I got to speak to Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davuluri and consumer chief marketing officer Yusuf Mehdi to better understand the future of AI for Copilot and Windows. Microsoft is thinking about totally reimagined apps on Windows thanks to AI and the possibility of dedicated Copilot hardware in the future.

On Monday, Microsoft unveiled updates to its consumer AI assistant Copilot, introducing two new experimental features for a limited group of $20/month Copilot Pro subscribers: Copilot Labs and Copilot Vision. Labs integrates OpenAI's latest o1 "reasoning" model, and Vision allows Copilot to see what you're browsing in Edge.

Microsoft is freshening its ad experience on its Copilot AI platform as part of a larger effort to attract more brands to the chatbot’s advertising ecosystem. It also rolled out new tools to measure campaign performance.

The FBI and Microsoft have seized more than 100 web domains they say Russian intelligence used for cyber-espionage, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.

If you're not a fan of the $69.99 annual fee for Microsoft 365, you can get a lifetime license for Microsoft's suite of apps for $149.99.

Also: Every new Microsoft Copilot feature and AI upgrade coming soon to your Windows PC. A one-time Office Home 2024 purchase is $149.99 and includes everything except Outlook. Ho

Microsoft has released two versions of Office 2024 for Windows PCs and Macs, the latest edition of its productivity suite that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and (in the Home & Business version) Outlook.

Microsoft plans to spend about $4.75 billion over the next two years in cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Italy, as global tech companies continue to boost their footprints overseas amid a boom in demand for AI computing.

MILAN (Reuters) -Microsoft plans to invest 4.3 billion euros ($4.8 billion) over the next two years to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure in northern Italy, it said on Wednesday.