Microsoft launches “vibe working” in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
… You’ll be able to watch the Copilot AI agent work in real time, thanks to a sidebar that shows every step Copilot is taking on a document. …
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Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says there are three labs that matter — and he wants Microsoft to be the fourth.
… Suleyman made sure to emphasize, again and again, Microsoft’s “humanist superintelligence” as an “AI that prioritizes humanity first” — part of AI companies’ recent rebrand of AGI to make it sound less frightening in an era when people are pushing back against AI more than ever before. …
Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
… High-demand employees don’t stick around when their compensation is lowering or they think a company is headed in the wrong direction. The departures have impacted every part of Microsoft, including CoreAI, Windows, Office, and GitHub. …
Microsoft’s Office and LinkedIn chief now runs Teams in latest reshuffle
… Lamanna thanked Clarke “for the years of stewardship over M365 Core,” in a memo to employees on Tuesday. “The bar they’ve set for engineering rigor and customer obsession laid the foundation for the next generation of AI products and capabilities.” This new structure for Microsoft’s Experiences and… …
Nvidia announces RTX Spark as ‘the most efficient PC chip ever built’
… At Microsoft’s Build conference this week, it’ll be showing off “new Windows security and containment primitives” that, along with Nvidia’s OpenShell runtime, “allows personal agents to run safely and under full user control.” Nvidia claims this adds up to “a new personal computing paradigm where A… …
Inside the return of Xbox
… This new AI assistant arrives just months after Microsoft hired a bunch of AI specialists and engineers from Robin AI a few months ago, a failed startup that was working on an AI-powered contract review system. …
Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down
… Microsoft is upgrading its Copilot integration in Outlook to make it more agentic, so Copilot can triage emails, reschedule meetings, and more. …
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
… This is a shared accountability across GitHub and E+D leadership: to make Copilot CLI the best agentic coding experience for Microsoft engineers.” Anthropic’s models will remain accessible through Copilot CLI, along with internal-only Microsoft models and OpenAI’s range of models. …
Artificial Intelligence
… Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts Emma Roth May 18 Revamped Siri will reportedly offer autodeleting chats Terrence O'Brien May 17 University of Arizona students boo Eric Schmidt’s AI cheerleading during commencement Terrence O'Brien May 17 Terrence O'Brien May 17 Seth Rogen say… …
What’s next for Microsoft’s Surface PCs?
… In an internal memo to Xbox employees, seen by Notepad, Sharma revealed last week that there’s reason to be optimistic. “Growth slowed down and subscriber loss accelerated after the pricing and SKU changes last year,” said Sharma. “Since our price reduction we have seen acquisitions grow and retent… …