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GPT-5 Can't Fix Microsoft 365 Copilot's Context Problem
When OpenAI launched GPT-5 on August 7, 2025, Microsoft immediately declared the model would power Microsoft 365 Copilot. The same-day announcement was a spectacular show of partnership unity—but...
From 50 Excel Files to 30 Seconds: CSOP’s Azure AI Hub Shrinks ETF Reporting by 30x
Cenny Cui Haofan’s mornings used to begin with a punishing ritual: opening more than 50 Excel files, sifting through a tangle of departmental emails, and manually chasing colleagues for data —...
Microsoft Decouples Copilot from OneDrive File Management on iOS, Forcing a Two-App Workflow
Microsoft is stripping advanced OneDrive file-management capabilities from the Microsoft 365 Copilot app for iPhone and iPad, redirecting users to the standalone OneDrive app for tasks like folder...
Microsoft and Cloudflare Drop NLWeb: Websites Can Now Answer AI Queries Directly
Site owners can now turn their web pages into AI-friendly conversational endpoints with a single-click quick deploy, thanks to a new integration between Microsoft’s NLWeb standard and...
Microsoft's Copilot Free Tier Now Runs on GPT-4 Turbo, Offering 128K Context and April 2023 Cutoff
Microsoft has silently shifted the free tier of its Copilot AI assistant onto OpenAI's GPT-4 Turbo model, a move that brings a dramatically larger context window, more recent training data, and...
One-Click AI Search: Cloudflare and Microsoft Launch NLWeb and AutoRAG
Cloudflare and Microsoft have thrown open a new frontier for website owners, unveiling a partnership that lets any site become a first-class participant in the AI-driven search revolution. The...
Coinbase's AI Mandate Firing Spree Holds Critical Lessons for Windows Enterprise Copilot Rollouts
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong didn’t mince words on a recent podcast: he fired engineers who repeatedly refused to use—or even try—the AI tools the company had provisioned. The revelation, from...
IBM's watsonx Gambit: Can Governed AI and a 2029 Quantum Roadmap Outflank the Cloud Giants?
IBM isn't chasing the AI hype cycle—it's building a fortress in the enterprise. The company's watsonx portfolio, unveiled as the "future of AI for business," bundles model development, data...
Why Local AI Stacks Still Can't Beat Copilot for Web Summarization – A Hands-On Test
In a practical head-to-head test, a Windows enthusiast attempted to swap Microsoft Copilot’s polished web summarization for a fully local AI stack using Ollama and the Page Assist browser...
Microsoft Quietly Patches Copilot Flaw That Let Insiders Access Files Without Audit Traces
A security researcher discovered that a simple prompt technique could make Microsoft 365 Copilot summarize sensitive corporate files without leaving the required Purview audit records. Microsoft...
BMW Cuts Vehicle Data Analysis from Days to Hours Using Azure, Paving Way for Cloud AI in Manufacturing
BMW’s Mobile Data Recorder (MDR) program has slashed the time it takes to analyze test-fleet telemetry from a day or more down to mere hours—in some cases minutes—by moving its data pipeline to...
Ricoh Stakes Its APAC Future on AI Agents and Microsoft Copilot in 1,000-Staff Skilling Sprint
Ricoh Asia Pacific has embarked on an ambitious, region-wide skilling program to transform its workforce into AI-fluent consultants—and its aging hardware reputation into an AI-driven platform...