… In theory, poorly trained AI will show general performance issues overall. Poisoned AI will work well until the trigger word is used. Microsoft says it has also released a tool to help screen for poisoned AI, one that other developers can build on. …
The agentic world that Microsoft and others have envisioned for AI is now arriving in the company's office apps, where prompts are replacing the need to build PowerPoint presentations from scratch, even with Anthropic's Claude. Microsoft is pushing several major changes for office workers. …
… And now, that's back, thanks to Marcus Ash, who leads design and research for Microsoft's Windows + Devices team. Microsoft said it will host a few meetups over the next few months including one just after Microsoft Build, in San Francisco to allow users to chat with developers. …
… Pay once and keep building and learning for as long as you need.Get the Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 bundle for $49.97 regularly $1,999.99 through May 31 at 11:59 p.m. …
… Microsoft did design AutoSR as a technology that needed explicit game support, however, and Microsoft maintains a list of games that you can filter to discover if AutoSR works out of the box or if it needs to be opted into. …
… Microsoft did not say that it was explicitly hiring more human testers, however. Microsoft's small Windows Insider team also left for other jobs in the past few months. Less AI? Hurray! It's doubtful that Microsoft will get rid of its investment in AI. …
Microsoft Office has been king of the office suites for over 30 years, and it remains that way even as people yearn for viable alternatives—ones that are less bloated, more privacy-friendly, yet widely compatible with all the existing Microsoft Office files in circulation. …
… The DirectX Compute Graph Compiler will be available for private preview this summer, Microsoft said. …
… So far, Microsoft still implements "Collections" of stored tabs, where you can research and store an ongoing project, like a summer vacation. Like Google, Microsoft is pushing you to adopt Copilot to take over manual tab storage and replace it with an AI summary. …
… Here, Google and Gemini are doing three things, including allowing you to build a spreadsheet from data collected elsewhere, such as emails and other documents; as well as the capability to take that information and fill any empty cells that are available. …
