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Microsoft’s GPT-5 Rollout: Copilot, Azure, and GitHub Supercharged Overnight
Microsoft has begun pushing GPT-5, OpenAI’s most advanced large language model, into every corner of its ecosystem, from Microsoft 365 and Azure to GitHub and the free consumer Copilot. The...
Microsoft Copilot Supercharged: GPT-5 Now Free Across Windows, Mac, and Mobile
Microsoft is rolling out OpenAI's huge GPT-5 model to its entire Copilot ecosystem, making the latest generative AI capabilities available to Windows, Mac, and mobile users at no cost in many cases....
Microsoft Gives Away GPT-5 for Free in Copilot, Integrates It Across Entire Product Line
Microsoft has flipped the switch on its most ambitious AI integration yet, embedding OpenAI’s GPT-5 model across every major product line and, critically, making it available for free in Copilot....
Microsoft Poaches 20+ DeepMind Researchers: How a Culture of Speed Won Them Over
Microsoft has poached over two dozen top AI researchers from Google’s DeepMind unit in a talent grab led by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, now the CEO of Microsoft AI. Suleyman is promising...
Microsoft Deploys GPT-5 to Power Copilot Across 365, GitHub, and Azure, Claiming First-Mover Advantage
Microsoft today became the first major technology company to fully deploy OpenAI's GPT-5 model across its product suite, embedding the advanced AI into Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Azure AI...
GPT-5 Lands Across Microsoft's AI Suite: What Free Access Means for Developers and Enterprises
On August 7, Microsoft lit the fuse on a sweeping AI upgrade that places OpenAI’s newly released GPT-5 directly into the hands of billions of users. The Redmond giant is rolling out the model...
PowerToys' New ClipPing Tool Ends Clipboard Guesswork with Visual Overlays
A proposed PowerToys module called ClipPing wants to kill one of computing's most persistent micro-stressors: the brief flash of doubt after hitting Ctrl+C. Did the copy actually register? For...
GPT-5 Lands Free in Copilot: What It Fixes for Windows 11, Edge, and Developers
Microsoft has begun rolling out OpenAI’s latest and most capable model, GPT-5, into its Copilot ecosystem—completely free of charge. The integration, announced today, covers consumer and...
Copilot Vision Escapes Edge: Now Sees Any Window on Windows 11 for Free
Copilot Vision can finally see beyond the browser. Microsoft’s screen-aware AI assistant, once shackled to Edge, now peers into any open window on Windows 11—and it’s completely free. The...
Microsoft Opens GPT-5 to Millions: Copilot’s New Smart Mode Levels the AI Playing Field
Microsoft today rolled out OpenAI’s GPT-5 model across its entire Copilot ecosystem—including the free tier—simultaneously with the model’s public debut. The move puts advanced reasoning,...
Mustafa Suleyman Leads Microsoft’s DeepMind Poaching Spree, Securing Key AI Engineers for Copilot
Microsoft has lured more than two dozen engineers and researchers away from Google’s DeepMind in a dramatic escalation of the artificial intelligence talent war, according to a new report from The...
Microsoft Azure Powers Israel’s Mass Surveillance of Palestinians, Leaked Documents Reveal
In late 2021, a private meeting between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and then-commander of Israel’s Unit 8200, Yossi Sariel, set in motion a partnership that would transform the elite signals...