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Windows 11 devices will get new ‘Copilot’ AI key — biggest change to keyboards in nearly 30 years

AI is coming to the PC keyboard. Microsoft and computer makers plan to start shipping Windows 11 notebooks and other… Read More

NYT v. GPT: Microsoft finds itself on the other side of an industry-defining copyright dispute

“Who can afford to do professional work for nothing?” Bill Gates wrote those words in a landmark open letter in… Read More

The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for training AI chatbots on its copyrighted work

The New York Times filed a lawsuit Wednesday against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of copyright infringement for training… Read More

Microsoft targets CAPTCHA-cracking bot ring allegedly responsible for 750M fake accounts

Microsoft secured a court order to seize and take down websites used by a group that it describes as the… Read More

Microsoft tries to address AI labor concerns with new AFL-CIO pact and ‘neutrality framework’

Microsoft announced a new agreement with the AFL-CIO, the country’s largest federation of unions, that seeks to address concerns about… Read More

Judge dismisses Hold Security’s lawsuit over Microsoft’s use of stolen account credentials

A federal judge granted Microsoft’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the company misused a security threat intelligence firm’s proprietary… Read More

Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and other Microsoft shareholders press company on AI safety

Is Microsoft moving too quickly to capitalize on artificial intelligence at the expense of long-term shareholder value? That was a… Read More

Microsoft gets OpenAI board seat as non-voting observer

Microsoft is getting a voice on the revamped OpenAI board as a non-voting observer, according to a memo sent to… Read More

Holiday ‘Bliss’: Microsoft’s latest ugly sweater features iconic Windows XP desktop image

The hills are alive on this year’s ugly holiday sweater from Microsoft. Throwing things back to the early 2000s, the… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: What’s next for Microsoft and OpenAI; Amazon car sales; disappearing unicorns

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we assess the outcome of the drama at OpenAI, considering what the removal and… Read More

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Microsoft emerges victorious from OpenAI meltdown with Sam Altman leading its new AI research team

Microsoft turned one of the most bizarre weekends in modern tech history into one of the most consequential for itself… Read More

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Sam Altman’s ouster puts a new twist into OpenAI’s complicated relationship with Microsoft

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was as bullish as ever about artificial intelligence and the ChatGPT maker’s latest advances when he… Read More

Microsoft unveils custom AI chip, with help from OpenAI, playing catch-up with Amazon

Microsoft publicly confirmed its long-rumored plan to introduce its own datacenter processors, including one optimized for artificial intelligence and refined… Read More

Flashback: Microsoft’s ‘Skinput’ research project in 2010 foreshadowed an AI gadget of 2023

Where have we seen that before? That was my first thought upon reading this week’s coverage of the new Ai… Read More

ChatGPT or not ChatGPT? That was the question, briefly, as Microsoft cut employee access to AI tool

A brief restriction on employees’ ability to use ChatGPT inside Microsoft triggered at least one report Thursday that the tech… Read More

GitHub previews upcoming ‘Copilot Workspace,’ catering to AI-hungry software developers

Bouyed by the growing wave of software developers adopting artificial intelligence, GitHub is previewing a system called Copilot Workspace that… Read More

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on possibility of ChatGPT device: ‘We’d like to figure out something amazing’

Reporting from San Francisco: OpenAI rolled out voice interaction as a premium feature for its ChatGPT mobile apps in September,… Read More

Swimming from Seattle? Jeff Bezos’ big move brings us full circle from the mid-1990s

The news that Jeff Bezos is leaving Seattle feels like a bookend, of sorts — not a doomsday moment for… Read More

AI in the cloud: Microsoft boosts share; Amazon predicts ‘tens of billions’ in new revenue

AI is starting to generate real money for the big cloud providers. Global spending on cloud infrastructure services topped $68… Read More

Microsoft CMO Chris Capossela is leaving after 32 years, replaced by veteran exec Takeshi Numoto

One of Microsoft’s longest-running executive leaders is leaving after more than three decades with the company. Chris Capossela, Microsoft’s chief… Read More

Microsoft tops expectations as tech giant looks to AI to fuel growth

Microsoft exceeded Wall Street’s expectations with revenue of $56.5 billion, up 13% year-over-year, and earnings of $2.99 per share, up… Read More

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Microsoft earnings preview: Wall Street waits for an AI inflection point

The official launch of Microsoft 365 Copilot, the company’s new artificial intelligence service for large businesses, is still more than… Read More

‘This is Microsoft’s moment’: Satya Nadella details ‘new era of AI’ in annual shareholders letter

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella focused on artificial intelligence in his annual shareholders letter published Thursday, detailing why “this is Microsoft’s… Read More

Report: Amazon will use Microsoft 365 cloud productivity tools in $1B ‘megadeal’

Amazon has committed more than $1 billion to license Microsoft 365 cloud productivity software for 1 million of its corporate… Read More

UK regulator puts Amazon and Microsoft on notice with details of cloud investigation

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) outlined the scope of its planned investigation into major public cloud platforms, singling… Read More

Microsoft completes landmark Activision Blizzard acquisition after 21-month regulatory saga

Updated on Oct. 13 with details of acquisition closing. Microsoft completed its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard on Friday… Read More

IRS audit finds Microsoft owes nearly $29 billion in taxes, company plans to appeal

An IRS audit examining nearly a decade of Microsoft financial reporting has found that the company owes $28.9 billion in… Read More

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What Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in court about Google, Apple, search, and the future of AI

You may have read the juicy sound bites from Satya Nadella in Google’s antitrust trial this week, as the Microsoft… Read More

Microsoft and Oracle, frenemies at last: What others can learn from their unlikely partnership

“All partnerships are tactical. There is no such thing as a strategic partnership.” That’s one of the lessons that business… Read More

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Testifying in Google trial, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns AI could extend search giant’s lead

Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI has looked at times like a glimmer of hope for its Bing search engine in its… Read More

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