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OpenAI’s Nonprofit to Get $100B+ Stake in For-Profit Arm Under Microsoft MOU
{ "title": "OpenAI’s Nonprofit to Get $100B+ Stake in For-Profit Arm Under Microsoft MOU", "content": "OpenAI has disclosed that its nonprofit arm could receive an equity stake exceeding $100...
OpenAI Breaks Azure Exclusivity: Inside the Multicloud ROFR Deal Reshaping AI Infrastructure
The exclusive compute contract that made Microsoft Azure the sole cloud home for OpenAI’s cutting-edge models has given way to a more flexible arrangement. Under a new non-binding memorandum of...
Pennsylvania Arms State Workers with Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT Enterprise in Dual AI Rollout
Governor Josh Shapiro dropped a major AI update at the AI Horizons Summit in Pittsburgh, telling over 900 technology and business leaders that Pennsylvania is adding Microsoft Copilot to its existing...
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...
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...
The Norwegian Legal AI Blueprint: How Vaults, Tenant Isolation, and Human Review Keep Data Safe
Norwegian law firms are plunging into generative AI, but they’re not leaving compliance to chance. A newly enforced Lawyer Act, the country’s strict Personal Data Act (PDA/GDPR), and the EU AI...
WP Engine Opens Azure Dubai Region for Enterprise WordPress, Cutting Latency and Easing UAE Compliance
WP Engine is planting its enterprise WordPress flag in the Middle East, launching a managed hosting service that runs on Microsoft Azure’s Dubai data centers. The move—confirmed in regional press...
Claude Sonnet 4 Slots into Word and Excel as Microsoft Rethinks Copilot’s AI Backend
Microsoft is integrating Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 models into Microsoft 365 Copilot, bringing them directly into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, according to reports from The Information...
Microsoft Adds Anthropic's Claude Sonnet to Copilot, Diversifying Office AI Models
Microsoft’s Office suite has long been the bedrock of enterprise productivity, and its AI-powered Copilot features have been virtually synonymous with OpenAI’s models. That is about to change....
Google Sets Multicloud Standard with Zero Egress Fees in EU and UK, Pressuring Microsoft and AWS
Google Cloud has eliminated data transfer fees for organizations running workloads across multiple cloud providers in the European Union and the United Kingdom, a move that goes well beyond the EU...
Microsoft Pays Anthropic to Add Claude Sonnet 4 as Copilot's Second AI Brain in Office 365
Microsoft is paying Anthropic to integrate its Claude AI models directly into Office 365 applications, marking the first time the productivity suite will officially route user prompts to a large...
Microsoft Taps Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 to Power Copilot in Office 365, Breaking OpenAI Exclusivity
Microsoft is quietly engineering the most significant shift in its Office AI strategy since Copilot launched: the company is adding Anthropic's Claude models to the backend mix, specifically routing...