The tech giant forms a team led by Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman to build top artificial-intelligence systems and distance itself from its longtime partner.

ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft studied interactions between AI customers and vendors.Most agents failed to resist manipulation and make wise choices.The results underscore the dangers of an AI agent-run economy.

Microsoft said the Copilot responses now include "prominent, clickable citations and the option to see aggregated sources."

People Inc., one of the largest media publishers in the U.S., has signed an AI licensing deal with Microsoft. The media giant (formerly known as Dotdash Meredith) made the announcement Tuesday as a part of parent company IAC’s third-quarter earnings.

Image-1, inside Copilot — and early testers say it’s a big upgrade. The model is already earning praise for producing more realistic textures, cleaner hands, and better lighting than previous Copilot image tools.

Cloud infrastructure services are swiftly becoming a hot commodity in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

This comes at an interesting time. Microsoft has just secured the legal freedom to build its own AGI (artificial general intelligence), even using OpenAI’s technology if it wants. So while Suleyman says “we reject the race narrative,” Microsoft is now fully allowed to win that race, solo or with new partners.

Microsoft has announced it will ship Nvidia's advanced AI chips to the United Arab Emirates. The U.S. Commerce Department approved the deal in September.

Microsoft Copilot once again extended its streak of winning weeks making NFL picks. Can the AI chatbot have another one in NFL Week 10?

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The research raises new questions about how well AI agents will perform when working unsupervised — and how quickly AI companies can make good on promises of an agentic future.