Microsoft 365 pauses Copilot creep after admins cry foul
… It's fair to say the reaction from Microsoft's commercial customers was not universally positive , which was likely also a factor in the decision to halt the rollout temporarily. …
Amazon sued [PDF] Perplexity last November, arguing that the AI company deliberately disguised its automated browser to make it look like a customer using Chrome. In doing so, the biz argues, Perplexity is violating Amazon's rules prohibiting automated data gathering and is creating a security risk by relying on user credentials. At the time, Amazon accused Perplexity of ignoring its cease-and-desist demands and putting customers at risk by requiring them to expose their login details to a browser with documented security vulnerabilities. "When customers who use the Comet AI agent cannot trust
Perplexity Comet hurtling toward Amazon ban… It's fair to say the reaction from Microsoft's commercial customers was not universally positive , which was likely also a factor in the decision to halt the rollout temporarily. …
… Customers can now choose the level of pricing that corresponds to their AI maturity. …
… The agent also supports skills and automations, which require a business $16 per user/month or enterprise plan. Skills are workflows saved for future use to automate common tasks. Automations are workflows triggered automatically when issues are created. …
… When is a customer not a customer? Amazon sued PDF Perplexity last November, arguing that the AI company deliberately disguised its automated browser to make it look like a customer using Chrome. …
… Those agentic capabilities come from Anthropic's Claude Cowork, a digital work automation service that has been integrated into Copilot Cowork, Microsoft's automation service for 365 Copilot customers. …
… They're also making investments in observability which should play to enterprise support as complexity scales.” McConnell, who's the CEO of solution provider VirtuIT, said Snowflake’s recent moves have put a focus on helping customers achieve an actual return on investment for AI, an important topi… …
… A customer – let's say Acme Bank – opens the dark web monitoring module for the first time. They confirm they are Acme Bank, and Gemini builds a customer profile. …
… Mehrotra said Micron is now signing “strategic customer agreements” that differ from its previous long-term agreements because they involve “specific commitments over a multi-year time horizon for improved visibility and stability in our business model.” The company has signed one of the new agreem… …
… Japan’s owner consolidating 164 OpenStack clusters into one Customizations are causing pain so new cloud will stick to upstream cuts of the open source stack LY Corporation, the Japanese web giant that dominates messaging, e-commerce and payments in many Asian countries, has revealed it is replacin… …
… The AI biz on Tuesday introduced a cloud service called routines that allows customers to run Claude Code automations on the company's infrastructure, which hasn't been all that reliable lately . …