OpenAI’s invite-only Sora app rocketed into the U.S. App Store’s Top Overall chart within 48 hours of its iOS debut, recording an estimated 56,000 downloads on day one and roughly 164,000 installs across the first two days — a surge that pushed Sora to the No. 3 position and immediately focused...
The industry briefing circulating in VARINDIA—summarized here and expanded with corroborating reporting and technical documentation—captures a defining moment in generative AI: a rapid shift from model competition to trust engineering, where integration, provenance, and governance shape who wins...
Washington State University Tri‑Cities is expanding its community-oriented AI training with a second in‑person session of “Generative AI Essentials: Workplace Applications & Ethical Use” at 9 a.m. on Thursday, October 2, after an energetic inaugural workshop drew strong interest from health...
The U.S. House of Representatives has moved from prohibition to experimentation with generative AI: leadership announced a managed, year‑long pilot that will place Microsoft’s Copilot assistant inside House systems and issue up to 6,000 one‑year licenses to staff—an institutional test with...
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AI upskilling has moved from an HR talking point to a workplace imperative as employees across industries race to learn generative AI tools, enterprise copilots, and the human skills needed to use them responsibly.
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The latest industry data shows a striking surge in demand for...
Satya Nadella’s blunt message to Microsoft employees — that the company must undergo a “messy” and relentless transformation to survive the AI era — captures a high-stakes strategy that is already reshaping products, teams, and internal culture across the company.
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As South Africa’s Class of 2025 moves into the final stretch of its National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams, educators and students are reaching for a new set of study tools: generative artificial intelligence. Local reporting from The Citizen quotes Centennial Schools’ director of academics...
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Visionet’s elevation to Star Performer and placement as a Major Contender in Everest Group’s Microsoft Business Applications Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025 is a clear market signal: the company has accelerated its Microsoft Dynamics 365 practice and is staking a stronger claim in CRM and...
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider builds are shipping a new, full-screen renewal prompt aimed at lapsed Microsoft 365 subscriptions — an eye-catching SCOOBE (Second‑Chance Out‑of‑Box Experience) screen that insiders and early reports describe as a full‑screen nag to renew rather than a...
AnywhereNow’s renewed bet on Tendfor marks a clear acceleration in the race to deliver Microsoft-native contact‑center experiences across North America, combining Teams‑centric voice capabilities with deep Azure and Copilot integrations to chase larger enterprise CX deals and channel partners...
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More than half of the world’s personal computers remain on Windows 10 even as Microsoft’s official support deadline looms, creating a wide and growing security gap that affects consumers, small businesses, and enterprise networks alike. New telemetry shared publicly via cybersecurity vendor...
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Generative AI assistants such as Microsoft Copilot can accelerate data analysis — but only when the person using them understands the code they produce, checks the results, and controls the data fed into the system; used blindly, they’re a fast path to plausible-looking but flawed numbers...
AI has moved from an experimental novelty to a default tool in British lecture theatres and student workflows — and a new YouGov survey shows that the change is already reshaping how undergraduates study, submit assessments, and think about their careers. The headline figures are simple but...
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Pennsylvania’s decision to expand access to enterprise-grade generative AI for qualified state employees — pairing ChatGPT Enterprise with Microsoft Copilot Chat and a governance framework — marks one of the most ambitious state-level AI rollouts in the United States and moves the commonwealth...
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A joint Aston University–University of Leeds partnership has secured a £3.4 million Research England Development Fund award to build the Artificial Intelligence Researcher Development Network Plus (AI.RDN+), a four‑year programme that will map how publicly available AI tools (from ChatGPT to...
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Pennsylvania is moving from pilot to purchase order: Governor Josh Shapiro told more than 900 technology, academic and business leaders at the AI Horizons Summit in Pittsburgh that the commonwealth will expand access to advanced generative AI tools for qualified state employees — adding...
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Microsoft’s latest Canary‑channel experiment pushes intelligence deeper into the Windows shell: a new AI actions submenu in File Explorer lets you right‑click images to run Bing Visual Search, blur or remove backgrounds, and erase objects — all without opening a full editor. This context‑aware...
The Town of Gray is quietly turning a policy conversation into practical public service: after adopting guidelines for generative AI this summer, the town’s communications and IT director has begun using Microsoft Copilot to produce faster, more accessible meeting recaps, is hosting public...
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OpenAI’s backing of a feature-length, largely AI-created animated film called Critterz has jolted the animation world: the project — expanding a 2023 AI-made short into a Cannes-bound feature — explicitly uses OpenAI tools (including GPT-5 and the Sora video model) and a dramatically reduced...
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Olandria Carthen’s post‑villa momentum took a turn toward purposeful visibility this week as the Love Island USA Season 7 alum reunited two of the most powerful narratives in contemporary culture—HBCU pride and generative AI—by spotlighting Tuskegee University through Microsoft Copilot in a...
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