Topic: copilot integration
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Microsoft Reverses Course on Windows 11 AI Features
Microsoft is scaling back its aggressive "AI everywhere" strategy for Windows 11 after significant user backlash against intrusive features like Copilot buttons, shifting toward more deliberate and user-centric integrations. Specific AI features, including the controversial Windows Recall and Cop...
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Microsoft sued for misleading millions of Australians over 365 subscriptions
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is suing Microsoft for allegedly misleading 2.7 million customers by not disclosing a cheaper "Classic" plan option when introducing Copilot AI features and price increases. Microsoft's communications presented subscribers with only two choices: ...
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Microsoft Outlook's AI Revamp: A New Era Begins
Microsoft Outlook is undergoing a major transformation, led by new leadership, to rebuild it as an AI-driven platform that acts as a proactive assistant rather than just a tool. The development team is adopting accelerated innovation cycles, with AI integrated into every aspect of design and oper...
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Windows 11 Deeply Integrates AI-Powered Features
Windows 11 is integrating advanced AI-driven capabilities, focusing on generative and "agentic" AI that can independently perform tasks based on simple instructions, enhancing user interaction with computers. This initiative represents a renewed effort to fulfill the vision of a helpful digital a...
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16 Must-Know Windows 11 Updates for December
Microsoft's final major Windows 11 update for 2025 arrives in December, delivering sixteen notable changes focused on polishing the user experience, expanding AI, and addressing feedback. Key enhancements include deeper AI integration with a new "Share with Copilot" taskbar feature, visual refine...
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Microsoft OneDrive's New Windows App and AI Photo Agent Unveiled
Microsoft is launching a completely redesigned OneDrive for Windows with a full desktop application, integrated photo gallery, facial recognition, and AI-generated slideshows, enhancing the cloud storage experience across devices. The update includes enhanced Copilot integration, featuring a Phot...
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Try Claude AI in Microsoft Copilot Now
Microsoft is expanding its Copilot AI ecosystem by integrating Anthropic's Claude models, offering users more choice and reducing reliance on a single provider. Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers can now select the Claude Opus 4.1 model for the Researcher agent, enabling performance comparisons on...
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Bing's New Multi-Turn Search Makes Finding Answers Easier
Microsoft has globally launched a new multi-turn search feature for Bing, allowing users to ask follow-up questions directly within the results page via a dedicated Copilot box for a more conversational experience. The feature maintains context from the initial query, eliminating the need to repe...
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Microsoft 365 Premium: Office + AI for ChatGPT Plus Price
Microsoft 365 Premium combines Office applications with advanced AI features like Copilot, directly competing with ChatGPT Plus at $19.99 per month. The subscription targets professionals and solopreneurs, offering high usage limits for AI tools and including Office apps for up to six users with ...
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Microsoft's Windows is evolving into an 'agentic OS' with new taskbar features
Microsoft is transforming Windows 11 into an "agentic OS" by integrating AI agents directly into the taskbar, enabling proactive assistance and task automation through features like Ask Copilot. These AI agents operate in isolated workspaces for security, can run in the background, and provide vi...
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Test Microsoft's New AI Image Generator Now - Here's How
Microsoft has launched MAI-Image-1, an in-house AI model that generates photorealistic images with enhanced lighting and reflections, currently accessible for public testing on LMArena. The model is part of Microsoft's shift toward proprietary AI development, trained with creative input to reduce...
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Microsoft Builds In-House AI Models to Break Free from OpenAI
Microsoft has developed two proprietary AI models, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview, to diversify its technology and reduce reliance on external partners like OpenAI. MAI-Voice-1 is a speech-generation system for expressive audio, while MAI-1-preview is a large language model optimized for Copilot a...
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Windows 11 Major Update: New Start Menu & Taskbar Features Coming Next Month
A major Windows 11 update introduces a redesigned Start menu with enhanced customization and a new category view for apps, alongside a Phone Link panel for mobile device integration. The taskbar receives upgrades including a larger battery icon with percentage display and smooth window preview an...
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Claude AI Now Integrates with Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive
Anthropic has integrated its Claude AI assistant with Microsoft 365 apps like Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive, enabling automatic retrieval and analysis of workplace data to streamline workflows. The integration allows Claude to search and analyze content from SharePoint, OneDrive, emails, and Teams...
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Microsoft Paint Adds AI-Powered Coloring Book Feature
Microsoft Paint is introducing an AI-powered "Coloring book" feature that generates line-art illustrations from text prompts, part of a broader AI push in Windows 11 apps currently available to testers. The new Paint feature is exclusive to Copilot Plus PCs with specialized hardware, highlighting...
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Windows 11's Final 2025 Update: New Features & Fixes
Microsoft has released the final 2025 security and feature update (KB5072033) for Windows 11, focusing on user experience refinements and system stability. Key improvements include a more consistent dark mode in File Explorer, new quality-of-life toggles, and fixes for issues like a broken Ask Co...
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MSI's Sleekest Laptops: A First Look at Stunning Design
MSI unveils a redesigned Prestige laptop series at CES 2026, featuring thin designs, OLED screens, and new Intel Panther Lake processors in both clamshell and convertible models. The series includes the Prestige 14/16 AI Plus clamshells and Prestige Flip 2-in-1s, all with OLED displays, and the F...
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Microsoft Bing Now Supports data-nosnippet HTML Attribute
Microsoft Bing now supports the data-nosnippet HTML attribute, giving website owners control over how their content appears in search results and AI-generated summaries like Copilot. This feature allows businesses to exclude specific content from snippets, such as paywalled material or experiment...
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GPT-5.1: OpenAI's 'Warmer' AI with Enhanced Personality
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.1, featuring two specialized models—Instant for responsiveness and Thinking for complex tasks—to enhance ChatGPT interactions, with automatic model selection for optimal responses. The update includes expanded personality presets for tailored communication and an experim...
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Microsoft Takes on AWS in AI App Marketplace Race
Microsoft has launched a new unified Microsoft Marketplace, positioning it as a direct competitor to Amazon Web Services in the AI app marketplace space. The marketplace offers over 3,000 AI apps and agents from Microsoft's partner network, designed to help businesses automate tasks, accelerate d...
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