Microsoft's MAI Code 1.1 Flash gets crushed by DeepSeek on benchmarks and cost
The Decoder · Aug 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Microsoft has rolled out MAI Code 1.1 Flash, a new code-generation model purpose-built for GitHub Copilot, but the laun...
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The Decoder · Aug 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Microsoft has rolled out MAI Code 1.1 Flash, a new code-generation model purpose-built for GitHub Copilot, but the laun...
The Decoder · Aug 10, 2026 · 2 min read
The line between chatbot and office suite just got thinner. OpenAI has acquired NextSlide, a startup that built tools f...
The Decoder · Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min read
Here's a number that explains a lot of recent behavior in Redmond: roughly 70 percent of Microsoft's AI revenue flows d...
MarkTechPost · Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min read
A team spanning Microsoft and three Chinese universities has cracked a problem that's been quietly plaguing AI deployme...
The Decoder · Jul 30, 2026 · 2 min read
OpenAI is taking a cleaver to its pricing. The company announced that starting July 30, its most affordable model, GPT-...
The Decoder · Jul 30, 2026 · 2 min read
Microsoft is making an explicit bet that the future isn't one god-like AI model, but a swarm of cheap, specialized ones...
TechCrunch AI · Jul 30, 2026 · 2 min read
The cracks in the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership just got wider. On Wednesday’s earnings call, CEO Satya Nadella didn't j...
TechCrunch AI · Jul 29, 2026 · 2 min read
The numbers buried in Microsoft's latest earnings tell a fascinating story about the diverging fortunes of AI's two big...
The Verge AI · Jul 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Satya Nadella just drew a line in the sand. On Wednesday's earnings call, the Microsoft CEO confirmed the company is st...
Ars Technica AI · Jul 29, 2026 · 2 min read
The internal panic was palpable. Microsoft engineers huddled in mid-May, confronting a stark new reality: Anthropic's C...
Ars Technica AI · Jul 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Timing is everything, and Microsoft’s couldn't be more awkward. On Monday, the company unveiled a new AI model purpose-...
The Decoder · Jul 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Microsoft just pulled back the curtain on MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a homegrown cybersecurity model that it claims can go toe-...
TechCrunch AI · Jul 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Microsoft isn't just wading into the AI cybersecurity fight—it's throwing a haymaker. On Monday in San Francisco, the c...
The Verge AI · Jul 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Nvidia has drawn a sharp line in the sand over AI safety. On Monday, the chipmaker launched the Open Secure AI Alliance...
The Decoder · Jul 24, 2026 · 2 min read
Microsoft’s sudden embrace of open-weight AI isn’t about altruism. It’s about Azure lock-in and fattening margins, and...
The Decoder · Jul 21, 2026 · 2 min read
Microsoft and Mistral just tore up their old playbook. The two companies announced a multi-billion-dollar expansion of...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 18, 2026 · 2 min read
The wait is over for builders who've been itching to weave AI image generation into their own software. OpenAI just thr...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 18, 2026 · 2 min read
The deal isn't a surprise to anyone who has tracked the steady tightening of this relationship, but the confirmation st...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI just drew a line in the sand. The four companies — arguably the most influenti...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 17, 2026 · 2 min read
The five-day circus is over. Sam Altman is back as CEO of OpenAI, Mira Murati returns to her CTO post, and Greg Brockma...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 17, 2026 · 2 min read
OpenAI just showed five state-affiliated hacking crews the door. In a joint operation with Microsoft Threat Intelligenc...
TechCrunch AI · Jul 16, 2026 · 2 min read
The honeymoon is officially over. In a striking pivot, Microsoft executives are now coaching their sales force to direc...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 15, 2026 · 2 min read
OpenAI’s board has finally said the quiet part out loud: the structure that launched the company in 2015 cannot power i...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 15, 2026 · 2 min read
OpenAI is bringing its most advanced reasoning models to the U.S. National Laboratories, a move that embeds the company...
TechCrunch AI · Jul 14, 2026 · 2 min read
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri dropped a sobering prediction on Lenny's Podcast: within a year or two, an engineer's AI t...
TechCrunch AI · Jul 14, 2026 · 2 min read
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just published a blog post that reads like a warning shot aimed directly at OpenAI, Anthrop...
The Decoder · Jul 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is calling out the AI industry's data double standard, and he's not pulling punches. In a p...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 13, 2026 · 2 min read
OpenAI and Microsoft have taken another step in their intricate, multi-billion-dollar tango, signing a non-binding memo...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 12, 2026 · 2 min read
The Microsoft-OpenAI marriage isn't ending, but the prenup just got a major rewrite. The new definitive agreement outli...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 10, 2026 · 1 min read
OpenAI and Microsoft have issued a joint statement to clarify that their partnership remains rock-solid, even as OpenAI...
TechCrunch AI · Jul 10, 2026 · 1 min read
Bloomberg recently reported that Microsoft was swapping some OpenAI software for its own in-house MAI models in Word an...
The Verge AI · Jul 10, 2026 · 1 min read
Microsoft's latest sustainability report reveals a 25% spike in carbon emissions last year, reaching 34 million metric...
The Verge AI · Jul 9, 2026 · 1 min read
Microsoft is ramping up AI in its security update process, promising a higher volume of fixes per release. The move com...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 9, 2026 · 1 min read
Microsoft and OpenAI have renegotiated their deal to keep things smooth as AI evolves fast. Under the new terms, Micros...
TechCrunch AI · Jul 8, 2026 · 1 min read
Microsoft is quietly shifting away from expensive third-party AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic, opting instead to de...
The Decoder · Jul 7, 2026 · 1 min read
Microsoft is swapping out AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic for its own in-house MAI models across Copilot products l...
Hugging Face Blog · Jul 7, 2026 · 2 min read
Microsoft is cracking open the operational bottleneck that's kept millions of Hugging Face models out of production. Th...
TechCrunch AI · Jul 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Microsoft laid off 4800 employees, with Xbox and commercial sales being the hardest hit. The company says the layoffs a...
TechCrunch AI · Jul 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Microsoft has cut 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, citing AI's impact on everyday tasks, while other tech...
The Verge AI · Jul 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Microsoft is laying off around 4,800 employees, approximately 2.1 percent of its workforce, with most of the job losses...
The Decoder · Jul 4, 2026 · 1 min read
Microsoft is revamping its Copilot app to create an AI super app, merging consumer and enterprise apps into one, with n...
The Decoder · Jul 3, 2026 · 1 min read
Microsoft is launching a new unit called Frontier Company with a $2.5 billion budget to embed 6,000 AI engineers within...
TechCrunch AI · Jul 2, 2026 · 1 min read
Microsoft just launched a new business, Microsoft Frontier Company, to help big companies use its AI tools successfully...
Ars Technica AI · Jun 27, 2026 · 1 min read
The New York Times is amending its copyright complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft, clarifying claims of contributory...
The Register AI · Apr 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Microsoft shipped a fix. It didn't stick. On-premises SharePoint servers are now under active zero-day attack, and the...
The Register AI · Apr 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Microsoft's latest security updates were supposed to lock things down. Instead, they kicked open a door that's now bein...
Hugging Face Blog · May 19, 2025 · 2 min read
Two years ago, Microsoft and Hugging Face began a modest experiment: make open models easier to find and deploy on Azur...