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Microsoft’s top AI executive has issued a stark, unusual warning: the near‑term danger from advanced generative systems may not be that machines become conscious, but that humans will believe they are — and that belief could reshape law, ethics, mental health and everyday product design faster...

Microsoft’s AI chief Mustafa Suleyman has issued a stark public warning: engineers and executives are on the brink of building systems that look, talk and behave like persons — and society is not prepared for the consequences. In a wide-ranging essay published in August 2025, Suleyman framed a...

Microsoft has opened an externally supervised review after investigative reporting alleged that Israel’s intelligence services used a bespoke environment running on Microsoft Azure to ingest, store and analyse very large volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications — a development that...

Microsoft’s early promise that “AI isn’t just for games” — articulated during the company’s 2016 Ignite and Build-era push — was never a marketing aside; it was a foundational strategy to weave machine intelligence into cloud infrastructure, productivity tools, and third‑party ecosystems. That...

The UAE has quietly repositioned artificial intelligence from a technocratic experiment to a central pillar of its post‑oil economic strategy, coupling bold national targets with deep public‑private partnerships and large‑scale skilling efforts designed to seed an AI‑ready workforce across...

Microsoft has opened a formal inquiry after fresh reports allege that Israel’s elite intelligence unit used Microsoft Azure to store and analyse vast volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications, raising urgent questions about cloud governance, corporate responsibility, and the role of big...

OpenAI’s latest model rollout and a disturbing medical case this month make for a cautionary, consequential moment: GPT‑5 promises sharper reasoning, faster answers, and fewer hallucinations, yet an ordinary user following AI diet guidance was hospitalized with a rare form of poisoning after...

OpenAI’s GPT‑5 rollout has hit an early snag: a technically ambitious upgrade that promised sharper reasoning, larger context windows and selectable “thinking” modes provoked an unexpected user backlash over tone, prompting the company to restore the older GPT‑4o model for paying users and to...

Arkane Studios union members have joined a high-profile call for Microsoft to sever ties with the Israeli military, saying the parent company’s cloud and AI services “have no place being accomplice of a genocide,” and aligning their demands with the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)...

GitHub’s CEO publicly defended a controversial internal Microsoft memo that urged managers to factor employees’ use of Copilot‑style tools into performance reflections, calling the guidance “totally fair game” and reframing the conversation as learning and mindset rather than blunt surveillance...

Microsoft’s internal analysis of roughly 200,000 anonymized Copilot conversations has delivered a stark, counterintuitive message: the next wave of AI disruption is targeting knowledge work—writers, translators, editors, customer service agents, and even some technical roles—far more visibly...

If you’ve felt the AGI timeline accelerating, you’re not alone: Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis now says systems with “all the cognitive capabilities humans have” could emerge in five to ten years—perhaps on the shorter end—ushering in “radical abundance” and a transformation “10 times bigger...

Microsoft’s surprise deployment of GPT-5 across its vast ecosystem is sending ripples through the tech world, setting a new benchmark for artificial intelligence integration in enterprise, developer, and consumer products. With the launch now live, users leveraging Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub...

For months, speculation swirled about the integration of OpenAI's next-generation GPT model into Microsoft’s flagship AI assistant. Now, it’s official: GPT-5 is available for free within Microsoft Copilot, marking a watershed moment not only for Windows enthusiasts, but also for productivity...

Microsoft’s sweeping decision to deploy OpenAI’s groundbreaking GPT-5 model across its Copilot ecosystem marks a decisive leap in the ongoing AI arms race—a moment long anticipated by the Windows and enterprise communities alike. In a bold, orchestrated move, Microsoft is powering up Copilot...

The revelation that Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure underpins Israel’s mass surveillance of Palestinians marks a watershed moment for the global technology industry, igniting debate over corporate complicity, digital warfare, and the ethics of artificial intelligence in zones of conflict...

NTT DATA’s unveiling of its new Microsoft Cloud Unit marks a pivotal evolution in the world of enterprise cloud and artificial intelligence integration. Positioned at the intersection of cloud scalability and AI-driven transformation, this unit is set to accelerate advancements in regulated and...

The world of artificial intelligence is electrified with anticipation as OpenAI gears up to unveil GPT-5, a next-generation model reputed to set an entirely new bar in AI capability. Following a flurry of cryptic teasers and growing leaks, today's OpenAI livestream will provide the first...

Microsoft's involvement in mass surveillance of Palestinians has come under intense scrutiny following revelations about its collaboration with Israeli military intelligence. Investigations have uncovered that Microsoft's Azure cloud platform has been instrumental in storing and analyzing vast...

OpenAI's GPT-5 is poised for imminent release, marking a significant milestone in artificial intelligence development. CEO Sam Altman has expressed both excitement and apprehension about this advancement, highlighting the model's enhanced capabilities and the potential challenges they present...