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Microsoft has quietly flipped the switch: GPT-5, OpenAI’s newest flagship model, is now powering Microsoft Copilot across consumer and enterprise surfaces — and Microsoft says you don’t need to change a thing to start using it. Overview Microsoft’s update turns a long-anticipated technology...

Microsoft’s latest Windows Copilot update pushes the assistant from a helpful search-and-summarize sidekick to a far more active participant on the PC: smarter vision that can read entire Office files, opt‑in Connectors that link Copilot to Google and Microsoft accounts, a new “Hey Copilot” wake...

Microsoft’s MAI‑Image‑1 is the clearest signal yet that the company has moved from being mainly a distributor of third‑party models to a serious, product‑driven creator of in‑house generative AI, announcing a first‑party text‑to‑image engine built for photorealism, speed, and productivity...

Microsoft has announced MAI-Image-1, its first fully in-house text-to-image model, and begun public testing on benchmarking platforms while preparing integrations into Copilot and Bing Image Creator—an important step in Microsoft’s move from relying primarily on third‑party models to building...

Microsoft has begun previewing two of the most consequential additions to the Copilot on Windows experience for Windows Insiders: Connectors that let Copilot reach into personal cloud services (OneDrive, Outlook email/contacts/calendar, Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Contacts)...

OpenAI’s decision to make ChatGPT “Projects” available to free users is a small-but-significant turning point in how firms and knowledge workers organise AI-driven work — but it arrives at a moment when a growing body of research suggests that generative AI is not the simple, across‑the‑board...

Microsoft’s Copilot on Windows has taken a decisive step from chat assistant to document workhorse: the Copilot app can now generate Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations and PDFs directly from a chat session, and it can link to personal email and cloud accounts so it can...

Microsoft has pushed OneDrive beyond storage and syncing into a proactive, AI-driven productivity surface by embedding Copilot across web, mobile, and Windows surfaces — introducing a floating Copilot icon, single “hero links” for sharing, AI file summaries and audio overviews, a Photos-first...

Artificial intelligence is moving from novelty to necessity, and Microsoft’s latest messaging makes a clear case: Copilot aims to turn everyday tasks into automated, context-aware workflows so users can spend less time on busywork and more time on meaningful work. Background Microsoft positions...

Phoenix Software’s Copilot and Microsoft Programme Lead, Lewis Thomson, has been named a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), an accolade that recognizes exceptional community leadership, technical expertise, and a sustained record of sharing knowledge through speaking, content and...

Do-it-yourself AI is not an optional workplace fad; it is fast becoming the single most practical lever for making flexible work both productive and durable. Background The idea that flexibility will be won or lost at the level of architecture and attendance policies is outdated. The decisive...

Microsoft has quietly — but deliberately — given the 10 core Microsoft 365 app icons their first major visual overhaul since 2018, aligning the suite’s visual language with Copilot and a broader push toward an “AI-first” productivity experience across Windows, web, and mobile. Overview The icon...

Microsoft has rolled its consumer Copilot strategy into a single paid tier: Microsoft 365 Premium, a new AI-first subscription that bundles the company’s most capable Copilot features, desktop Office apps, 1 TB of OneDrive storage per person and consumer-grade Microsoft Defender protections for...

Microsoft has bundled its highest‑tier Copilot features, extra AI usage, Defender security, and the familiar Office desktop apps into a new consumer subscription called Microsoft 365 Premium — a $19.99/month plan that consolidates Copilot Pro-style capabilities with Microsoft 365’s...

Microsoft is taking the bet that mainstream productivity software will be judged by how well it weaves AI into everyday tasks, and today it has pulled those threads into a single consumer subscription: Microsoft 365 Premium, a new individual and family-focused plan that bundles Office apps with...

Microsoft is repositioning the consumer productivity market with a single, AI-first subscription: Microsoft 365 Premium bundles the company’s Copilot AI assistant across Word, Excel, Outlook and more, adds one terabyte of OneDrive storage and Microsoft Defender advanced security, and replaces...

Microsoft just restructured its consumer productivity lineup around AI: Microsoft 365 Premium bundles the full desktop Office apps with the company’s most advanced Copilot features, expanded usage allowances, one terabyte of OneDrive storage per person and built‑in Defender protections — all for...

Microsoft has folded its consumer-facing Copilot AI into a new Microsoft 365 Premium tier priced at $19.99 per month, bundling advanced chat, image generation, expanded Copilot usage limits and extra security and storage into a single consumer product aimed squarely at competing with OpenAI’s...

Microsoft 365 just became significantly more expensive for consumers, and for millions of longtime users the decision to keep paying is suddenly complicated: Microsoft has folded its AI assistant, Copilot, and its Designer image tools into the Microsoft 365 Personal and Family bundles, raised...

Microsoft has taken a decisive step toward “agentic” productivity with the rollout of Agent Mode for Word and Excel and a separate Office Agent inside Microsoft 365 Copilot chat — a suite Microsoft calls vibe working that promises conversational, multi‑step AI workflows to build documents...