UK competition watchdog drops Microsoft-OpenAI probe
UK drops antitrust probe into Microsoft and OpenAI tie-up
UK watchdog drops competition review of Microsoft's OpenAI deal
Snowflake Expands Microsoft, OpenAI Partnership: Will Include Other Prominent Models Like Anthropic's Claude, Meta's Llama, And DeepSeek
Snowflake unveiled its deeper partnership with Microsoft Corp during its earnings call and introduced its new AI agent Cortex.
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Snowflake Securely Integrates Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to Provide Access to the Latest OpenAI Models with Expanded Microsoft Partnership
Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the AI Data Cloud company, today announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft that will empower enterprises to build easy, efficient, and trusted AI-powered apps and data agents with OpenAI's models directly in Snowflake Cortex AI,
Microsoft Copilot gets a macOS app
Microsoft finally released a macOS app for Copilot, its free generative AI chatbot.  Similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other AI chatbots, Copilot enables Microsoft finally released a macOS app for Copilot,
OpenAI rolls out GPT-4.5 for some paying users, to expand access next week
GPT-4.5 comes with improved ability to recognize patterns, generate creative insights without reasoning and shows greater emotional intelligence, the company said. Microsoft-backed OpenAI said it would begin rolling out GPT-4.
Meta plans paid subscription service for chatbot Meta AI, source says
Meta Platforms plans to test a paid subscription service for its AI-enabled chatbot Meta AI, similar to those offered by OpenAI and Microsoft to access advanced versions of their chatbots, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
DeepL CEO Challenges Microsoft & OpenAI’s $100 Billion AGI Definition
DeepL CEO challenges Microsoft and OpenAI's $100B AGI definition, arguing artificial general intelligence remains far off despite technical advances in AI capabilities.
US court denies Musk preliminary injunction in his suit against OpenAI
Fox News AI Newsletter: Judge denies Musk's move against OpenAI
Judge rejects Elon Musk's attempt to stop OpenAI from becoming for-profit

OpenAI’s PhD-research AI agent for $20000 a month

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Microsoft Prepares for OpenAI’s GPT-5 Launch
Microsoft-backed OpenAI Launches PhD-Level Research Agents at $20K Per Month
Microsoft (MSFT) backed OpenAI is reportedly launching a PhD-level research agent that could cost $20,000 per month. The ultra-high-costing AI
OpenAI reportedly plans to charge up to $20,000 a month for specialized AI ‘agents’
OpenAI may be planning to charge up to $20,000 per month for specialized AI “agents,” according to The Information. The publication reports that OpenAI intends to launch several “agent” products tailored for different applications,
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Microsoft workers protest sale of AI and cloud services to Israeli military
The protest on Monday came after an investigation by The Associated Press revealed last week that sophisticated AI models from Microsoft and OpenAI had been used as part of an Israeli military program to select bombing targets during the recent wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
UK Says Microsoft/OpenAI Partnership Does Not Need Anti-Trust Investigation
Britain's competition authority said on Wednesday that Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI Inc does not qualify for investigation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002. (Reporting by Muvija M,