Microsoft 365 Premium bundles Office and AI for the same price as ChatGPT Plus
Microsoft 365 Premium bundles Office and AI for the same price as ChatGPT Plus When Microsoft first launched its Copilot Pro plan last year and wanted an extra $20 a month on top of a Microsoft 365 Family or Personal subscription to get AI-powered Office features, it seemed like a tall ask. After bundling Office […]
Satya Nadella appoints a new CEO to run Microsoft’s biggest businesses
Satya Nadella appoints a new CEO to run Microsoft's biggest businesses Microsoft commercial CEO Judson Althoff. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is promoting Judson Althoff, currently executive vice president and chief commercial officer at Microsoft, to a new role as CEO of its commercial business. It’s the latest shakeup inside the company, as Microsoft navigates what CEO […]
Apple asks judge to toss Musk’s lawsuit over ChatGPT on iPhone
Apple asks judge to toss Musk's lawsuit over ChatGPT on iPhone Apple has hit back at Elon Musk over his claims its partnership with OpenAI to build ChatGPT directly into the iPhone is stunting AI industry competition. In court documents filed on Tuesday and seen by Bloomberg, Apple’s lawyers asked a federal judge to dismiss […]
Wikimedia wants to make it easier for you and AI developers to search through its data
Wikimedia wants to make it easier for you and AI developers to search through its data The late English writer Douglas Adams is best known as the author of the 1979 book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. But there is much more to Adams than what is written in his Wikipedia entry. Whether or […]
Microsoft is giving Copilot AI faces you can chat with
Microsoft is giving Copilot AI faces you can chat with Here are some examples of the “Portraits” avatars available to select Copilot users. Microsoft is trying to make Copilot more approachable by giving the AI assistant an animated face to talk with. The experimental “Portraits” feature in Copilot Labs is currently available in the US, […]
Google Drive adds AI to detect ransomware before it spreads
Google Drive adds AI to detect ransomware before it spreads Google Drive for desktop is adding ransomware detection using an AI model trained on “millions of real-world ransomware samples” that will “look for signals that a file has been maliciously modified.” When Google’s AI believes it has detected ransomware activity on a Windows or macOS […]
Nothing’s ‘first step’ to an ‘AI OS’ is not first, or an OS, but is fascinating
Nothing's 'first step' to an 'AI OS' is not first, or an OS, but is fascinating Nothing’s Playground tool lets users design smartphone apps with AI. Nothing says it has just taken “the first step towards an AI-native operating system.” Not exactly. Playground, Nothing’s new app store filled with user-designed, AI-generated apps, is neither Nothing’s […]
Opera launches its AI browser, but you’ll have to pay to try it
Opera launches its AI browser, but you'll have to pay to try it A limited number of people will get to try out Opera’s AI browser, Neon, starting today for $19.90 per month. The Norwegian software company first announced the “agentic browser” in May, but details were sparse. Now, we know that Opera Neon includes […]
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
Microsoft launches 'vibe working' in Excel and Word You’ve probably heard of vibe coding — novices writing apps by creating a simple AI prompt — but now Microsoft wants to introduce a similar thing for its Office apps. The software maker is launching a new Agent Mode in Excel and Word that can generate complex […]
Apple’s ‘Veritas’ chatbot is reportedly an employee-only test of Siri’s AI upgrades
Apple's 'Veritas' chatbot is reportedly an employee-only test of Siri's AI upgrades Siri’s new logo. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman Apple is testing Siri’s upcoming revamp using an internal chatbot called Veritas. The company’s struggles as it tries to keep pace in the AI race are no secret. The next-gen Siri has been delayed multiple […]