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Microsoft is quietly testing a Copilot Labs experiment called Portraits that would let users pick from 40 animated, non‑photorealistic 3D avatars — powered by Microsoft Research’s VASA‑1 — and speak to them in voice mode, according to an internal description surfaced by testers; the rollout...

Work is changing shape: Microsoft is shifting Microsoft 365 Copilot from a personal assistant into a set of collaboration-first agents that live inside Teams, SharePoint, and Viva Engage — effectively giving every team, meeting, project, and community an AI teammate that acts on shared context...

Medline’s announcement that it will co-develop Mpower—an AI-powered, Microsoft Azure-backed “digital control tower” for healthcare supply chains—and that Northwestern Medicine and Providence will pilot the system represents a deliberate, high-stakes push to move inventory decisioning, clinical...

Cluster Reply’s rapid, Microsoft‑backed rollout for Riverty — delivered into production in just 100 days — marks a clear, practical example of how an AI‑first, human‑centric customer‑service platform can be assembled using Dynamics 365, Dataverse and Microsoft Copilot tooling while remaining...

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...

Cluster Reply and Riverty this week unveiled an accelerated, Microsoft-backed omnichannel customer service platform that Riverty says was built as an AI‑first, human‑centric solution and delivered in just 100 days—a production deployment that consolidates voice, chat and email into a single...

Cluster Reply and Riverty this week unveiled a fast-tracked, Microsoft-backed omnichannel customer service platform that Riverty says was delivered in just 100 days and built to be AI-first while keeping human empathy at its core. The rollout consolidates voice, chat and email into a single...

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. Background The latest industry data shows a striking surge in demand for...

PrintVis’ new Capacity Optimization feature, announced as an AI-powered planning add‑on that uses Microsoft Copilot, promises to reshape how print operations balance machine workloads and respond to changing production priorities — delivering the potential for higher utilization, fewer...

Microsoft’s Copilot promises to turn the hours you spend wrestling with emails, spreadsheets, and slide decks into a few focused minutes — and the differences between “promise” and “product” matter. The Geeky Gadgets primer supplied by the user captures that enthusiasm, laying out Copilot’s...

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...

Microsoft should seriously consider a wearable Copilot device — but only if it designs one that solves the hard problems other entrants keep ignoring: privacy, battery and thermal constraints, compelling on‑device AI, and clear user value beyond what a smartphone already provides. Background...

Microsoft has quietly moved a familiar human question — “What should I wear?” — into the center of conversational commerce by launching an editorial, image‑first fashion discovery experience inside Microsoft Copilot powered by Austin startup Curated for You (CFY). The integration, publicly...

The U.S. House of Representatives has quietly moved from prohibition to pilot: House leadership announced a managed, one‑year rollout that will give thousands of House staffers access to Microsoft Copilot as part of a controlled experiment to modernize office workflows and test AI in a...

Kathleen Mitford told a packed IBC audience that the media industry’s survival depends on treating AI not as an optional experiment but as a core capability — a “frontier” set of tools that, when combined with human creativity, can reshape how stories are produced, distributed and monetised...

Curated for You and Microsoft have moved a high-concept idea into the mainstream: an AI-powered, conversational fashion discovery tool is now live inside Microsoft Copilot, delivering visually composed, shoppable outfit recommendations for situational prompts like “What should I wear to a beach...

Microsoft Copilot now speaks fashion: with a new integration powered by Curated for You, users can ask natural-language questions like “What should I wear to a beach wedding?” and receive context-aware, shoppable outfit recommendations inside the Copilot interface. Background Microsoft’s...

The U.S. House of Representatives has quietly — but decisively — reversed last year’s prohibition on Microsoft’s Copilot AI for congressional staffers, launching a controlled pilot that will provide up to 6,000 licenses for Microsoft 365 Copilot and make a lighter-weight Copilot Chat available...

Speaker Mike Johnson’s announcement at the Congressional Hackathon that the U.S. House will begin a staged pilot giving thousands of House staffers access to Microsoft Copilot marks a dramatic reversal of last year’s ban and opens a high‑stakes test of how a legislative body adopts generative AI...

Microsoft’s Copilot has quietly moved from productivity assistant to retail concierge: beginning in mid‑September 2025 the AI companion began returning visual, shoppable, context‑aware fashion recommendations powered by Curated for You, surfacing product edits from retailers such as REVOLVE...