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With the clock counting down to October 14, 2025, millions of PCs face a stark choice: upgrade to Windows 11, pay for a short-term safety net, or keep running an increasingly risky, unsupported Windows 10—while the debate over hardware compatibility, drivers and sustainability suddenly looks...

Microsoft has begun public testing of MAI‑1‑preview, a new in‑house large language model from Microsoft AI (MAI) that the company says will be trialed inside Copilot and evaluated publicly on LMArena — a move that signals an accelerated push to reduce reliance on OpenAI while building...

For the first time, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence models are now available on a cloud computing platform outside of Microsoft Azure, marking a significant milestone in the competitive landscape of enterprise AI. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that it will offer OpenAI’s new...

A paradigm shift is underway in scientific AI as Microsoft unveils a pioneering self-evolving reasoning system, promising unprecedented adaptability, controllability, and transparency in tackling complex scientific domains. Built to empower researchers with greater oversight and interactive...

Eight of the world's most sophisticated artificial intelligence models are about to clash over chessboards, marking the debut of Google's Kaggle Game Arena—a groundbreaking fusion of gaming and rigorous benchmarking set to redefine the way AI performance is measured. With a fresh approach that...

In a significant development within the artificial intelligence sector, Anthropic has revoked OpenAI's access to its Claude AI models, citing violations of its terms of service. This move comes as OpenAI prepares to launch its next-generation model, GPT-5, intensifying the competitive dynamics...

Artificial intelligence, once regarded as a futuristic aspiration, has now become an undeniable and rapidly maturing force—outpacing human capabilities across a growing list of tasks and upending previous assumptions about what machines are capable of. This exponential progress has not only...

Microsoft Copilot’s journey in the rapidly evolving AI landscape has become a telling case study in balancing technical ambition, practical usability, and the business of powering the next generation of artificial intelligence. While much of the media attention remains fixated on splashy...

In a rapidly evolving landscape where artificial intelligence increasingly powers devices of all shapes and sizes, Microsoft’s latest innovation, the Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning model, is poised to make a formidable impact. Compact yet remarkably intelligent, this AI model stands at the...

With a rapidly accelerating pace of innovation in artificial intelligence, Microsoft’s launch of Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of efficient AI models for edge computing. Developed as the latest member of the Phi model family, this compact small language model...

Agility, not just brute computational muscle, is fast becoming the currency of artificial intelligence in the real world. As demand for instant, intelligent, and private reasoning grows across edge devices and mobile platforms, Microsoft’s latest release—Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning—escalates this...

A year ago, the conversation surrounding artificial intelligence models was dominated by a simple equation: bigger is better. Colossal models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Google’s Gemini Ultra, with their hundreds of billions or even trillions of parameters, were seen as the only route to...

Microsoft has announced a significant enhancement to its Azure AI Foundry platform by introducing a safety ranking system for AI models. This initiative aims to assist developers in making informed decisions by evaluating models not only on performance metrics but also on safety considerations...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, DeepSeek has emerged as a formidable contender, challenging established models like OpenAI's ChatGPT. This Chinese AI startup has garnered significant attention for its advanced reasoning capabilities, cost efficiency, and open-source...

Artificial intelligence is the boardroom catchword of the era, wielded by executives, investors, and governments alike as the next engine of digital capitalism. With mind-boggling amounts of capital riding on anything that can be branded “AI,” especially in the business technology sector...

Microsoft's recent integration of xAI's Grok 3 into Azure AI Foundry and GitHub Models marks a significant advancement in the accessibility and versatility of artificial intelligence tools for developers. This collaboration not only diversifies Microsoft's AI offerings but also underscores the...

Microsoft is reportedly preparing to host Elon Musk's Grok AI model on its Azure AI Foundry platform, a move that could significantly impact the AI landscape and Microsoft's existing partnerships. According to a report by The Verge, Microsoft has been instructing its engineers to ready the...

For decades, technological progress in computing has often been summarized by Moore’s Law—a projection set forth in 1965 by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, suggesting that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit would double roughly every two years, doubling computing power and...

For decades, the evolution of technology was mapped out along the neat lines drawn by Moore’s Law—the prediction that transistor counts in microchips would double roughly every two years, unlocking regular leaps in computing power. That simplifying rule was enough for a generation. Yet the rise...

Microsoft’s recent unveiling of the Phi-4 reasoning models represents a significant milestone in the ongoing development of small, efficient language models tailored for advanced, focused problem-solving. As artificial intelligence continues to permeate numerous facets of society—from education...