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Microsoft Unveils MAI-Thinking-1, Replaces OpenAI in Copilot’s Core AI Stack
Microsoft planted a flag in the AI reasoning race at Build 2026 in San Francisco on June 2, taking the wraps off MAI-Thinking-1, the company’s first fully in-house reasoning model. The debut marks...
Build 2026: How Microsoft Plans to Turn Windows 11 Into a Local AI Powerhouse for Developers
Microsoft is betting big that the next frontier for AI development runs directly on Windows 11 PCs, not just in the cloud. At Build 2026, scheduled for June 2–3 at Fort Mason Center in San...
Copilot to Rename OneDrive Files Automatically by June 2026
Microsoft has added a new entry to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, revealing a forthcoming Copilot-powered feature for OneDrive designed to tackle one of the oldest nuisances of digital file management:...
Windows 11 Taskbar to Get Unified "Ask Copilot" by 2026 with Faster AI
Microsoft is preparing a significant overhaul of the Copilot experience on Windows 11, according to internal planning documents viewed by windowsnews.ai. The centerpiece is a new “Ask Copilot”...
Microsoft to unveil three updated AI models at Build 2026 on June 2 in San Francisco
Microsoft’s Build 2026 developer conference, slated for June 2 at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center, will see the unveiling of three pivotal AI models—MAI-Image 2.5, MAI-Transcribe 1.5, and...
Microsoft Copilot super app leak reveals unified chat, coding, cowork, and autopilot hub
Microsoft is quietly developing an expansive Copilot “super app” that would bundle chat-based AI, GitHub Copilot coding assistance, a new Copilot Cowork collaboration tool, and an agentic...
Windows 11 Build 26300.8553: Modular Start Menu, New Privacy Dashboard, Smarter Search
Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8553 to the Experimental Channel, delivering a highly anticipated modular Start menu, beefed-up privacy tools, and a smarter search...
Claude Challenges Copilot in Microsoft 365: Anthropic's Add-ins Bring AI Rivalry to Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Anthropic's Claude has quietly entered the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. The AI assistant, developed by former OpenAI researchers, now works directly inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint through official...
Microsoft Build 2026 Turns Windows into a Native AI Agent Platform
Microsoft Build 2026 opens its doors on June 2 at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center, with CEO Satya Nadella scheduled to take the stage at 10 a.m. Pacific. For the first time since the pandemic, the...
Microsoft's Ask Copilot arrives on Windows 11 taskbar by mid-2026
Microsoft is set to integrate Ask Copilot directly into the Windows 11 taskbar and Start menu by mid-2026, transforming an optional search experience into a dedicated entry point for the Copilot...
Why Google Gemini Beats Bing Copilot in AI Search: Distribution Wins Over Demo Power
Microsoft stunned the tech world in February 2023 when it infused OpenAI's GPT-4 into Bing, creating a conversational search engine that could answer complex questions, generate text, and even create...
Windows 11 Copilot Docks as Sidebar, Auto-Resizes Apps Left or Right
Microsoft is testing a radical redesign of how Copilot integrates with the Windows 11 desktop, morphing the AI assistant from a floating overlay into a persistent, docked sidebar that actively...