SOURCE ARCHIVE · ORIGINAL LINKS INCLUDED
Microsoft outlines how organizations are embedding AI into daily workflows to enhance employee experience, reduce repetitive tasks, and enable higher-value work, citing examples from EY, Scope, and The Salvation Army UK...
Researchers from Microsoft and Paige developed PRISM2, a pathology AI model trained on tissue images and diagnostic text to support broader cancer detection tasks without task-specific retraining.
Microsoft reports that the Midnight Blizzard sub-cluster Storm-2945 has conducted a global malware campaign since May 2026, targeting travelers via compromised hospitality Wi-Fi networks to steal credentials and deliver...
Microsoft introduces MAI-Cyber-1-Flash integrated into MDASH, a multi-agent system for vulnerability detection and remediation, offering 50% cost savings while outperforming rivals on CyberGym benchmarks.
Microsoft Research introduced twelve synthetic training environments for computer-use agents, designed to replicate real application behavior with coherent state changes, improving a 9B model's performance from 36.5% to...
SNTUC’s Siow Shong Seng is integrating Microsoft 365 Copilot to automate tasks and support industrial relations officers, with 93% of staff now using the tool.
Microsoft reported record revenue growth of 18% for its fiscal year, driven by AI services, despite announcing layoffs totaling roughly 14% of its 2023 workforce over the past two years.
Microsoft reports that Microsoft 365 Copilot has reached 30 million paid seats, with quarterly net additions more than doubling, signaling a shift from AI as a tool to an active participant in enterprise workflows.
Microsoft introduced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a model optimized for efficiency, achieving top performance on CyberGym at half the cost while running on H100s and reserving premium models for complex tasks.
Mexican entrepreneurs are applying AI skills from Microsoft’s Elevate program to address local challenges, with the initiative training 3.5 million people since September 2024 toward a 2027 goal of 5 million.
Microsoft reported a strong fourth quarter, with cloud revenue reaching $59.3 billion, up 27% year-over-year, driven by Azure and AI services. The company also returned $10.2 billion to shareholders through dividends...
Microsoft emphasizes that effective AI adoption requires integrating security as a core enabler, not an afterthought, by asking targeted questions to guide responsible innovation and risk management.
Microsoft’s Xbox marks its 25th anniversary by returning to gamescom 2026 in Cologne with hands-on previews of 25 upcoming titles, live broadcasts, and inclusive accessibility features.
Microsoft reports that organizations across industries have shifted from AI experimentation to deployment, emphasizing agentic workflows, governance, and measurable business outcomes in FY26.
Microsoft launches the External Red Team Alliance (EXTRA) to expand global AI safety testing beyond corporate boundaries, funding 18 university labs across six continents to advance independent research and operational...
Microsoft unveiled MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a cybersecurity model designed to detect complex vulnerabilities at half the cost of leading alternatives when paired with MDASH under Project Perception.
Microsoft introduces Project Perception, an agentic security system designed to counter AI-driven cyber threats through continuous risk perception, reasoning, and automated action while integrating human oversight.
Microsoft and the Premier League launched the Fantasy Premier League Companion powered by Copilot, an AI tool for FPL managers using Azure OpenAI and official league data to provide squad advice and answer questions...
Microsoft announced XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC, enabling classic original XBOX games to run on PCs and handhelds like ROG XBOX Ally and XBOX Ally X starting with four titles.
Microsoft and industry partners advocate for open-weight AI models to bolster competitiveness and security, emphasizing governance and ecosystem development over model access alone.
Microsoft introduces MAI-Image-2.5-Pro and MAI-Voice-2-Flash, in-house generative AI models designed for enterprise use, enhancing image and voice generation across Microsoft products.
Microsoft outlines a shift from relying on single large AI models to optimizing entire systems for cost-effective, task-specific deployment, emphasizing externalized harnesses and continuous evaluation.
Nonprofits are using AI to address societal challenges by improving data management, accelerating research, and streamlining operations, enabling greater impact despite limited resources.
Microsoft and Databricks extended their partnership to 2030, integrating Databricks' AI tools into Microsoft's ecosystem to help enterprises ground AI in business context while improving performance and governance.
Microsoft convened its second Global Sustainability Supplier Summit in Seoul to align suppliers, policymakers, and partners on decarbonizing AI-era supply chains amid rising energy and material demand.
Microsoft’s Ignite conference, returning to San Francisco in November with an online option, will focus on turning AI advancements into measurable business value amid challenges of governance and adoption.
Microsoft highlights the 'Reverse Information Paradox' in AI, where users trade proprietary data for insights while losing control over how those insights are derived and utilized by AI providers.
Microsoft Foundry now offers generally available hosted agents, enabling developers to build long-running AI agents across frameworks, languages, and models with native compute and continuous optimization.
Microsoft introduces agentic AI capabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Dynamics 365 to help sales and service teams meet elevated customer experience standards by integrating AI directly into existing workflows.
Microsoft released Aurora 1.5, an open update to its Earth-system foundation model, adding 22 new weather variables, hourly forecasts, and ensemble forecasting to improve atmospheric modeling and decision-making across...