REPORT: Microsoft is gearing up to ditch OpenAI and ChatGPT, and build its own frontier models. In a new interview with FT, Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman confirmed the move, stating: "We have to develop our own foundation models, which are at the absolute frontier, with gigawatt-scale compute and some of the very best AI training teams in the world." Read more below!

Microsoft has added the ability to try out Copilot for the first time on Windows 11 before ever reaching the desktop. A new OOBE update has introduced a demo experience that lets users open a Copilot chat window while your PC installs the latest updates, letting you try out Microsoft's AI assistant before your PC is done with setup.

Satya Nadella says Microsoft's Copilot AI is seeing massive use. Microsoft recently announced its financial earnings report for FY26 Q2, reporting $81.3 billion in revenue (up 17% YoY) and $38.3 billion in operating income (up 21% YoY). While impressive, investors have raised concerns about the software giant's spending on data centers and AI infrastructure. The company has spent $72.4 billion on capital expenditures so far, but CEO Satya Nadella insists that its AI spending is actually paying off. He indicated that Copilot's daily user base has grown "nearly 3x year-over-year".