A framework for safe participation with AI for the next generation
Microsoft introduced a framework to ensure safe, age-appropriate AI participation for young people, emphasizing privacy, protection, and opportunity without trade-offs.
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How one startup uses AI to expand financial access in Europe
Welcount leverages Microsoft Azure and AI to help newcomers in Europe access financial services, addressing gaps in traditional systems with support from Microsoft for Startups.
What if everything changes tomorrow? A Canadian company is using AI to help businesses navigate supply chain uncertainty
Canadian firm Kinaxis unveiled Maestro, an AI-driven platform helping businesses adapt supply chains amid global disruptions like conflicts and tariffs through real-time scenario modeling.
With the National Football League (NFL) back tonight, love seeing Seattle Seahawks analyst Brian Eayrs and coaches across the league using new Copilot and Excel
Microsoft highlights how NFL teams are integrating Copilot and Excel for real-time sideline decision-making, positioning football as a testing ground for human-AI workflows in high-stakes environments.
What a battery breakthrough reveals about AI and scientific memory
Microsoft’s Discovery Engine, using CLIO mode and Bookshelf, demonstrated a closed-loop AI system that guided the design of a novel organic negolyte, reducing reliance on vanadium in grid storage.
How AI is transforming media and entertainment through orchestrated intelligence
Media and entertainment firms are adopting AI to streamline workflows, reduce costs, and accelerate production, with orchestrated intelligence linking systems across the value chain.
Beyond the benchmark: How an adaptive AI approach drives scientific discovery
Microsoft’s Discovery Engine with CLIO achieved leading scores on Agent’s Last Exam, demonstrating adaptive AI’s potential to accelerate complex scientific research across domains.
Protecting students in the age of AI: A new school standard
Labor unions and Microsoft introduced a legally enforceable AI safety standard for U.S. schools, barring student data use for AI training and requiring human oversight in decisions, following New York City’s recent AI...
Codename MDASH brings agentic AI cybersecurity to the US government
Microsoft introduces codename MDASH, an AI-driven agentic scanning system for US government agencies to proactively detect and address software vulnerabilities in critical systems.
It was a great week for innovation across the model ecosystem. We’re bringing these new models into Copilot, enabling it to take on increasingly complex work, f
Microsoft integrates advanced models into Copilot, enabling it to autonomously complete multi-step tasks across tools like spreadsheets and presentations, shifting work from production to oversight.
Super excited about HydraFusion in GitHub Copilot, and what it shows about the shift from model selection to model orchestration. By bringing together multiple
GitHub Copilot’s HydraFusion highlights a shift from selecting single AI models to orchestrating multiple specialized models for workflow tasks, emphasizing efficiency and cost over raw model performance.
GPT-6 Astra: Frontier intelligence for work, now available in Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft integrates OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra into Azure Foundry, positioning it as a production-ready AI agent for enterprise workflows with embedded security and access controls.
Looking forward to this ecosystem with open models continuing to flourish and grow with NVIDIA and Hugging Face, and the continued partnership!
NVIDIA will acquire Hugging Face to expand open AI model access while preserving platform neutrality, ensuring developers retain choice across tools and infrastructure.
MAI-Transcribe-2 is the fastest, most accurate and cheapest speech recognition model in the world
Microsoft introduces MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech recognition model surpassing competitors in speed, accuracy, and cost efficiency, with new features like diarization and word-level timestamps.
DepEd and Microsoft Partner to Advance Philippine Education in the AI Era, Equip 1M Teachers with Microsoft Copilot
The Department of Education (DepEd) and Microsoft will provide 1 million Filipino public school teachers with access to Microsoft Copilot to support lesson planning, personalized learning, and administrative efficiency...
Microsoft and HUMAIN announce long-term strategic collaboration to enable AI transformation in Saudi Arabia and beyond
Microsoft and HUMAIN, a PIF company, announced a long-term AI collaboration to integrate HUMAIN’s ALLAM Arabic language models into Microsoft’s AI ecosystem, including Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Foundry, with...
Your Discs. Now Also Digital.
Microsoft announced a new feature allowing players to convert physical Xbox disc-based games into digital entitlements, starting with thousands of titles and expanding over time.
The widening divide between cyber threats and cyber defenses
Microsoft highlights a widening gap between rapidly weaponized vulnerabilities and slower remediation timelines, urging a shift from awareness to exposure reduction in cybersecurity strategies.
Expanding the Windows on Arm app ecosystem across key workloads
Microsoft and NVIDIA announced NVIDIA RTX Spark devices, the most powerful thin-and-light Windows PCs on Arm architecture, launching in fall 2026 from major OEMs including Microsoft Surface, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and...
Introducing the Designed for XBOX 25th Anniversary Collection
Microsoft and partners launch the Designed for XBOX 25th Anniversary Collection, featuring limited-edition accessories inspired by the original console, available for preorder across multiple retailers.
Moving beyond release waves with the AI at Work roadmap
Microsoft will consolidate Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Dataverse roadmaps into the AI at Work roadmap starting September 2026, replacing twice-yearly release waves with continuous updates.
Microsoft Becomes an Official Partner of the Toronto Blue Jays
Microsoft has partnered with the Toronto Blue Jays to integrate cloud and AI technologies into fan experiences and organizational operations, while supporting youth baseball initiatives through the Jays Care Foundation.
Delivery day at our Microsoft DCs as the first production Vera Rubins arrive. A huge thank you to our partners at NVIDIA and our Azure hardware and datacenter t
Microsoft announces the arrival of the first production Vera Rubin AI accelerators at its datacenters, developed in partnership with NVIDIA, marking a shift toward infrastructure-driven AI competitiveness.
Windows 365 turns five: Cloud PCs recognized for enabling flexible, trusted workspaces at scale
Microsoft marks five years of Windows 365, highlighting its Cloud PC platform for secure, scalable remote work across industries and roles, including developers and AI agents.
Microsoft named a Leader in the Frost Radar™: Cloud Workload Protection Platforms, 2026
Microsoft has been recognized as a Leader in Frost & Sullivan’s Frost Radar™: Cloud Workload Protection Platforms, 2026, highlighting its runtime security capabilities and unified framework for protecting cloud-native...
The Enterprise Journey, Reimagined with AI Agents
Microsoft for Startups supports Maven AGI, whose AI agents resolve customer issues end-to-end across multiple channels using Microsoft Azure, improving efficiency and satisfaction for enterprises.
AI in education: From experimentation to institutional impact
Microsoft outlines how AI in education must transition from individual use to institutional adoption, addressing integration, governance, and workflow challenges across teaching, learning, and operations.
Azure Cosmos DB in the Agentic Era: Data Tools for Developers and AI Agents
Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB extension for Visual Studio Code integrates GitHub Copilot tools to let AI agents safely query databases, sample schemas, and execute commands with developer oversight.
High-stakes network decisions, made in minutes: How EDOTCO Group is transforming network planning with AI
EDOTCO Group has launched NaPA GPT, an AI tool built on Microsoft Azure, to accelerate network planning decisions by enabling natural-language queries on geospatial and operational data.
Building Agents for Teams: Managing the noise of collaboration
Microsoft outlines how AI agents in Teams should use reactions, threads, and quotes to collaborate without disrupting group chats, offering practical guidance for developers.