… But most of Microsoft’s own AI models have been very task specific or smaller in size compared to OpenAI’s large language models. To make up for this gap, Microsoft is increasingly turning its attention to options from Anthropic that are more powerful than OpenAI’s models for certain tasks. …
… Software brain is powerful stuff. …
… Sam asserts that this trait has caused problems, but also that it’s part of what has empowered him to accelerate OpenAI’s growth so much that he is able to unite and please different groups of people. …
… Microsoft first unveiled its “vibe working” Agent Mode for Excel and Word last year, and it’s now launching it fully in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint this week. “As models become more capable, we’re bringing that power to where real work happens, right in the canvas,” says Satya Nadella. …
… Announcing an AI paper writing assistant earlier this year, OpenAI’s then-vice president for science, Kevin Weil, predicted, “I think 2026 will be for AI and science what 2025 was for AI and software engineering.” Spick and some colleagues, curious what it could do, gave the tool, called Prism, som… …
… It’s the first international expansion of Amazon’s upgraded, AI-powered Alexa, which launched first in the US. …