The Cloud Security Alliance on April 29 announced several CSAI Foundation milestones aimed at securing agentic AI systems, including a planned catastrophic risk annex, new CVE Numbering Authority status and stewardship of two agentic AI specifications.
The U.S. Defense Department has reached agreements with several major technology companies to expand the use of advanced artificial intelligence tools on classified military networks, according to a Pentagon statement.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/04/2026
Microsoft on Friday announced the general availability of Agent 365, its control plane for governing and securing AI agents across enterprise environments, alongside the release of Microsoft 365 E7.
Microsoft on Tuesday released the earliest known DOS source code materials found to date to mark the 45th anniversary of 86-DOS 1.00.
Microsoft and OpenAI on Monday announced an amended partnership agreement that loosens the exclusive ties that have defined one of the tech industry's most consequential AI relationships since 2019.
Microsoft this week rolled out new agentic Copilot capabilities across Word, Excel and PowerPoint, part of the company's push to make its AI assistant more useful inside the apps enterprises use on a daily basis.
Microsoft issued a report warning users about a popular attack method that involves a "human-operated" attack playbook, in which hackers impersonate IT helpdesk staff using Microsoft Teams to gain access to company systems and steal data.
Microsoft this week released one of the largest Patch Tuesday bundles in its history, delivering fixes for 163 new Microsoft CVEs in a month that includes three zero-days and eight Critical-rated vulnerabilities.
Microsoft is warning organizations about two active cybersecurity threats: a fast-moving ransomware campaign and a Russian espionage operation that abuses small office and home office routers to monitor victims' network traffic.
Microsoft this week says it has uncovered a large-scale, sophisticated AI-driven phishing campaign that uses automation and legitimate authentication processes to compromise accounts more effectively than traditional phishing attacks.
Anthropic has hired Eric Boyd, a longtime Microsoft executive who most recently led Azure AI platform work, as its new head of infrastructure, adding an experienced cloud and AI engineering leader as the company expands the systems behind its growing product portfolio.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/07/2026
Microsoft announced three new artificial intelligence models Thursday, marking an expansion of its MAI (Microsoft AI) portfolio with offerings designed to compete directly on price and performance with others, including Google.
Microsoft this week rolled out a set of Microsoft 365 Copilot updates aimed at making the product more useful for enterprise IT departments, with the biggest change centered on Copilot Cowork, a new capability for handling longer, multistep tasks inside Microsoft 365.
Microsoft has been named a leader in The Forrester Wave: Customer Service Solutions, Q1 2026 report, as the firm doubles down on embedding AI across its enterprise software stack.
Two of the bigger authentication announcements to come out of the RSA Conference this week both point in the same direction: organizations need a more flexible, unified approach to identity security, especially as AI agents start acting alongside human workers.
Rubrik unveiled a new integration with Microsoft Defender at RSAC 2026, linking real-time identity threat detection with automated rollback and recovery capabilities.
Microsoft is hitting the brakes on its aggressive Copilot push in Windows 11, promising a sweeping quality overhaul that puts performance and reliability ahead of AI feature expansion .
AI adoption is forcing companies to trade security for speed -- and identity controls are the first casualty.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is urging U.S. organizations to strengthen security around Microsoft Intune and other endpoint management platforms after a cyberattack on medical technology giant Stryker Corp. disrupted operations and contributed to surgery delays at hospitals nationwide.
Microsoft is consolidating its AI efforts under a single banner. CEO Satya Nadella announced on the company's Web site that the Copilot integrated system now supports both commercial and consumer use.