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NTT DATA's Microsoft Cloud Unit Generates Nearly 100 Agentic AI Client Opportunities in 90 Days
NTT DATA has launched a dedicated global Microsoft Cloud business unit that is already showing rapid traction in the red-hot agentic AI space, with nearly 100 enterprise client opportunities...
How Satya Nadella Turned Elon Musk’s ‘Eat Alive’ Threat Into a GPT-5 Enterprise Showcase
Satya Nadella didn’t flinch. When Elon Musk fired off a blunt warning that “OpenAI is going to eat Microsoft alive” on the very day Microsoft was unveiling its broad integration of GPT-5, the...
Microsoft Quietly Rolls Out GPT-5 for Free in Copilot, Unlocking Smart AI Across Windows, GitHub, and Visual Studio Code
Microsoft has begun silently baking GPT-5, OpenAI's newest and most capable large language model, into every corner of its Copilot ecosystem—and you won’t need a ChatGPT Plus subscription to use...
GPT-5 Goes Live Across Microsoft Ecosystem with Smart Mode Model Router
Microsoft has begun rolling out OpenAI’s GPT-5 model across its entire product ecosystem, embedding advanced AI capabilities into Copilot, Microsoft 365, GitHub, and Azure AI Foundry. The...
GPT-5 Now Powers Microsoft Copilot, GitHub, and Azure—With Smart Mode and a 400K Context Window
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Windows 11 Now Runs OpenAI's GPT-OSS-20B Locally; Tech Jobs and Government IT Brace for Impact
Microsoft has quietly kicked open the door to a new era of PC-based AI, integrating OpenAI’s first open-weight model since GPT‑2 directly into Windows 11. The move lands in the same week that...
Microsoft Activates GPT-5 in Copilot: Smart Mode Automatically Switches Models, Free Access for All
Microsoft and OpenAI dropped a coordinated update on August 7 that brings GPT‑5 to the entire Copilot ecosystem, complete with a new Smart mode that automatically selects the best model for any...
GPT-5 Lands Across Microsoft's Copilot, M365, and Azure, Sparking a New AI Era for Windows
Microsoft has completed a sweeping rollout of OpenAI’s GPT-5 across nearly every corner of its ecosystem, embedding the powerful model into Copilot in Windows, Microsoft 365, GitHub, Copilot...
Microsoft Gives Grok 4 a Gated Private Preview After Red-Team Finds 'Very Ugly' Safety Flaws
Microsoft is not launching xAI’s Grok 4 to all Azure AI Foundry customers. Instead, the frontier model will be accessible only through a heavily gated, invite-only private preview, a direct...
Microsoft Activates GPT-5 Across Copilot, GitHub, and Azure – Smart Mode, Deeper Reasoning, and Enterprise Controls Arrive
Microsoft’s long-anticipated rollout of OpenAI’s GPT-5 arrived on August 7, 2025, and it’s far more than a model update. The company simultaneously activated GPT-5 across consumer Copilot,...
Windows 11 Users Can Access GPT-5 Copilot Today, But There’s a Catch
On August 8, 2025, Microsoft began quietly flipping the switch on GPT-5 across its Copilot ecosystem, with the web version at copilot.microsoft.com leading the charge. The staggered rollout delivers...
Microsoft Switches on GPT-5 Across Copilot, Office, and GitHub with New Smart Mode
Microsoft has flipped the switch on GPT-5 across its entire product range, making OpenAI’s newest reasoning model the default engine for Copilot, Microsoft 365, GitHub, and Azure AI Foundry as of...