Microsoft Discovery became generally available on June 2 for organizations building governed R&D workflows. The platform connects specialized agents, scientific knowledge, simulation tools, validation data, and a new local preview app for researchers.
Microsoft AI made its in-house model strategy more concrete with seven MAI models across reasoning, coding, image, voice, and transcription. The headline numbers are 35B active parameters, a 256K context window, 97% on AIME 2025, and 53% on SWE Bench Pro.
Microsoft has agreed to pay $250 million to settle shareholder litigation tied to its $75.4 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition. Court approval is still required, and Reddit discussion focused on Bobby Kotick, the sale price, and the deal’s long-term effect on game industry competition.
Forza Horizon 6 has surpassed $140 million in revenue from its Premium Edition alone, with players citing the package's strong value as a key reason for the high uptake.
Forza Horizon 6's Steam preload files were left unencrypted, leading to widespread piracy over a week before its official release. Developer Turn 10 has threatened franchise-wide and hardware bans against pirates.
The Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CASI) secured agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI to review frontier AI models for national security risks before launch. The policy shift follows alarm over Anthropic's Claude Mythos autonomous cybersecurity capabilities.
Microsoft launched Copilot Cowork for iOS and Android on May 5, integrating it with Agent 365 for centralized AI governance. Microsoft 365 Copilot paid seats crossed 20 million and Azure grew 40% year-over-year.
The Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) announced on May 5 that it signed national security testing agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI, expanding pre-deployment frontier AI evaluations focused on cybersecurity, biosecurity, and chemical weapons risks.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced development of Copilot for Xbox consoles has stopped, just two months after Microsoft announced the feature. The mobile Copilot service will also be wound down.
The DoD cleared OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Nvidia, and SpaceX to deploy AI on classified Impact Level 6 and IL7 military networks. Anthropic was labeled a 'supply chain risk' after insisting on safety guardrails for wartime AI use.
Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 4.7 and ten pre-built financial services AI agents at an invite-only Wall Street briefing on May 5, alongside full Microsoft 365 integration and a Moody's data partnership covering 600 million businesses.
The U.S. Department of Defense struck agreements with seven tech companies to deploy AI on its highest-security networks on May 1. Anthropic, which insisted on safety guardrails against autonomous weapons, is conspicuously absent.