Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
Microsoft first started opening up access to Claude Code in December, inviting thousands of its own developers to use Anthropic’s AI coding tool daily. It was part of an effort to…
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Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
…Coupled with these changes, Amazon — one of Microsoft’s biggest competitors — recently announced internal changes that turn its software developers into “Builders” that are expected to use AI agents daily. Software management…
Tim Cook will still be Apple’s Trump whisperer
…the company will need to overcome significant policy challenges, including global efforts to regulate AI, and a push for app stores to verify user ages. Lucky for Ternus, Cook will still be…
Hackers are learning to exploit chatbot ‘personalities’
…For more on AI mischief, follow Robert Hart. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Hacking the first generation of…
Microsoft AI chief on why it’s ‘dangerous’ to call AI ‘alive’
…I’m wondering if that political pushback has actually changed how you are talking about this. There are a lot of your peers who think AI simply has a marketing problem, that…
Sundar Pichai on AI, the future of search, and what’s happening to the web
…And then there’s Antigravity, the agentic coding platform. Broadly, every year there’s a new paradigm for AI. There were LLMs first, and then maybe we’re going to chain some…
Inside the return of Xbox
…Microsoft has launched a new AI agent inside Word that’s designed for legal teams. “Legal Agent” will handle document edits, negotiation history, and even complex tasks like reviewing contracts. This new…
What’s next for Microsoft’s Surface PCs?
…Microsoft launched its Maia 200 chip earlier this year, a successor to its first in-house AI chip. The Maia 200 is designed to handle large-scale AI workloads like Claude. * Windows…
Artificial Intelligence
…OpenAI’s ChatGPT is still the best-known AI chatbot around, but with Google pushing Gemini, Microsoft building Copilot, and Apple adding its Intelligence to Siri, AI is probably going to be…
Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down
…Amazon and OpenAI clearly wanted a closer partnership, especially as Amazon is playing catch-up in the AI market and trying to push agents to businesses through its Bedrock service. OpenAI told…