Microsoft’s Copilot has just taken a major step: OpenAI’s GPT‑5 is now embedded across the Copilot family—consumer Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry—bringing real‑time model routing, deeper reasoning for complex tasks, and notably larger context...
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The States of Guernsey has told staff that anyone who needs a laptop for their job will be issued a new machine if their existing device cannot run Windows 11, part of a wider, government‑wide upgrade to modernise endpoints and retire legacy systems — a move that coincides with the States’...
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Westcon‑Comstor’s new partner summit, staged with Microsoft and billed as a targeted accelerator for cloud, AI and security adoption, signals a deliberate push to convert channel capacity into continent‑scale transformation for African businesses.
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Westcon‑Comstor has deep roots as a...
In a year crowded with corporate galas and “world’s best” trophies, the Blue Ribbon Award 2025 has positioned itself as something different: a values-first recognition platform launching on August 26, 2025 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the SRAM & MRAM Group’s...
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Let’s be blunt: the clock is ticking on Windows 10, and senior living executives who treat this as “an IT problem” risk turning a predictable technology lifecycle event into an operational, regulatory, and reputational crisis. Microsoft ends support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and that...
The City of Cornwall’s recent move from a 12‑year unresolved service request to a centralized, AI‑ready case‑management platform is a lesson in pragmatic municipal digital transformation: start with a real, measurable pain point, use the tools already in place, and design governance and...
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Toastmasters International has quietly accelerated a post‑pandemic digital makeover by folding Microsoft’s AI toolkit — notably Microsoft 365 Copilot and Dynamics 365 Omnichannel — into the backbone of its member services, call‑centre operations and multilingual education content, a shift that...
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Ricoh Asia Pacific has launched a region‑wide “AI Learning Week” to rapidly arm more than a thousand employees with practical AI skills, accelerate Microsoft 365 Copilot and agent adoption, and convert device‑centric offerings into outcomes‑driven services for enterprise customers.
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Ricoh’s Asia Pacific unit has kicked off a region‑wide initiative to turn its people and products into a practical bridge between hardware and AI-driven productivity—announcing an internal "AI Learning Week" co‑sponsored by Microsoft and talent partner Talogy that aims to accelerate Microsoft...
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The UK government has announced a national programme to trial agentic AI across public services, inviting frontier AI labs to work with Whitehall teams to build prototypes that could automate routine “life admin” — from filling forms and booking appointments to tailored careers and...
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By 2025, artificial intelligence has moved from the edges of enterprise dreams into the center of the daily work routine, changing not just how tasks are completed but how organizations structure roles, measure value, and define productivity.
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The UK government’s five‑year Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft — the Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 (SPA24) — commits public bodies to a scale of procurement that the Crown Commercial Service expects will amount to roughly £9 billion over the life of the deal, and that...
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Headline: When the Chamber Teaches AI: What Logansport’s Workshop Means for Small Businesses
Deck: On Aug. 15, 2025 the Logansport Cass County Chamber of Commerce packed a room for an introductory AI workshop. That turnout — and the questions that followed — shows small and medium businesses are...
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CPS’s pitch — that outcome-focused AI agents built on Microsoft Copilot can shrink paperwork, speed investigations and put more officers back on the street — arrives at a moment when policing is hungry for tangible efficiency gains and painfully wary of unproven AI experiments. The company will...
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Microsoft Research has delivered one of the clearest, most data-driven snapshots yet of how generative AI is starting to reshape the labour market: by analyzing 200,000 anonymized US conversations with Bing Copilot, the team produced an AI applicability score for occupations that quantifies...
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Microsoft’s announcement of ChatGPT-5 integration across its Copilot ecosystem signals a transformative leap for AI-powered productivity, reshaping workflows for enterprises, developers, and everyday users. The adoption of OpenAI’s flagship model within products like Microsoft 365 Copilot...
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NTT DATA’s launch of a dedicated global business unit for Microsoft Cloud signals a major acceleration in enterprise digital transformation, promising to reshape how organizations leverage secure, AI-powered solutions for modernization, agility, and growth in a rapidly evolving landscape. As the...
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Microsoft’s sweeping integration of OpenAI’s GPT-5 model across its entire product suite marks a watershed moment in the evolution of enterprise and consumer AI. Announced with immediate effect, this bold rollout embeds what is currently touted as the most advanced AI system into everything from...
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In a landmark move for the developer and AI communities, OpenAI’s GPT-5 is now available in public preview across all paid GitHub Copilot plans, redefining the very concept of AI coding assistance. Touted as the biggest leap yet for developer productivity, GPT-5’s integration with GitHub...
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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...
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