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Microsoft's Copilot Labs Gets Verbatim 'Scripted Mode' Powered by In-House MAI-Voice-1 AI
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman announced on September 10, 2025, that Copilot Labs now features a new "Scripted Mode" for audio generation, letting users have text read verbatim by the...
Sick of 'Ask Copilot' in Your Right-Click Menu? This Registry Tweak Makes It Disappear
Microsoft's latest push to embed Copilot into every corner of Windows 11 has landed a new "Ask Copilot" option in File Explorer's context menu — but you don't have to live with it. Thousands of...
Microsoft Draws a Line in the Agentic AI Sand: Copilot Studio Gets a Lite and Full Experience
Microsoft has officially split its Copilot Studio into two distinct tiers, a move that signals a deliberate shift from a one-size-fits-all agent builder toward a persona-driven platform designed to...
Zenity Embeds Real-Time Attack Prevention Inside Microsoft Copilot Studio Agents
Microsoft Copilot Studio now supports a runtime monitoring API that enables third-party security platforms to inspect and block agent actions in real time, and Zenity has moved quickly to deliver...
Office 2024 'Activated for Life' Downloads Are Dangerous Scams: The Real Difference Between Perpetual and 365 AI
Microsoft’s Office 2024 is a genuine product, but a wave of fraudulent “free download, activated for life” offers is flooding the web, luring users with promises of built-in ChatGPT—promises...
From Policy to Practice: How Gray, Maine Uses Microsoft Copilot for Government Meeting Recaps
Gray, Maine, a small town with a population of roughly 8,000, has begun using Microsoft Copilot to produce faster, more accessible meeting recaps for its Town Council meetings. Director of...
Microsoft-OpenAI MOU Signals End of Exclusivity, Ushers in Multi-Cloud AI Era
Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding that rewrites the rules of their long-standing partnership, formalizing a shift toward a multi-cloud, multi-model future as...
Microsoft’s Personal Shopping Agent Preview Brings Brand-Safe AI to Retail—at a Security Cost
Microsoft has quietly launched one of its most ambitious retail tools yet: a headless, embeddable Personal Shopping Agent now available in public preview through Microsoft Copilot Studio. The agent...
Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman Reveals In-House AI Chip Cluster and MAI Models to Break OpenAI Dependency
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman told employees the company must be “able to be self sufficient in AI, if we choose to,” marking a definitive shift in the firm’s strategy after years of deep...
Microsoft’s MAI-Voice-1 Powers Native Audio Generation in Copilot Labs — Here’s How to Try It
Microsoft has flipped the switch on native audio generation inside Copilot Labs, putting expressive, human-like voice synthesis into the hands of Windows users via its new MAI-Voice-1 model. The...
Microsoft’s Copilot Labs Debuts Scripted Audio Mode with MAI-Voice-1 AI, Claiming 60-Second Speech in Under a Second
Microsoft has quietly added a Scripted mode to its experimental Copilot Audio Expressions sandbox, allowing the assistant to read written text aloud verbatim—no dramatic rephrasing, no...
Microsoft 365 Copilot: $30/User Add-On, Metered Agents, and Enterprise Governance Playbook
Microsoft has officially positioned its Microsoft 365 Copilot as a procurement-grade product: a $30 per-user-per-month add-on (paid yearly) that embeds generative AI into Word, Excel, PowerPoint,...