Tag: Microsoft
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MAI-Thinking-1 vs OpenAI: What Microsoft’s Own Release Says It Can Replace
Microsoft’s own reasoning model, MAI-Thinking-1, has been in public preview on Microsoft Foundry since August 12, 2026. Does it reduce Microsoft’s reliance on OpenAI? Microsoft’s release, benchmark table and product posts give a narrower answer than the headlines. The contract…
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Microsoft and OpenAI’s Relationship Is No Longer Exclusive. Here’s What Changed
Microsoft and OpenAI are no longer exclusive partners under the terms either company has published. As of an amendment dated April 27, 2026, OpenAI can sell its products through any cloud provider, and Microsoft no longer holds an exclusive license…
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Microsoft AI Returns Face a Hardware Refresh Test
Microsoft AI returns are no longer just a promise attached to a spending plan. Microsoft’s fiscal 2026 fourth-quarter figures give us unusually concrete evidence of demand: Azure’s annual revenue passed $100 billion, while Microsoft 365 Copilot exceeded 30 million paid…
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Microsoft Weighs Swapping ChatGPT for China’s Kimi K3
Microsoft is reportedly considering replacing ChatGPT and Claude with Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 model to save up to $600 million.
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Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday: 570 Flaws and Two Exploited Zero-Days
Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed a record 570 vulnerabilities, including two zero-days exploited in the wild and one publicly disclosed and 59.
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Microsoft Trimmed OpenAI Ties, Then Deepened Them
OpenAI announced that GPT-5.6 is now the preferred model in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Press coverage dates Microsoft’s deployment to July 9, 2026.
