

Microsoft announced a comprehensive suite of tools and standards to establish foundational infrastructure for the agentic web, where AI agents conduct transactions independently. The company is expanding its Publisher Content Marketplace and supporting the Universal Commerce Protocol, while automated traffic grows eight times faster than human traffic with agentic browser traffic surging approximately 8,000 percent year-over-year.

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Microsoft unveils infrastructure tools for agentic web as AI agent traffic surges 8,000%

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Adobe launches AI suite CX Enterprise to counter competition from Anthropic and OpenAI

Adobe unveiled CX Enterprise, an AI suite designed to help corporate clients automate and personalize digital marketing functions. The move comes as the design software maker faces mounting pressure from AI startups like Anthropic and OpenAI, with Adobe shares rising 2.2% following the announcement despite falling 30% year-to-date.

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Adobe launches AI suite CX Enterprise to counter competition from Anthropic and OpenAI

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Sal Khan launches $10,000 AI degree with Google and Microsoft to challenge elite universities

Khan Academy founder Sal Khan announced the Khan TED Institute, a joint venture with TED and ETS offering an affordable AI degree for under $10,000. Partnering with Google, Microsoft, and McKinsey, the program aims to provide accessible higher education and help professionals reskill in an AI-driven job market, with launch expected within 12 to 24 months.

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Sal Khan launches $10,000 AI degree with Google and Microsoft to challenge elite universities

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Starbucks launches ChatGPT AI tool to match drinks to moods, but ordering experience divides users

Starbucks unveiled a beta app inside ChatGPT that helps customers discover drinks based on their mood, outfit, or even the weather. Users can prompt @Starbucks for personalized drink recommendations and customize orders before completing checkout in the Starbucks app. But early reviews reveal a clunky ordering process that may frustrate regular customers seeking quick transactions.

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Starbucks launches ChatGPT AI tool to match drinks to moods, but ordering experience divides users

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Microsoft launches MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a 41% cheaper and 22% faster AI image model

Microsoft unveiled MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a cost-effective image generation model priced at $19.50 per million image output tokens—41% cheaper than its flagship. The faster AI image model delivers 4x high throughput efficiency per GPU and ships just weeks after the original, marking the company's rapid push to build an independent AI stack beyond OpenAI.

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Microsoft launches MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a 41% cheaper and 22% faster AI image model

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Microsoft Takes Over Norway Stargate Data Center as OpenAI Pulls Back from Direct Infrastructure Deal

Microsoft has secured data center capacity in Norway that OpenAI originally planned to lease under its Stargate initiative. The move adds 30,000 Nvidia Rubin GPUs to Microsoft's infrastructure as OpenAI shifts strategy, now planning to access compute through Microsoft's Azure rather than direct deals. The development signals OpenAI's more cautious approach to infrastructure spending ahead of a potential IPO.

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Microsoft Takes Over Norway Stargate Data Center as OpenAI Pulls Back from Direct Infrastructure Deal

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LinkedIn AI testing marketplace where trainers earn up to Rs 14,000 per hour training chatbots

LinkedIn is testing an AI labour marketplace that lets users earn up to Rs 14,000 ($150) per hour as AI trainers. The Microsoft-owned platform has listed over a dozen roles spanning coding, finance, healthcare, and linguistics, where human experts rate responses, flag errors, and stress-test chatbots to improve their performance.

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LinkedIn AI testing marketplace where trainers earn up to Rs 14,000 per hour training chatbots

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OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic in leaked memo, pivots to Amazon as Microsoft partnership strains

OpenAI's chief revenue officer Denise Dresser sent a four-page internal memo attacking rival Anthropic and celebrating the company's new Amazon alliance. The memo claims Anthropic inflated its $30 billion revenue by $8 billion and criticizes its leadership approach. Meanwhile, OpenAI acknowledges its Microsoft partnership has limited its ability to reach enterprise clients.

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OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic in leaked memo, pivots to Amazon as Microsoft partnership strains

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Anthropic brings Claude AI assistant into Microsoft Word as Copilot alternative

Anthropic launched Claude for Word, a beta AI add-in that integrates directly into Microsoft Word for Team and Enterprise subscribers. The tool focuses on legal contract review, financial memo drafting, and document editing with native tracked changes support. Early users report significant workflow improvements over traditional AI assistants and Microsoft's Copilot.

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Anthropic brings Claude AI assistant into Microsoft Word as Copilot alternative

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Mozilla blasts Microsoft Copilot rollback as 'too little, too late' after forcing AI on users

Mozilla has sharply criticized Microsoft's approach to integrating Copilot into Windows, calling the recent scaling back of AI features an admission that the company prioritized business interests over user consent. Firefox-maker Mozilla VP Linda Griffin argues Microsoft's aggressive AI integration followed the same tactics that have long undermined user choice, from automatic installs to ignoring browser defaults.

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Mozilla blasts Microsoft Copilot rollback as 'too little, too late' after forcing AI on users

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Microsoft starts removing Copilot branding from Windows 11 apps as AI backlash grows

Microsoft is quietly scrubbing Copilot branding from Windows 11 apps including Notepad and Snipping Tool. The latest Windows Insider build replaces the AI assistant's distinctive button with a subtle 'Writing tools' menu. While the underlying AI features remain intact, the move signals a strategic shift after growing user criticism of Copilot's ubiquitous presence across the operating system.

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Microsoft starts removing Copilot branding from Windows 11 apps as AI backlash grows

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