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The latest Copilot coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
OPM Grants Staff Copilot and ChatGPT Access via GSA's OneGov: A Practical Guide for Federal Workers
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has flipped the switch on generative AI for its employees, granting immediate access to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and preparing to roll out an...
Windows 11 Insider Builds 26220.6690 and 26120.6690: Copilot Invades the Taskbar and a New Account Hub Arrives
Microsoft dropped a new Insider preview on September 19, pushing KB5065786 to the Dev Channel as Build 26220.6690 and to the Beta Channel as Build 26120.6690. The update concentrates on three fronts:...
Seneca’s First Master’s Degree in AI Promises 840 Hours of Internship, But Approvals Are Pending
Seneca Polytechnic has launched its inaugural master’s degree program—a Master of Artificial Intelligence Design & Development—with a heavy emphasis on work-integrated learning. The...
Microsoft Gave Windows Search an AI Brain, But You'll Need a Copilot+ PC to Use It
Microsoft shipped a Windows 11 Insider preview build this week that finally makes the operating system’s search understand what you mean, not just what you type. The long-awaited semantic search...
Hospitals Turn to Microsoft 365 AI to End Supply Shortages and Canceled Surgeries
Medline, the largest private U.S. distributor of medical supplies, began piloting Mpower—an AI-powered supply chain orchestration platform built entirely on Microsoft 365 and Azure AI—with two...
Hidden Code Points to an AI Assistant Coming to Your Windows 11 Taskbar
{ "title": "Hidden Code Points to an AI Assistant Coming to Your Windows 11 Taskbar", "content": "Microsoft is quietly building a new AI entry point for Windows 11 that would place a persistent...
Windows 11 Dev Build 26220.6690: AI Translation Arrives, But Hardware Hiccups Linger
On September 19, Microsoft shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.6690 (KB5065786) to the Dev Channel, packing two new Copilot-driven features and a handful of urgent fixes. The most notable...
Windows 11 Beta Build 26120.6690 Fixes File Explorer Crashes and Update Errors
Microsoft pushed a new Beta Channel build to Windows Insiders on September 19, 2025, delivering a round of critical reliability fixes alongside incremental AI feature rollouts. Build 26120.6690...
Inside Riverty's 100-Day Sprint to an AI-First Customer Service Platform That Puts Humans First
Riverty, the Bertelsmann-owned fintech processing over 80 million transactions per month, has gone live with a new AI-infused customer service platform after just 100 days of implementation....
Teams' AI Project Manager is here: How to set it up and why your Copilot license matters
Microsoft has begun rolling out a public preview of an AI-driven Project Manager agent inside Teams that can autonomously create project plans, assign tasks to itself, and generate status reports –...
Windows 10 Support Ends Soon: Is an Arm Copilot+ PC Your Best Move?
Microsoft is making a bold pitch to the millions of users still on Windows 10: when the OS hits its end-of-support milestone this fall, an Arm-powered Copilot+ PC could be your smartest replacement....
Windows 10’s Deadline Meets Windows on Arm’s Biggest Emulation Leap Yet
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft stops delivering free security updates for Windows 10. That date has been circled on IT calendars since the company announced it years ago. But a quieter...