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Microsoft Copilot

A ‘final season’ at Microsoft for Yusuf Mehdi: Longtime exec plans to leave after one last year

Yusuf Mehdi, one of Microsoft’s best-known and longest-serving business leaders, whose tenure has spanned 35 years from Windows 3.1 to… Read More

Microsoft’s new research finds an AI ‘paradox’ holding companies back

Microsoft’s 2026 Work Trend Index finds that the biggest barrier to AI at work isn’t the technology or the workers — it’s the organizations around them. Only 13% of AI users say they’re rewarded for experimenting with AI in their jobs. Read More

Microsoft’s NFL tech goes beyond the tablet: What AI is doing for coaches, players, and scouts

Just as with business workflows, the tools are changing how teams operate on and off the field. One big benefit of AI, Microsoft says, is speed: getting the right information to the right person fast enough to shape the next play call or adjustment. Read More

Seattle puts Microsoft Copilot expansion on hold as new mayor takes stock of AI

Five months after releasing its “responsible AI plan” providing guidelines for the technology’s use, the City of Seattle has tapped the brakes on artificial intelligence. Read More

Pick Alexa’s personality: Amazon lets users choose ‘Brief,’ ‘Chill,’ or ‘Sweet’ conversation styles

Amazon is letting Alexa+ users customize how the voice assistant communicates, choosing between Brief, Chill, and Sweet personality styles. It’s a first for Alexa. Read More

Microsoft earnings preview: Record capital spending puts a bigger spotlight on cloud growth

Microsoft is heading into its earnings report this week facing what one analyst calls a “prove it” moment, with investors looking for signs that its massive AI bet is translating into sustained cloud growth. Read More

How Microsoft is betting on AI agents in Windows, dusting off a winning playbook from the past

Microsoft is pushing AI agents deep into Windows, reviving a platform strategy that once made the PC operating system dominant. The question is whether that approach can still work in a world defined by phones, browsers, and the cloud. Read More

Microsoft exec hints at new Copilot features, saying AI will become more of a ‘team sport’

Microsoft is preparing to go deeper into “human-to-human-to-AI collaboration,” one of the company’s top AI executives said this week — signaling plans for a broader rollout of features to let people work with each other and AI at the same time. Read More

For Pete’s sake, what does AI think of the play that haunts Seattle Seahawks fans — run or pass?

There’s been a lot of chatter heading into the new NFL season about how artificial intelligence will be an innovative… Read More

Excel + AI: Microsoft brings new ‘COPILOT’ function directly into spreadsheet cells

Microsoft is building generative AI directly into the cells of Excel, attempting to bring one of the defining apps of… Read More

Microsoft plans record $30 billion in quarterly capital spending to meet surging AI demand

Microsoft plans to invest more than $30 billion in capital expenditures in the upcoming quarter — a new high —… Read More

The ‘infinite workday’ is here — and Microsoft says AI will make it worse if we’re not careful

AI could accelerate burnout and chaos at work unless companies fundamentally change how they manage time and priorities, Microsoft warns… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Box CEO Aaron Levie on AI agents, enterprise data, and the future of work

“I’m just finding more stuff to have the AI do — and then I end up doing more work as… Read More

Meet your new AI teammate: Microsoft sees humans as ‘agent bosses,’ upending the workplace

If you’re still getting used to the idea of using AI chatbots at work, brace yourself — Microsoft says that’s… Read More

The surprising way Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella uses AI to consume podcasts on his commute

Satya Nadella is a fan of multimodal AI interfaces — the ability to interact with a chatbot not just through… Read More

Podcast

Talking with AI: Microsoft Copilot guest-hosts the GeekWire Podcast

We were looking for a guest expert to discuss the new Microsoft Copilot features on the show this week, when… Read More

Copilot Pro vs. ChatGPT Plus: Microsoft’s new paid service offers alternative to OpenAI subscription

Microsoft’s new $20/month AI chatbot subscription, Copilot Pro, promises to give individual users priority access to the latest AI models,… Read More

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