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The latest Copilot coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Sued Over Windows 10 Sunset in ‘Forced Obsolescence’ AI Monopolization Claim
A California man has filed a lawsuit aiming to block Microsoft from ending free support for Windows 10, arguing the October 14, 2025 cutoff is a ploy to force users onto AI‑ready hardware and...
Microsoft Exec: By 2030, Typing on Windows Will Feel as Alien as MS-DOS Does Today
Microsoft CVP David Weston drops a provocative prediction: by 2030, using a mouse and keyboard on Windows will feel as outdated as wrestling with MS-DOS feels to Gen Z. In a new video outlining the...
Microsoft Activates GPT-5 in Copilot: Smart Mode Automatically Switches Models, Free Access for All
Microsoft and OpenAI dropped a coordinated update on August 7 that brings GPT‑5 to the entire Copilot ecosystem, complete with a new Smart mode that automatically selects the best model for any...
GPT-5 Lands Across Microsoft's Copilot, M365, and Azure, Sparking a New AI Era for Windows
Microsoft has completed a sweeping rollout of OpenAI’s GPT-5 across nearly every corner of its ecosystem, embedding the powerful model into Copilot in Windows, Microsoft 365, GitHub, Copilot...
GPT-5 arrives in Microsoft 365 Copilot: a dual-mode AI that scales from quick answers to deep strategy
Microsoft has begun rolling out GPT-5 to licensed Microsoft 365 Copilot users, marking the first time the tech giant has brought OpenAI’s most advanced reasoning model directly into its enterprise...
Microsoft Gives Grok 4 a Gated Private Preview After Red-Team Finds 'Very Ugly' Safety Flaws
Microsoft is not launching xAI’s Grok 4 to all Azure AI Foundry customers. Instead, the frontier model will be accessible only through a heavily gated, invite-only private preview, a direct...
Windows 11 Users Can Access GPT-5 Copilot Today, But There’s a Catch
On August 8, 2025, Microsoft began quietly flipping the switch on GPT-5 across its Copilot ecosystem, with the web version at copilot.microsoft.com leading the charge. The staggered rollout delivers...
Microsoft Switches on GPT-5 Across Copilot, Office, and GitHub with New Smart Mode
Microsoft has flipped the switch on GPT-5 across its entire product range, making OpenAI’s newest reasoning model the default engine for Copilot, Microsoft 365, GitHub, and Azure AI Foundry as of...
Microsoft Patches CVE-2025-53787: BizChat Flaw Exposes Enterprise AI Chat Data
Microsoft has confirmed a new vulnerability, CVE-2025-53787, that allows potential information disclosure through the BizChat feature of Microsoft 365 Copilot, sparking urgent patch deployment across...
Zero-Click Data Leak in Microsoft 365 Copilot BizChat Exposes Enterprise Secrets
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot BizChat can expose sensitive business information without any user interaction, Microsoft warned in a security advisory published this week....
Microsoft Copilot Supercharged: GPT-5 Now Free Across Windows, Mac, and Mobile
Microsoft is rolling out OpenAI's huge GPT-5 model to its entire Copilot ecosystem, making the latest generative AI capabilities available to Windows, Mac, and mobile users at no cost in many cases....
GPT-5 Lands Free in Copilot: What It Fixes for Windows 11, Edge, and Developers
Microsoft has begun rolling out OpenAI’s latest and most capable model, GPT-5, into its Copilot ecosystem—completely free of charge. The integration, announced today, covers consumer and...