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OpenAI’s latest AI models, o3 and o4-mini, arrived in ChatGPT with much fanfare—and an undertone of caution so loud, it may as well have come wrapped in hazard tape. These upgrades, designed with a shiny new streak of “early agentic behavior,” are supposed to move us toward more autonomous AI...

What’s happening: AI developers are adopting a new standard called the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which makes it much easier for chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude to securely and efficiently access and interact with everyday apps and data sources. Why it matters: Faster, more direct AI...

For all its bravado on social media and boasts of billions of daily active users, even Meta sometimes has to pass around the cap. The company best known for Facebook, WhatsApp, and maybe even the metaverse you swore you’d try someday, has found itself at the blunt, bleeding edge of the AI arms...

There are moments when even the most forward-leaning technophile has to admit: artificial intelligence is moving at breakneck speeds, and the pace isn’t about to let up. Those holding out for a pause button on innovation will find themselves searching in vain. Nowhere is this relentless...

If you’ve blinked lately, you may have missed Microsoft’s latest lightning-fast leap in artificial intelligence: the instant arrival of OpenAI’s brand-new o3 and o4-mini models, now live and humming within Azure’s cloud and GitHub’s developer playground. The announcement hit like a caffeine jolt...

Imagine a world where your computer finally stops playing hard to get—where the stubborn chasm between your favorite AI assistant and all those legacy business apps, creaky web portals, and stubborn desktop programs simply vanishes. Welcome to the promise of Microsoft Copilot Studio’s newest...

Some revolutions start with a bang; others, with the gentle click of a mouse on a virtual button that no human finger will ever touch. As enterprise tech evangelists nervously chew their lanyards and IT departments clutch their legacy systems like family heirlooms, Microsoft is quietly ushering...

They say April is the cruelest month — not if you’re an enterprise developer or AI enthusiast. In a move that practically screams, “May your bots get smarter and your workflows ever more bafflingly clever,” Microsoft and OpenAI have teamed up (once again) to drop fresh AI reasoning models onto...

The world of artificial intelligence just received a hefty upgrade with Microsoft's latest announcement regarding the Azure OpenAI Service. Satya Nadella, the visionary at the helm of Microsoft, didn't mince words when he called the introduction of the new o3 and o4-mini models within Azure AI...

Goodbye GPU Rations, Hello Infinite Buffet: How OpenAI Escaped the Compute Penalty Box Generative AI has always been a bit like a Formula 1 car with a lawn‑mower fuel tank—capable of blistering speed, but forever pulling into the pits for more gas (a.k.a. GPUs). For years, Sam Altman’s OpenAI...

Claude Goes Corporate: How Anthropic’s AI Just Graduated From Chatbot to Inbox‑Raiding Research Assistant Picture your email inbox as a messy teenager’s bedroom: socks (calendar invites) on the floor, yesterday’s pizza (old Docs links) under the desk, and somewhere—buried beneath it all—the...

Microsoft and OpenAI’s once‑rock‑solid alliance is showing signs of strain. In early April 2025, Microsoft quietly pulled out of two major data‑center deals—each capable of supplying hundreds of megawatts of power—that had been earmarked to support additional ChatGPT training workloads. This...

In the dynamic realm of artificial intelligence, a narrative is unfolding that would have seemed unlikely just a few years ago: fierce rivals are becoming collaborators. Organizations that once vigorously protected their intellectual boundaries are now tearing down the fences separating them...

OpenAI, renowned for its groundbreaking AI models like ChatGPT, has significantly enhanced its AI development processes by integrating Microsoft Azure Blob Storage. This collaboration has streamlined data management, optimized training workflows, and bolstered the reliability of model...

Microsoft’s Phi-4 Series: The Rise of Practical, Portable Multimodal AI In the relentless race to make artificial intelligence more capable, flexible, and accessible, Microsoft’s latest entry—the Phi-4 series of AI models—marks a turning point for multimodal technology. Long confined to large...

The AI Power Shift: How OpenAI Outgrew Microsoft’s Cloud Leash and Changed the Face of Artificial Intelligence In the relentless world of artificial intelligence, the companies able to fuel their ambitions with the most computing horsepower have always had the upper hand. For years, OpenAI’s...

OpenAI and Microsoft Push to Dismiss Elon Musk’s Broad US Lawsuit: What It Means for AI, Tech Giants, and Innovation The legal saga between OpenAI, Microsoft, and Elon Musk has taken another turn. OpenAI and Microsoft have recently submitted formal replies supporting their motions to dismiss the...

OpenAI, Microsoft, and the Bold New Era of AI: A Deep Dive into the 2025 Landscape Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2025 is evolving rapidly, with seismic shifts happening beneath the surface of headlines and algorithm updates. Among the most consequential developments is the transformation of...

The expansion of data centers by major tech companies like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is poised to significantly impact Africa's digital landscape. These developments offer a mix of opportunities and challenges for the continent. Opportunities...

A Strategic Slowdown: Why Microsoft’s AI CEO Embraces Being a Few Months Behind At a time when the tech world is in a mad dash to create the most groundbreaking AI models, Microsoft is quietly defying the trend. Mustafa Suleyman—Microsoft’s CEO of AI—recently outlined a counterintuitive...