On August 31, 2026, CNBC reported that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) suffered a widespread Outlook and Exchange Online outage on August 31, with Downdetector reports peaking at 6,015 for Outlook and 2,

Microsoft has drafted a “Humanist AI” code requiring future models to accept human shutdown, follow non-negotiable safety rules, and remain under control.

Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.

Under its new agreement with Microsoft, OpenAI has the green light to work with other cloud providers like Amazon — with some strings attached.

Microsoft and OpenAI on Monday announced a sweeping overhaul of the partnership that has defined the commercial AI era, dismantling key pillars of exclusivity and revenue-sharing that bound the two companies together for years and replacing them with a ...

The publishers say the chatbots can recite entire passages from copyrighted articles.

In response to a growing AI and screen time backlash, Microsoft announced it had agreed to adopt guardrails and privacy standards for use of its AI tools in schools, as negotiated with the American Federation of Teachers, the country’s second-largest teachers union.

Microsoft’s MAI-Transcribe-2 offers faster AI transcription for 10 cents an hour, challenging OpenAI, Google and ElevenLabs.

When Microsoft reported killer fourth-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June 30), it tucked in an interesting little tidbit about how its investments in the two biggest, and competing, AI labs are doing. For the quarter, it recorded ...

U.S. Magistrate Judge Ona Wang, who is overseeing pretrial issues in a landmark copyright lawsuit brought by authors and news outlets ​including the New York Times against OpenAI and its largest ‌financial backer Microsoft ,

The newspapers’ Friday motion says OpenAI and Microsoft’s products have led to a tsunami of “pink slime” news sites that plagiarize or remix content from legitimate news sources.

Microsoft wants to be seen as a responsible AI entity as it ramps up model development alongside partners Anthropic and OpenAI.