Articles about Microsoft Build

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Microsoft Build decoded: Solara, Scout, AI models, GitHub’s woes and more with Mary Jo Foley

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we break down the news from Microsoft Build from Project Solara and the Scout agentic assistant to Microsoft’s push to rely less on OpenAI and Anthropic, and the mounting pressure on GitHub. Read More

Mary Jo Foley: No Copilot ‘Super App’ at Microsoft Build, but plenty of agentic fodder

Microsoft teased its rumored Copilot “Super App” at Build but didn’t demo it. Longtime Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley assesses the no-show, explains why the initiative matters, and considers what the company actually did announce. Read More

Microsoft unveils seven homegrown AI models in new bid for ‘long term self-sufficiency’

Microsoft used its Build conference to unveil seven in-house AI models, including a reasoning model it says draws even with Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.6 — part of a push to depend less on the AI partners it has invested billions in. Read More

Microsoft’s OpenClaw team takes on the personal assistant challenge

A small team inside Microsoft led by Corporate Vice President Omar Shahine is building “Project Lobster,” an OpenClaw-based agent designed to work around the clock on behalf of knowledge workers within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. The project already has more than 3,000 daily users inside the company. Read More

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Did Elon Musk really intern at Microsoft? Plus: AI agents, job cuts, and an economic warning

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Satya Nadella’s offhand remark at Microsoft Build, about Elon Musk once interning at Microsoft,… Read More

Microsoft expands AI roster with Anthropic and xAI integrations, looking beyond OpenAI alliance

Microsoft is continuing to expand its fleet of AI partners, hedging its bets beyond its high-profile partnership with OpenAI —… Read More

OpenAI’s Sam Altman appears at Microsoft Build amid dustup over voice technologies

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman played the role of closing act for the opening keynote at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in… Read More

Microsoft’s new ‘Live Share’ enables interactive remote collaboration in Teams apps

Microsoft will offer a new remote collaboration technology to let users interact with apps simultaneously during Microsoft Teams meetings. The… Read More

Microsoft adapts OpenAI’s GPT-3 natural language technology to automatically write code

Microsoft unveiled new tools for automatically generating computer code and formulas on Tuesday morning, in a new adaptation of the… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella walks the floor at Build conference, chats with developers and (almost) pets a pony

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella started his day by dropping all kinds of news at the opening keynote of Microsoft Build… Read More

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The Week in Geek: A historic Echo-to-Echo call, a new direction for Windows, and tech’s ‘megalopolis’

Alexa, Amazon’s artificial intelligence assistant, is getting smarter by the day. Her most recent trick is pretty impressive: users can now… Read More

Live: Watch Microsoft’s Build 2017 keynote with GeekWire’s commentary

Microsoft’s Build developer conference kicks off in downtown Seattle this morning, with a heavy focus on cloud technologies, and GeekWire… Read More

New build of Windows 10 includes Cortana upgrades, Game DVR and more

Right on the heels of Microsoft’s Build developer conference keynote, the company released a new build of Windows 10 that… Read More

Microsoft open-sources ‘Roslyn’ .NET compiler platform

SAN FRANCISCO – Open source fans, rejoice: Microsoft has released its new “Roslyn” .NET compiler platform preview as an open… Read More

Microsoft announces broad swath of new features for Azure

SAN FRANCISCO – There are some big new features afoot for Microsoft Azure. As a part of the company’s Build… Read More

Live Blog: Microsoft kicks off Build conference in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO–Microsoft has taken over the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco today for its annual Build developer conference.… Read More

Microsoft’s BUILD conference will be back in San Francisco on April 2

Microsoft announced today that its BUILD developer conference will be returning to San Francisco’s Moscone Center from April 2-4 next… Read More

Why Microsoft is building one of North America’s largest tents on its campus

Earlier this week, Microsoft fenced off a large swath of the original ballfields at its Redmond headquarters. Construction crews covered… Read More