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Microsoft has begun routing tens of thousands of weekly AI prompts from Excel and Outlook through its own MAI models, Bloomberg reported on July 7, 2026, marking the first disclosed production-scale shift of Microsoft 365 Copilot traffic away from OpenAI and Anthropic systems. The move is not a...

Cisco plans to give personalized AI agents to roughly 90,000 employees beginning in August 2026, according to reporting first published by Fortune and amplified by IndianWeb2, making the networking giant one of the largest test cases yet for company-wide agentic AI. The move is not just another...

Tesla will reportedly cap employee spending on AI tools at $200 per week beginning July 6, 2026, requiring approval for higher use while excluding beta versions of xAI products, according to an internal memo first reported by The Information and repeated by TipRanks and Seeking Alpha. The policy...

Microsoft made Copilot Cowork generally available worldwide on June 16, 2026, bringing the delegated-work experience into Microsoft 365 Copilot and shipping generally available plugins for Dynamics 365 Sales, Dynamics 365 Customer Service, Dynamics 365 ERP apps, and Microsoft Fabric. The...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told employees on The New York Times’ Hard Fork podcast in June 2026 that they should stop reflexively using the most powerful AI systems for routine work and instead let products such as Copilot route tasks to cheaper, appropriate models. His line — “Don’t use...