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King Slashes 200 Jobs—Laid-Off Staff Say They Trained the AI Now Replacing Them
Roughly 200 employees at Candy Crush studio King were told their jobs are at risk in early July, and multiple internal sources claim the very AI tools they helped build are now being positioned to...
GPT-5 Arrives on Android: 8 Free AI Apps Redefining Mobile Productivity in 2025
Android users are witnessing a quiet revolution. As of August 2025, OpenAI’s GPT-5 model has begun rolling out across multiple free apps — including Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT — bringing...
Madison’s 4‑Week AI Pilot Playbook: How to Match the 66% of CEOs Seeing Results
In 2025, 66% of CEOs report measurable business benefits from generative AI initiatives, particularly in operational efficiency and customer satisfaction, according to IDC research cited by...
18 Arrested as Microsoft Staff Protest Azure’s Role in Israeli Surveillance, Triggering External Audit
Eighteen people were arrested at Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington headquarters on August 20, 2025, after demonstrators—including current and former employees—splashed red paint across campus...
OpenAI’s GPT-5 Arrives in Visual Studio with Agentic Coding and Stricter Enterprise Controls
Microsoft and GitHub have begun a public preview rollout of OpenAI’s GPT-5 model inside Visual Studio through GitHub Copilot, delivering a significant leap in AI-assisted coding for paid...
Microsoft Drives GitHub Deeper Into AI Unit After CEO Resigns, Raising Governance Concerns
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke is stepping down, and instead of appointing a new leader, Microsoft will fold the code-hosting platform more directly into its CoreAI division, ending the relative...
Microsoft Copilot 3D Turns Photos into 3D Models in Seconds—But Not Without Risks
{ "title": "Microsoft Copilot 3D Turns Photos into 3D Models in Seconds—But Not Without Risks", "content": "Microsoft’s Copilot 3D can turn a single photograph into a downloadable 3D model in...
GitHub CEO Defends AI Performance Reviews as ‘Fair Game,’ Steps Down Days Later
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has publicly endorsed a controversial Microsoft memo that ties employee AI usage to performance evaluations, calling it “totally fair game” — and just four days later...
GitHub CEO Resigns as Microsoft Ends Platform Independence, Folds It Into CoreAI Division
GitHub will no longer operate as an independent subsidiary, ending a nearly seven-year experiment in corporate autonomy, as Microsoft folds the platform into its CoreAI division and CEO Thomas Dohmke...
GitHub CEO Departs as Microsoft Integrates Platform into CoreAI, No Successor Named
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke is stepping down, and Microsoft will not appoint a successor—instead folding the world’s largest code-hosting platform directly into its CoreAI organization. The move,...
GPT-5 Arrives in GitHub Copilot Public Preview: Smarter Code, Longer Context, and Multi-Modal AI Assistance
OpenAI’s GPT-5 entered public preview on August 7, 2025, across all paid GitHub Copilot plans—Individual, Business, and Enterprise—marking the most significant upgrade to AI coding assistance...
ONLYOFFICE AI Agent Beta Lets You Run AI Locally, Undercutting Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Cloud Lock-In
ONLYOFFICE has launched a beta AI agent that runs directly in its open-source office suite, allowing users to choose their own AI backend—including fully local models—while avoiding the...