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Microsoft is rolling a generative AI function directly into Excel’s calculation engine — a native formula called COPILOT() that lets users pass natural‑language prompts and optional grid ranges to a cloud AI model and receive live, recalculating outputs inside cells, a capability that closely...
The boom in generative AI — and the data-center buildout that powers it — is colliding with an electricity system built for a different era, and regulators, utilities and tech companies are scrambling to decide who ultimately pays for the upgrades. A landmark ruling by the Public Utilities...
iManage’s latest announcement tightens the scaffolding around AI for law firms: the company has added support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), upgraded its Insight+ search and knowledge-discovery engine, and expanded Ask iManage’s conversational and evidence features — all intended to let...
Generative AI promises dramatic cost savings and speed for marketing, design, and copy — but the shortcut from prompt to public-facing asset can land a company in a copyright courtroom, saddle it with crippling legal bills, or leave it unable to protect the very assets it thought it owned...
A Southern California resident has filed suit in San Diego Superior Court asking a judge to block Microsoft’s planned October 14, 2025 end-of-support for Windows 10 and to force the company to continue providing free security updates until Windows 10’s install base falls below a...
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In a curious clash of old and new, the world recently watched as Microsoft’s Copilot AI joined OpenAI’s ChatGPT in attempting to best a decades-old opponent: Atari 2600’s Video Chess. The saga, chronicled by journalist Robert Caruso, serves as a compelling — and somewhat sobering — demonstration...
In a world increasingly defined by the intersection of technology and human ambition, few threads are as vital—or as misunderstood—as the art of decision making in the age of generative AI. Cassie Kozyrkov, statistician, decision-making expert, and founder of the discipline known as decision...
Bragging about your new image model is easy—just slap “GPT” in the name, sprinkle in some technical specs, and wrap it up in Azure-blue ribbons. But when Microsoft unveils GPT-image-1 with all the gusto of a Silicon Valley magician producing a rabbit from the cloud, you better believe the IT...
Merck Manuals is stepping boldly into the future of clinical decision support by integrating its trusted, evidence-based medical content into Microsoft’s Copilot Studio healthcare agent service. This collaboration leverages the power of generative AI to equip clinicians with precise, reliable...