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Microsoft Clamps Down on Internal Dissent, Mandates 3-Day Office Return by February 2026
Microsoft has launched a sweeping overhaul of its internal communications and workplace policies, simultaneously shutting down an open forum for employee–leadership dialogue, tightening campus...
Microsoft Mandates Three-Day Office Return by 2026, Shuttering Employee Speech Channels
Microsoft is compelling thousands of its employees back to their desks for a minimum of three days a week by the end of February 2026, a stark shift from its earlier hybrid work embrace that has been...
Microsoft's GPT-Realtime Model Hits General Availability on Azure AI Foundry with 20% Lower Pricing
Microsoft has pushed gpt-realtime, a speech-to-speech model designed for low-latency, natural-sounding conversational agents, into general availability on Azure AI Foundry. The release, accessible...
OpenAI Drops Realtime Prompting Playbook: 13 Rules for Voice-First AI Agents
OpenAI has published a comprehensive playbook for prompting its gpt-realtime model, officially acknowledging that voice-first AI agents demand an entirely different set of rules than text-based chat....