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A day after OpenAI got Microsoft to agree to end exclusive rights, AWS announced a slate of OpenAI model offerings, including a new agent service.

Sam Altman and Matt Garman discuss OpenAI-AWS partnership on Bedrock Managed Agents; Stratechery covers OpenAI-Microsoft deal implications.

Microsoft study identifies job categories most exposed to AI automation; labor market impact analysis.

OpenAI terminates exclusive partnership with Microsoft, reshaping enterprise AI licensing and competitive dynamics in foundation model distribution.

Microsoft releases VibeVoice, MIT-licensed speech-to-text model with speaker diarization; 17.3GB weights available with 4-bit MLX quantization.

Amended agreement clears the way for OpenAI models to run on Amazon Bedrock.

Microsoft releases TRELLIS.2, open-source 4B-param image-to-3D model generating 1536³ PBR textured assets via O-Voxel sparse voxel structure.

Microsoft-OpenAI AGI clause that would nullify Microsoft's IP rights upon AGI achievement has been removed from partnership terms.

OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft get more cash in a revenue-share agreement.

OpenAI and Microsoft's partnership-turned-situationship just got even less committed. And a clause about artificial general intelligence, which has for years dictated the future of their deal, has officially been dropped. On Monday morning, Microsoft announced a handful of big changes to its long-standing OpenAI deal. Microsoft will remain OpenAI's "primary cloud partner, and OpenAI products will ship first on Azure, unless Microsoft cannot and chooses not to support the necessary capabilities." But OpenAI can "now serve all its products to customers across any cloud provider." That lets Open...

Microsoft-OpenAI partnership restructured: non-exclusive IP license, Azure remains first-ship partner, Microsoft stops revenue share to OpenAI.

OpenAI and Microsoft amend partnership agreement to clarify governance, extend commitment, and enable scaled AI development.

Qualitative study of how smart-home AI teams (Amazon Alexa, Google Nest, Microsoft Azure) manage user expectations through design practices.

Claude users can access more apps with Anthropic's AI now thanks to new connectors for everything from hiking to grocery shopping. Anthropic already supported connecting numerous work-related apps to Claude, like Microsoft apps, but this expansion focuses on personal apps like Audible, Spotify, Uber, AllTrails, TripAdvisor, Instacart, TurboTax, and others. Some of these apps, such as Spotify, already have similar connectors in OpenAI's ChatGPT. Once an app is connected, Claude will suggest relevant connected apps directly in your conversations, like using AllTrails for hike recommendations. A...

Plants from OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Microsoft could emit more than 129M tons annually.

Microsoft is rolling out a new Agent Mode inside Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint this week. Previously described by Microsoft as "vibe working," the Agent Mode is a more powerful version of the Copilot experience in Office that Microsoft has been trying to sell to businesses. "When we first shipped Copilot, foundation models were not powerful enough to use Copilot to command the applications," admits Sumit Chauhan, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Office Product Group. "This meant Copilot was a passive partner in documents: it could answer questions but missed the mark whe...

AI integration is redefining mainstream enterprise applications, from productivity software like Microsoft Office to more complex design and engineering tools.... AI integration is redefining mainstream enterprise applications, from productivity software like Microsoft Office to more complex design and engineering tools. This shift requires the modern data center to move beyond single-purpose silos. For developers, gaining access to dedicated GPU compute can often be a bottleneck. Virtual machines (VMs) solve part of this challenge by providing secure… Source

Google's AI meeting notetaker is no longer limited to Google Meets - Gemini can also generate summaries and transcripts of in-person meetings now, as well as meetings on Zoom and Microsoft Teams, as first reported by 9to5Google. Support for in-person meetings was previously limited to alpha users and only available on Android. Google's support page for the feature notes that, "If a user who is not in person wants to join the meeting, you can transition the meeting to a normal video call." The feature also works for impromptu meetings - Google says you "don't need to be in a meeting room" or i...

Digital services for brands from Jeep to Peugeot will feel the presence of AI.

OpenAI and Microsoft affirm ongoing collaboration across research, engineering, and product development.

Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot, the company's workplace assistant, transforming it from a simple notification tool into what executives describe as a fully powered AI agent capable of searching enterprise data, drafting documents, and taking action on behalf of employees. The new Slackbot, now generally available to Business+ and Enterprise+ customers, is Salesforce's most aggressive move yet to position Slack at the center of the emerging "agentic AI" movement — where software agents work alongside humans to complete complex tasks. The launch comes as ...

Anthropic released Cowork on Monday, a new AI agent capability that extends the power of its wildly successful Claude Code tool to non-technical users — and according to company insiders, the team built the entire feature in approximately a week and a half, largely using Claude Code itself. The launch marks a major inflection point in the race to deliver practical AI agents to mainstream users, positioning Anthropic to compete not just with OpenAI and Google in conversational AI, but with Microsoft's Copilot in the burgeoning market for AI-powered productivity tools. "Cowork lets you complete...

Claude becomes available through Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft 365 Copilot integration.

Anthropic commits $30B to Azure compute, partners with Microsoft and NVIDIA to scale Claude deployment across enterprise.

Microsoft and OpenAI expand long-term partnership to strengthen innovation and responsible AI progress.

OpenAI and Microsoft sign new MOU reinforcing partnership on AI safety and innovation.

Improvements to data analysis in ChatGPT Interact with tables and charts and add files directly from Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive.