Bath and North East Somerset Council used Microsoft Copilot to read and summarise thousands of public comments on Bath Rugby’s proposed 18,000‑seat stadium at the Recreation Ground, folding an AI‑assisted thematic analysis into the officer’s 121‑page planning report that went to councillors...
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Waitaki District Council’s cautious, staff-first rollout of generative AI shows how a small public body can harness large language models for practical gains—while keeping human judgment, privacy safeguards and governance firmly in the driver’s seat. The council’s chief digital officer, Teresa...
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Research Solutions’ launch of an AI Rights add‑on for its Article Galaxy platform promises to remove a major legal and operational barrier to enterprise use of generative AI against paywalled scientific literature, offering instant rights verification, one‑click acquisition, and retroactive...
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Bath and North East Somerset Council used Microsoft Copilot to read and summarise more than 5,500 public comments submitted on the planning application for an 18,000‑seat stadium at the Recreation Ground — a development that has reignited debates about AI in local government, public consultation...
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Microsoft’s Agent Factory guidance sharpens the focus on agent observability as the non-negotiable foundation for reliable, safe, and scalable agentic AI — and its recommendations are timely: as agents move from prototypes to workflows that touch business-critical data and systems, observability...
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A security researcher’s routine Copilot query revealed a startling blind spot in Microsoft’s logging: under certain prompts, Copilot could return file summaries without leaving the expected Purview audit entry — and, according to the researcher, Microsoft quietly rolled out a fix without issuing...
A single frame published on a local page — a wire or staff photograph labeled “Panthers Texans Football” and paired with a terse, weather‑style line — crystallized a familiar but avoidable editorial tension: vivid visual storytelling versus the metadata and verification practices that protect...
Microsoft 365 Copilot is reshaping how knowledge workers draft emails, summarize meetings, and automate tasks—but for regulated industries the productivity upside comes with a non‑negotiable requirement: auditable, defensible recordkeeping and governance. Enterprise compliance teams now face a...
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IRS 1099 reporting stands as a fundamental pillar of transparency and accountability within the U.S. tax system, compelling businesses to disclose a myriad of non-employee compensation streams—from freelance and contractor payments to interest, dividends, and rental income. For organizations...
Power Apps continues its evolution as an industry-leading low-code development platform, and the June 2025 feature update marks another significant stride in Microsoft’s promise of democratizing app creation. This month’s release is packed with practical enhancements, community-driven previews...
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