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Topic24 articles · Updated May 14, 2026

Microsoft AI News

Microsoft's AI story: Copilot family launches across Office, GitHub, and Windows; Azure OpenAI and AI Foundry updates; Fortune 500 partnerships; and the strategy behind it.

microsoft
7.1
May 14, 2026
Microsoft 365 Copilot bug exposes governance gap
IT Security Guru reports that for several weeks earlier this year Microsoft 365 Copilot read and summarised confidential emails despite sensitivity labels and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies being correctly configured to block that behaviour. The incident is tracked as bug CW1226324, per IT Security Guru. According to IT Security Guru, Microsoft said users only accessed information they were already authorised to see. The article argues the core failure was architectural: the same platform hosted the AI, the governance controls, and the telemetry, creating a single point of failure with no independent detection for weeks. IT Security Guru places this issue in a broader pattern affecting enterprise AI tools such as Google Gemini for Workspace and Salesforce Einstein.
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microsoft
7.1
May 14, 2026
Microsoft pursues AI startups to diversify from OpenAI
Reported facts: Reuters reports that Microsoft is "shopping for artificial-intelligence startups" as it prepares for a future less dependent on its partnership with OpenAI, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Reuters says Microsoft considered acquiring code-generation startup Cursor this spring but "backed away" because of internal concerns that the deal would not pass regulatory scrutiny, three people told Reuters. Reuters also reports Microsoft is in discussions with startup Inception, and that Microsoft's venture fund M12 invested in Inception's $50 million seed round in late 2025. Reuters sources said the talks may not result in a deal and noted competition from other buyers including SpaceX. Editorial analysis: Industry observers will watch whether deal activity accelerates talent and model-development timelines across big tech.
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vulnerabilities
8.2
May 13, 2026
Vendors Use AI to Uncover and Patch Dozens of Flaws
Axios and The Register report that Palo Alto Networks scanned more than 130 products using frontier AI models, including Claude Mythos and OpenAI models, and uncovered 75 vulnerabilities that the company has patched, versus its typical 5-10 finds per month (Axios, The Register). SecurityWeek reports that Microsoft's MDASH system discovered 16 vulnerabilities that were addressed in a recent Patch Tuesday, including four rated critical. Axios reports none of the Palo Alto findings were being actively exploited in the wild. Commentators including Zero Day Initiative's Dustin Childs and reporting in ComputerWeekly link the spike in disclosures to the growing use of powerful AI bug-hunting tools and warn of higher operational burdens for patch triage and deployment.
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microsoft
7.2
May 13, 2026
Microsoft spent over $100 billion on OpenAI partnership
Bloomberg, as carried by the Financial Post, reports that Microsoft has spent more than US$100 billion on its partnership with OpenAI, a figure presented alongside a reported US$852 billion valuation for OpenAI as of the end of March (Financial Post / Bloomberg, May 13, 2026). Earlier reporting described a separate, proposed U.S. data-center project nicknamed "Stargate" that could cost about $100 billion and that Microsoft would likely finance (Reuters, March 29, 2024). Independent coverage has also described OpenAI near a large private raise of about $100 billion at an > $850 billion valuation (TechCrunch, Feb 19, 2026), and CNBC reported that OpenAI's nonprofit parent would own an equity stake valued at more than $100 billion, while noting Microsoft had previously invested over $13 billion (CNBC, Sep 11, 2025).
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lawsuit
7.4
May 13, 2026
Satya Nadella testifies in Musk v. Altman trial
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took the witness stand on May 11 in the federal Musk v. Altman trial in Oakland, California, testifying about Microsofts early partnership with OpenAI, according to CNBC. Elon Musk named Microsoft as a defendant in his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that Microsoft aided and abetted an alleged breach of charitable trust, CNBC reports. The litigation seeks large damages; The New York Times reports Musk is pursuing as much as $150 billion. CNBC and other coverage note Microsofts investments in OpenAI described as more than $13 billion across multiple deals have been a focal point of testimony. Musk testified that Microsofts $10 billion investment made him believe OpenAI was violating its nonprofit mission, CNBC reports.
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microsoft
7.4
May 13, 2026
Microsoft's MDASH Finds 16 Windows Vulnerabilities
According to Microsoft Security Blog, Microsoft announced a new multi-model agentic scanning harness codenamed MDASH that helped find 16 vulnerabilities across the Windows networking and authentication stack, including four critical remote code execution (RCE) flaws. Microsoft's post attributes the discoveries to an ensemble that orchestrates more than 100 specialized AI agents and reports strong benchmark results: 21 of 21 planted bugs found with zero false positives on a private test driver, 96% recall on five years of confirmed MSRC cases for clfs.sys and 100% recall in tcpip.sys, and an 88.45% score on the public CyberGym benchmark, which Microsoft says tops the leaderboard. Infosecurity reports that May Patch Tuesday fixed 120 CVEs overall, 16 of which Microsoft says were found by MDASH. CSO Online reports the system will enter a private enterprise preview in June.
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microsoft
7.1
May 13, 2026
Microsoft issues mass patches as AI-driven discovery rises
The Record reports that Microsoft issued patches for more than 130 security vulnerabilities on Tuesday, putting the company on pace to exceed its annual record after five months in 2026, during which it has patched more than 500 vulnerabilities. The Record quotes Tom Gallagher, vice president of engineering at Microsoft's Security Response Center, writing: "Microsoft engineers and the wider security community alike are increasingly using AI to examine software more carefully and more often than was practical even a few years ago." The Record also reports Microsoft disclosed an internal AI system, codenamed MDASH, which the company says rediscovered dozens of historical flaws and found 16 vulnerabilities patched this month, including four rated critical. Editorial analysis: this trend raises operational demands on vulnerability triage and patching workflows industrywide.
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openai
7.6
May 13, 2026
OpenAI Renegotiates Microsoft Deal, Caps Payments at $38B
CryptoBriefing reports that OpenAI and Microsoft restructured their partnership so that Microsoft will receive a 20% revenue share through 2030, capped at $38 billion in total payments, a change CryptoBriefing estimates saves OpenAI about $97 billion through 2030 compared with the prior uncapped terms. CryptoBriefing says the new arrangement converts Microsofts previous exclusivity into a non-exclusive license running through 2032, allowing OpenAI to serve customers on other cloud platforms while maintaining a priority relationship with Azure. The article also reports Microsoft invested $13 billion earlier in the partnership, now valued at about $135 billion and representing roughly 27% diluted ownership, and that October 2025 terms included a $250 billion Azure commitment and an independent AGI verification panel.
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patch-tuesday
6.8
May 12, 2026
Microsoft and Major Vendors Patch Record Vulnerabilities
Per Krebs on Security, the May 2026 Patch Tuesday cycle saw Microsoft release updates addressing at least 118 security vulnerabilities across Windows and other products. Krebs reports 16 of those flaws carried Microsoft's highest "critical" severity, and this is the first Patch Tuesday in nearly two years without fixes for active zero-day exploitation. Krebs cites security firm Rapid7 in highlighting several high-risk bugs, including a stack-based buffer overflow in Windows Netlogon that can yield SYSTEM privileges on domain controllers and a remote code execution issue in the Windows DNS client. Krebs also reports that companies including Apple, Google, Mozilla, and Oracle moved to fix large volumes of bugs, and that some vendors had access to Project Glasswing, an Anthropic AI capability Krebs describes as effective at surfacing code vulnerabilities.
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microsoft
6.9
May 12, 2026
Microsoft hires 375 workers for Mount Pleasant data center
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Microsoft employs more than 375 people at its Mount Pleasant data center and the outlet reports plans for 500 full-time workers. The Mount Pleasant village board unanimously approved site plans for Microsoft's expansion in Racine County, per reporting by WPR. WPR says the board attached multiple conditions to the approvals, including traffic impact studies, outdoor lighting plans, landscaping plans, and compliance with local and state rules on water use and return. During the meeting, residents voiced concerns about scale, noise, and energy bills; WPR quotes Tony Martino and Alyssa Poniatowski raising those issues. Editorial analysis: For infrastructure observers, the approvals and the reported staffing level are consistent with large hyperscaler campus builds that combine extended construction timelines with phased operational hiring.
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microsoft
6.8
May 12, 2026
Microsoft Scales Copilot Adoption in Sales Organization
Harvard Business Review's podcast case study reports that in early 2024 Microsoft rolled out Copilot to the 62,000-person Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) sales organisation, but six months after launch adoption had not yet materialized, according to HBR. Per the podcast, two years into the effort daily active usage exceeded 60% and monthly active usage topped 98%, after the organisation changed tactics. HBR reports Microsoft also developed an autonomous capability called Sales Agent that can manage end-to-end customer interactions and that this shift introduced novel governance and integration challenges. The podcast credits focused training, peer champions, and habit-building interventions with driving the later uptake.
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microsoft
7.0
May 12, 2026
Microsoft targeted $92B return from OpenAI investment
Court documents disclosed during Elon Musk's lawsuit show that a January 2023 planning memo projected a $92 billion return on Microsoft's cumulative $13 billion investment in OpenAI, according to reporting by Bloomberg and other outlets. The figure appeared in materials presented during testimony by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in federal court in Oakland; Nadella told the jury, "It has worked out well because we took the risk," Bloomberg reports. Reporting from TipRanks and Cryptopolitan notes that Microsoft holds an approximately 27% stake in OpenAI that was valued at roughly $135 billion as of October, and that OpenAI's valuation reached about $852 billion after a March funding round. The disclosures are part of Musk's wider claim that OpenAI shifted from a nonprofit mission, a central allegation in the ongoing trial.
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openai
7.3
May 12, 2026
OpenAI and Microsoft Cap Revenue-Sharing at $38 Billion
The Information reports that OpenAI and Microsoft agreed to cap total revenue-sharing payments at $38 billion. The same reporting states the renegotiated deal could result in $97 billion in savings for OpenAI through 2030. Secondary outlets note the renegotiation follows past Microsoft investments: Tech in Asia reports Microsoft invested about $13 billion in OpenAI through early 2023 and later received a 27% stake, and China Daily Asia reports the revised terms were intended to allow OpenAI greater flexibility for new partnerships. These figures and characterizations are reported by the named outlets; none of the sources quoted a verbatim statement from OpenAI or Microsoft in the materials reviewed.
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tcifund
7.1
May 12, 2026
TCI Cuts $8B Microsoft Stake Amid AI
TCI Fund Management sharply reduced a long-standing Microsoft position, cutting $8 billion from its stake. The headline links the sale to AI disruption that is rewriting the mega-cap tech playbook and frames the reduction as part of broader market re-evaluations.
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ai-adoption
6.8
May 12, 2026
Korea Posts Fastest Global Generative AI Adoption Growth
According to the first-quarter AI diffusion report published May 12 by Microsoft , Korea s generative AI usage rate among the working-age population reached 37.1% in Q1 2026, a 6.4 percentage-point increase from the prior quarter, the steepest quarter-over-quarter rise globally. The report puts the global usage rate at 17.8%, up 1.5 percentage points. The United Arab Emirates led national adoption at 70.1%, followed by Singapore at 63.4%; Korea ranked 16th overall. The report states that Asia accounted for 12 of the 15 fastest-growing economies since June 2025, and all of them saw increases of at least 25% in those markets, and cites infrastructure, national AI strategies, consumer acceptance, local-language model performance, and rapid integration as drivers.
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google-finance
5.7
May 10, 2026
Google Finance launches AI investing tool in Israel
The Jerusalem Post reports that the beta version of Google Finance has reached Israel, offering a customized display of investment portfolios and advanced market analysis. The article says the interface is upgraded to allow more convenient tracking of real-time data and comparing stock performance against key indices. The Jerusalem Post also places the release in a wider market context, noting contemporaneous moves by OpenAI and Anthropic and reporting that OpenAI and Microsoft agreed a revenue-sharing arrangement that will run until 2030 and that OpenAI will pay Microsoft 20% of every ChatGPT subscription purchase, per the report.
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microsoft
6.7
May 10, 2026
Microsoft Posts Strong Enterprise AI and Cloud Revenue Gains
Insider Monkey reports that Microsoft Corporation's fiscal third-quarter results, released April 29, 2026, showed continued strength in enterprise cloud and AI-linked revenue. Per Insider Monkey, Microsoft Cloud revenue rose 29% to $54.5 billion, Azure and other cloud services revenue increased 40%, and Microsoft 365 Commercial cloud revenue rose 19%. The report also notes commercial remaining performance obligation jumped 99% to $627 billion and that paid Microsoft 365 Copilot seats exceeded 20 million, with ARPU growth led by E5 and Copilot. Insider Monkey cites Morningstar's view that Microsoft's moat is primarily driven by switching costs, supported by integration and network effects. The article frames these results as evidence of deep embedding in enterprise spending.
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workforce-development
6.8
May 10, 2026
Malaysia Adopts AI While Workforce Skills Face Strain
Malaysia is accelerating workplace AI adoption while national skilling programs and employer readiness lag. According to ManpowerGroup's Global Talent Barometer 2026, 60% of Malaysian workers now regularly use AI and 55% reported a lack of recent training, with 32% saying they have no access to mentorship (ManpowerGroup, reported by Malay Mail/Yahoo). The Malaysian Ministry of Digital and Microsoft launched Microsoft Elevate on April 24, 2026; Microsoft reported the pilot has reached 80,000 learners and described the program as part of a phased roadmap to 2030 (Microsoft press release). Reporting by The Independent Singapore documents employer concerns that AI is compressing routine tasks in entry-level roles and could erode "learning by doing," with one manager describing fresh graduates who struggle with idea development despite strong structured-task performance. Education and policy pieces from Sunway University and other industry reporting highlight Malaysia's National AI Office and budget allocations for AI skilling and research. Editorial analysis: this combination of rapid tool adoption and uneven training creates a skills-development bottleneck that policymakers and practitioners will need to monitor.
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data-centers
7.3
May 9, 2026
Microsoft Weighs Shelving 2030 Clean-Energy Pledge
Reporting by Bloomberg says Microsoft is considering delaying or abandoning its 2030 "100/100/0" goal to match 100% of hourly electricity use with carbon-free energy, as rapid AI-driven data center growth strains power supplies. Multiple outlets, including Bloomberg and ESG News, report the company has been adding roughly 1 gigawatt of data center capacity every three months, and some new builds may draw multiple gigawatts each. Coverage links the pressure to a broader hyperscaler race for firm, around-the-clock power and renewed interest in gas, nuclear, and grid investments. LatitudeMedia reports the company has denied related claims about pausing carbon removal purchases, and no final decision on the 2030 target has been announced, per Bloomberg.
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university-endowments
6.6
May 8, 2026
University of Michigan May Realize Billions From OpenAI
Business Insider reports the University of Michigan invested $20 million in one of OpenAI's earliest fundraising rounds, according to a court exhibit that is part of ongoing litigation. Business Insider reports the same exhibit shows a 'target redemption amount' of $2 billion, while also noting the document is unclear about the exact terms. Business Insider reports the contribution arrived before Microsoft's multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI and before the public release of ChatGPT. Business Insider reports the same early cluster of investors included Khosla Ventures ($50 million), Reid Hoffman's Aphorism Foundation ($50 million), a Y Combinator fund ($10 million), and the trust of Paul Buchheit ($3 million). Editorial analysis: University endowment stakes in early-stage AI can produce outsized returns but also raise questions about valuation transparency and liquidity for institutional portfolios.
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microsoft
6.5
May 8, 2026
Microsoft Expresses Concern Over OpenAI Amazon Talks
Court documents filed in the Musk v. Altman trial and reported by The Verge reveal early correspondence between Microsoft and OpenAI executives about a potential partnership. According to The Verge, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman asked Microsoft for "probably something like $300 million at Azure list prices" to scale a Dota 2 compute effort; that figure prompted caution from Microsoft Azure chief Jason Zander, who wrote the deal would need to generate "significant incremental revenue directly due to the deal ($500 million+)" to make sense. The filings include Microsoft executives warning OpenAI could "storm off to Amazon" and "shit-talk" Microsoft, and describe Altman proposing an alternate Xbox and IP-sharing partnership, per The Verge.
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ai-security
7.2
May 8, 2026
Industry Reframes Security Around AI System Behavior
What happened: Cybersecurity commentary and government-industry announcements this week highlight a shift in how practitioners must think about protecting AI-driven systems. In Forbes, Michelle Drolet argues that traditional security tools built on predictable system behavior struggle with AI systems that learn, interpret, and make decisions; she cites attacks such as data poisoning and prompt injection as examples (Forbes). Separately, Microsoft announced expanded partnerships with the US Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) and the UK AI Security Institute (AISI) to advance testing and evaluation of frontier models, including safeguards and national-security risk assessments (Microsoft blog). Reporting in Politico and a NIST notice note that CAISI has signed agreements to perform pre-deployment evaluations with Microsoft, xAI, and Google DeepMind; CAISI Director Chris Fall is quoted emphasizing the need for "independent, rigorous measurement science" (Politico, NIST).
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microsoft
4.1
May 6, 2026
Microsoft signals Copilot key may become required
HardForum posts a clip of a Microsoft demo that shows a dedicated Copilot key placed between the arrow-key cluster and the right Alt key. HardForum reports that Microsoft told them the key "isn't mandatory now, but that it expects Copilot keys to be required on Windows 11 keyboards 'over time'." The forum thread collects user reaction about layout, reprogrammability, and parallels with dedicated assistant keys such as Samsung's Bixby key. The reporting is sourced to the HardForum thread and the forum's summary of a Microsoft demo; no direct Microsoft corporate press release or broader OEM policy document is included in the scraped material.
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microsoft
6.7
May 5, 2026
Xbox winds down Copilot mobile, halts console development
Xbox is "winding down Copilot on mobile" and "will stop development of Copilot on console," new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced, according to The Verge. Sharma's remarks accompanied a reorganization of the Xbox platform team that included executives from Microsoft's CoreAI group, The Verge reports. In a memo quoted by The Verge, Sharma said Xbox needs to "move faster, deepen our connection with the community, and address friction for both players and developers" and that the team would "begin to retire features that don't align with where we're headed." Microsoft had earlier promoted a gaming-focused Copilot and said it would arrive on current-generation consoles this year; The Verge reports those plans will not proceed.
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